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Draken Harald Hårfagre (English: Dragon Harald Fairhair) is a large modern designed longship built in the municipality of Haugesund, Norway. It is a ship that combines ocean-crossing sailing capabilities with a medieval warship's use of oars.
The national flag of Norway (Bokmål: Norges flagg; Nynorsk: Noregs flagg; lit. ' Norway's flag ') is red with a navy blue Scandinavian cross bordered in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog, the flag of Denmark.
The kraken (/ ˈ k r ɑː k ən /, from Norwegian: kraken, "the crookie") [6] [7] is a legendary sea monster of enormous size, per its etymology something akin to a cephalopod, said to appear in the sea between Norway and Iceland.
Kraken, either alone or as a collective of "krakens" (the Norwegian plural, which is never used, would be kraker), has appeared in many games, particularly computer and video games. In the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons , the kraken is a colossal, intelligent, evil creature that dwells deep underwater.
Many legends might be based on the work Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus of 1539 by Olaus Magnus, which described the kraken and maelstroms of the Norwegian Sea. [46] The kraken also appears in Alfred Tennyson's poem of the same name, in Herman Melville's Moby Dick, and in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne.
Use Description 1814 - 1821: Flag of Norway: Unofficial alternative merchant flag used by some shippers to distinguish it from the flag of Denmark. Based on the Dannebrog but with the lion from the Norwegian coat of arms in the canton. Merchant flag of Norway (1814–1821) during Sweden-Norway. On ships only north of Cape Finisterre, Spain.
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when William A. Osborn joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 26.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
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