Åse
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Åse [pronounced aw-seh] is a female first name in Norway. Among the bearers are:
The Swedish version of the name is Åsa (disambiguation).
Åse is also the name of several villages in Norway:
- Åse, character in the play Peer GyntPeer GyntPeer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...
by Henrik IbsenHenrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre... - Åse KlevelandÅse KlevelandÅse Maria Kleveland is a Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician.A well-known folk singer and traditional guitarist in Norway, she was appointed Minister of Culture in Norway from 1990 to 1996, representing the Labour Party under the Gro Harlem Brundtland administration...
, Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician - Åse KlundelienÅse KlundelienÅse Klundelien is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She was born in Kongsberg. She attended teacher's college from 1963 to 1967, and worked as a teacher. She was a member of Kongsberg city council from 1967 to 1981. She was also a member of Buskerud county council from 1975 to 1987,...
, Norwegian politician
The Swedish version of the name is Åsa (disambiguation).
Åse is also the name of several villages in Norway:
- Åse in FjellFjellFjell is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The parish of Fjæld was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...
municipality, Hordaland - ÅseÅse, NordlandÅse is a village in the southeastern section of Andøya in Andøy municipality, Nordland, Norway....
in AndøyAndøyAndøy is the northernmost municipality in Nordland county, Norway, and it belongs to the Vesterålen archipelago. The largest island in the municipality is Andøya. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Andenes....
municipality, Nordland - Åse in KleppKleppKlepp is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The parish of Klep was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ....
municipality, Rogaland - Åse in ÅlesundÅlesundis a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....
municipality, Møre og Romsdal