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Kven may refer to:

  • Kven people, a Finnic ethnic group of Norway
  • Kven language, the Finnic language spoken by them
  • something from, or associated with, ancient Kvenland
  • Kven Sea
  • KVEN, an American radio station (1520 AM) licensed to Port Hueneme, California
  • KVEN (Ventura, California), a defunct American radio station (1450 AM) licensed to Ventura, California

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Kven people

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Kvens (Kven: kvääni; Finnish: kveeni; Norwegian: kvener; Swedish: kväner; Northern Sami: kveanat) are a Balto-Finnic ethnic minority in Norway. They are...

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Kven language

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The Kven language (kvääni or kväänin kieli; kainu or kainun kieli; Finnish: kveeni or kveenin kieli; Norwegian: kvensk) is a Finnic language or a group...

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Kven

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Look up kven in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kven may refer to: Kven people, a Finnic ethnic group of Norway Kven language, the Finnic language spoken...

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KVEN

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KVEN (1520 AM, "La Voz 1520 AM & 96.3 FM") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Port Hueneme, California and serves the Ventura County area...

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Kvenland

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Northern Norway, without mentioning Kvens. Ohthere's mention of the "large [freshwater] meres" and of the Kvens' boats are of great interest. The meres...

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Kven flag

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The Kven flag (Kven: kvääniflaku; Norwegian: Kvenflagget) is a flag that since 2009 has been used by Kvens in Norway, Sweden and Finland. The flag was...

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Languages of Norway

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Norway, and Sami is protected by the constitution. Spoken by the Kven people, the Kven language is a Finnic language, closely related to Finnish, and spoken...

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Kven Sea

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The Kven Sea (Cwen sea) is mentioned as the northern border for the ancient Germania in The Old English Orosius, the history of the world published in...

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List of municipalities of Norway

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which ultimately derives from Latin communia, communis ("common"). The Kven equivalent is kommuuni. In Northern Sámi, there are two words for a municipality:...

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Etymology of Kven

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The origin of the name Kven is unclear. The name appears for the first time in a 9th-century Old English version, written by King Alfred of Wessex, of...

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Finnish language

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mutual intelligibility with Finnish) are official minority languages. The Kven language, which like Meänkieli is mutually intelligible with Finnish, is...

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Norway

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process", many families of Sámi or Kven ancestry now identify as ethnic Norwegian. The national minorities of Norway are Kvens, Jews, Forest Finns, and Romani...

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Finnmark

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Finnmark (Norwegian: [ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk] ; Northern Sami: Finnmárku [ˈfinːmaːrku]; Kven: Finmarkku; Finnish: Finnmark; Russian: Финнмарк) is a county in the northern...

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Norwegian Kven Organization

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The Norwegian Kven Organization (Kven: Ruijan kveeniliitto, Norwegian: Norske kveners forbund) was established in 1987, and has about 700 members. The...

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King of Kvenland

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1271, the Icelandic Annals uses the term Kven, stating the following: "Then Karelians (Kereliar) and Kvens (Kvænir) pillaged widely in Hålogaland (Hálogaland)...

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Keiino

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interview with TV 2. In an interview with the Kven-minority-centered media Ruijan Kaiku, Fred Buljo discussed his Kven/Finnish ancestry, and that they had worked...

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Tornedalians

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film in 2004. The flag is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, white and blue. Kven people Tornio, Finland Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity (in Russian)...

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Scandinavia

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speakers constitute a language minority in Sweden and Norway. Meänkieli and Kven are Finnish dialects spoken in Swedish Lapland and Norwegian Lapland. The...

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List of radio stations in California

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KMSJ-LP KNCR KOAD-LP KPRO KQPT-LP KQQH KRLY-LP KSBX KSFH KSKD KSUR KTHO KUMI KVEN KVLP-LP KVQ KVVC KWTM KYJ - Los Angeles KYY - San Francisco KZKC KZM KZPE...

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Hulkoff

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In fact he featured their lead singer, Joakim Brodén, on his 2017 album Kven. He started his interest in music around age nine, and he can sing fluently...

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Finns

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separate ethnic groups, rather than subgroups of Finns. These include the Kvens and Forest Finns in Norway, the Tornedalians in Sweden, and the Ingrian...

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List of grammatical cases

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Finnish | Hungarian | Lezgian | Lithuanian | Livonian | Tlingit | Tsez | Kven Antessive case anterior before the house Dravidian languages Apudessive case...

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Racism in Norway

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(especially non-white and non-Western immigrants), Black people, Sámi people, Kven people, and Romani people. Jews and Muslims in Norway also experience antisemitism...

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List of national costumes of Norway

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Norwegian people or members of the Sami people of Norway or members of the Kven people of Norway. Bunad is a Norwegian umbrella term encompassing a range...

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KHAY

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January 1, 1962, as KVEN-FM and simulcast the middle of the road music format of its AM counterpart KVEN. In 1965, Carroll R. Houser sold KVEN-AM-FM to a group...

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