Åsane
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| City | Bergen | |
| Borough | NO-120108 | |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Density |
38,000 /km² |
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Åsane is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway. The borough makes up the northern part of Bergen. Åsane was a separate municipality until 1972.
The road connections to Åsane from downtown Bergen is provided by the E16 highway which continues to Arna. The road connection to the northern municipalities in Hordaland is provided by the E39 highway.
If Åsane was to become a city of its own, it would have been the seventeenth largest city in Norway.
Åsane have and have had two famous bands, Salhuskvintetten, and Vinskvetten, formerly known as "Salhusvinskvetten".
[edit] Famous people from Åsane
- Stig Holmås (1946), author
- Arne Sandstø (1966), football coach
- Kenneth Storvik (1972), footballplayer
- Heikki Holmås (1972), politician
- Anders Styve (1974), boxer
- Mette Davidsen (1976), handballplayer
- Trude Gundersen (1977), Olympic silver medal winner in taekwondo
- Kurt Nilsen (1978), musician and winner of Idol (Norway)
- Alex Marcel Valencia (1979), footballplayer
- Helge Haugen (1982), footballplayer
- Nathalie Nordnes (1984), musician
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| Boroughs of Bergen |
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Arna | Bergenhus | Fana | Fyllingsdalen | Laksevåg | Ytrebygda | Årstad | Åsane |
Schools in Åsane:
Åsane videregående skole http://avs.hfk.no
