Borre
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Borre may refer to:
  • Borre
    Borre, Norway
    Borre is a village in the municipality of Horten, Vestfold county, Norway. The village of Borre had provided the name of the former Borre municipality .-History:...

    , a former municipality
    Former municipalities of Norway
    This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist.When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. In 1958 the number had grown to a total of 744 rural municipalities, 64 city municipalities as well as a...

     and village in Norway
  • The Borre mound cemetery
    Borre mound cemetery
    Borre mound cemetery forms part of the in Horten, Vestfold, Norway....

  • Borre
    Borre, Nord
    Borre is a commune in the Nord département of France.-History:In this village is located the 'Borre British Cemetery' with 370 graves from the first world war....

    , a commune of the Nord département in France
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

  • Borre, Denmark
    Borre, Denmark
    Borre is a village on the island of Møn in south-eastern Denmark. It is located in the eastern part of the island at the foot of a hill leading up to Møns Klint and Liselund. With a population of 319 as of 1 January 2011, it is the third largest community on the island after Stege and Store Damme...

    , a village on the Danish island of Møn
    Møn
    -Location:Møn is located just off the south-eastern tip of Zealand from which it is separated by the waters of the Hølen strait between Kalvehave and the island of Nyord, at the northern end of Møn. Further south is Stege Bugt...

  • Borre Golfbane
    Borre Golfbane
    Borre Golfbane was opened with nine holes in 1990 and 18 holes the following year. In 2005 the course opened nine new holes, which were added to the first nine along lake Borrevannet....

    , a golf course in Norway
  • A placename “borrenakken” in Vaalse county, on the Northern part of the Island of Falster
    Falster
    Falster is an island in south-eastern Denmark with an area of 514 km² and 43,398 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010. Located in the Baltic sea, it is part of Region Sjælland and is administered by Guldborgsund Municipality...

    , south of Zealand, Denmark.
  • Borre style
    Borre style
    Borre style is a Viking Era animal ornamentation which was first named after artifacts from a boat grave in Borre mound cemetery near the village of Borre, in Horten municipality, Vestfold county, Norway.-History:...

    , a Scandinavian animal style which is named after a boat grave in Borre, Norway
  • Anthony Vanden Borre
    Anthony Vanden Borre
    Anthony Vanden Borre is a male Belgian footballer who plays for Racing Genk.-Club career:His natural position is at right back or right winger but he made his debut both for Anderlecht and for Belgium at right back. He can also play as a central defender and as a midfielder where his range of...

    , a Belgian
    Belgium
    Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

     footballer
    Football (soccer)
    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

     currently playing at ACF Fiorentina.
  • Martin Borre
    Martin Borre
    Martin Borre is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for Vejle Boldklub.-External links:**...

    , a Danish professional footballer


To one or possibly both of the placenames in Denmark folklore identifies the Odin Hunt (Wild Hunt
Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt is an ancient folk myth prevalent across Northern, Western and Central Europe. The fundamental premise in all instances is the same: a phantasmal, spectral group of huntsmen with the accoutrements of hunting, horses, hounds, etc., in mad pursuit across the skies or along the ground,...

) of the Valdemar Kings of Denmark. The kings had their main game preserves on the island of Zealand to the southern islands. The proverb of the kings hunting from “Burre to Gurre” refers to the hunt from Gurre castle, northern Zealand to the southern islands. Thus the kings may well have acted out the ritual Odin hunt as an actual hunt commencing 23 December. Artifacts, including coins, dating from King Valdemar I., King [Valdemar II. of Denmark] and King Abel were found at ”Borrenakken” in 1878.
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