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Term: Skien

Located on the river Skienselva; founded on the site of a monastery in 12th cen.; was center of lumber & mining industries from 17th cen., but ore is now exhausted; noted as the birthplace of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.

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Skien, Norway, 1828 - 1906, Oslo