Skien

Skien is a town/city in in county, . It is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located along the Skienselva river, about 8 kilometres to the northwest of the town of .
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  • Type: City with 51,500 residents
  • Description: town/city in Skien Municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: “Skien (town)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skagerak Arena and Ibsenhuset.

Stadium
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The is a football stadium located in Skien, . It was formerly called Odd Stadion, and was built in 1923 as the home ground of Eliteserien club Odd.

Theater building
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is a in the city of Skien, county. The houses several facilities for concerts, theater performances, opera, exhibits, conferences, courses, meetings and other events.

Church
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is a parish church of the Church of Norway in in county, . It is located in the town of Skien. It is the church for the Skien parish which is part of the Skien prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

Skien

Latitude
59.2091° or 59° 12′ 33″ north
Longitude
9.6075° or 9° 36′ 27″ east
Population
51,500
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
IATA airport code
SKE
United Nations Location Code
NO SKE
Open location code
9FFF6J55+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31264139
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3139075
Wiki­data ID
Q12375138
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Skien” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ስክየን”
  • Arabic: “سكيان”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şiyen”
  • Azerbaijani: “Skien”
  • Belarusian: “Шыен”
  • Bengali: “স্কিয়েন”
  • Bishnupriya: “স্কিয়েন”
  • Bulgarian: “Шиен”
  • Cebuano: “Skien”
  • Chinese: “希恩”
  • Czech: “Skien”
  • Danish: “Skien”
  • Dutch: “Skien”
  • Estonian: “Skien”
  • Estonian: “Skieni vald”
  • Finnish: “Skien”
  • French: “Skien”
  • German: “Skien”
  • Hausa: “Skien”
  • Hindi: “स्किएन”
  • Indonesian: “Skien”
  • Italian: “Skien”
  • Japanese: “シーエン”
  • Javanese: “Skien”
  • Kazakh: “Скиен”
  • Kirghiz: “Скиен”
  • Korean: “시엔”
  • Lithuanian: “Šienas”
  • Low German: “Kommun Skien”
  • Malay: “Skien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skien”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skien”
  • Norwegian: “Skien”
  • Oromo: “Skien”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਕਿਅਨ”
  • Persian: “اسکین”
  • Polish: “Skien”
  • Portuguese: “Skien”
  • Pushto: “سکین”
  • Russian: “Шиен”
  • Samogitian: “Šėins”
  • Serbian: “Шијен”
  • Slovenian: “Skien”
  • Somali: “Skien”
  • Spanish: “Skien”
  • Swahili: “Skien”
  • Swedish: “Skien”
  • Tajik: “Скиен”
  • Tajik: “Шиен”
  • Tatar: “Скиен”
  • Turkish: “Skien”
  • Ukrainian: “Шієн”
  • Urdu: “سکین”
  • Uzbek: “Skien”
  • Western Panjabi: “سکائن”

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