Kvindesland
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Kvindesland is a Norwegian family name, derived from "Kvinnesland", an area of Tysvær
, Rogaland
, Norway
. The name refers to the old Norse term kvin, meaning strong wind. Less than fifty people bear the name, making it one of the rarer Norwegian surnames.
Tysvær
Tysvær is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Haugaland. The municipality is located at the northern side of Boknafjord, east of Karmøy. Tysvær has a population of 9,349 and an area of 419 km². Aksdalsvatnet is a lake in this municipality.Local...
, Rogaland
Rogaland
is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The name refers to the old Norse term kvin, meaning strong wind. Less than fifty people bear the name, making it one of the rarer Norwegian surnames.