This document provides biographical information about a student named Sunniva Vold. It details where she lives in Larvik, Norway and engages in activities like sailing, running, dancing and skiing. It also describes her school, subjects, teachers, classmates and schedule. Additionally, it shares information about Larvik such as landmarks, history and famous residents like Thor Heyerdahl. The document gives an overview of Sunniva's life and hometown of Larvik.

1. My life
Made by Sunniva Vold

2. Where do I live?

3. Winter
in
Larvik

4. Summer in Larvik

5. Hobbies
• Sailing

6. Running, training
Vinter:
Training at the health
studio Spenst

7. Dancing,
performing
•

8. Ski

9. My best friends
• Rikke
• Ellen
• Ingrid
• Silje

10. At school

12. Family
• Dag and
Elin
• Johanne
and Inga
• Celsius

13. Maribell

15. Welcome to Mellomhagen

16. Our school
• 294 students
• Form teacher
• 25 teacher
• Our principal’s name is Reidar Wiik.
• 8 grade, 9 grade and 10 grade.
• French, Spanish, German and Norwegian.

17. Our class
• 22 students
• Smallest class in the school.
• 12 boys and 10 girls.
• 6 teacher and 1 assistant teacher.

18. Subjects
We study religions,
music, physical education,
English, Norwegian,
cooking, math, natural
science, social studies, art
and you can chose between
German, Spanish or French.

19. • Start 08:30
• Ends 14:00
• 5 ½ hour.
• 4 ½ education
• 3 breaks
• Lunch

20. Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
08:30 – 10:00 Math/Cooking English P.E Norwegian Art
Break
10:15 – 11:15 Norwegian Religion and Additional Religion and Science
Ethics Choice Ethics
Food – break
11:45 – 12:45 Math/Cooking Social Norwegian English Math/ERA
Subjects
Break
13:00 – 14:00 Math/Cooking Science Music Social Additional
Subjects Choice

21. Vacations
• Easter vacation, summer vacation, fall
vacation, Christmas vacation and winter
vacation.
• Saturday and Sunday

22. Winter

23. Winter
Winter/Easter holidays in
Norway is often spent in
mountains.

24. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR MELLOMHAGEN
• RESPONSIBILITY
• RESPECT
• SELF-CONFIDENCE
• SELF CONTROL
• PATIENCE
• HUMANITY
• HONESTY
• GOOD BEHAVIOUR
• HELPFULNESS
• TEAMWORK

25. Østre Halsen

27. July 22nd. 1832- February 8th 1921

28. August 7th - December 8th 1924

30. 1st-7th. grade

31. Larvik

32. Bøkkerfjellet
In 1851, fire guards were placed on Bøkkerfjellet.
From there they had a good view over the city, and
they could warn the inhabitants in case of fire by
firing the cannons. In 1902, three shots were fired
from cannons at Bøkkerfjellet. A big fire, which is
one of the worst in the history of Larvik, let the area,
Bøkelia, in ruins.

33. This is where Larvik is located in Norway
Larvik

34. The coastline of Larvik
Larvik has a great coastline, with a lot of opportunities of travelling
to other countries by boat. Larvik has a ferry named Superspeed 2,
which has connection to Denmark. It’s owned by Color Line.
We also have a lot of container shipping to other countries. The
nature in Larvik is fantastic. Larvik is surrounded by beautiful nature.

35. Superspeed 2

36. Mølen
Mølen is a moraine from the ice
age. Here we can find heaps of
stones, that was made during the
ice age. Mølen is 300-400 meters
wide.
At Mølen you can see big and
small rock piles. The piles are
viking graves and therefor it is
illegal to move or remove rocks
from the piles.
You can also discover over 300
different bird types there.

37. Mølen

38. Bølgen/The Wave-
our culture center

39. A popular restaurant

40. Our Harbor
• This is our new relaxing area in Larvik. In our harbor we have the Wave
(culture center) and two lovely restaurants. Lately the harbor has been
rebuilt from a boat terminal to a park where young and old people can
enjoy themselves. Here you can find an area with skateramps, volleyball
courts and beach handball courts. This is also a perfect place to have your
boat, take a swim or just relax.

41. Lardal Ski Center
Only a 45 minutes drive from Larvik, there is a nice place to go
skiing and relax. In the summer you can bike down these hills.

42. Kaupang
The Vikings
Kaupang was the first known Norwegian trading outpost. It was
founded in 780s, and it is the first Norwegian city. Kaupang had
connection to Europe.Kaupang is only 7 kilometers east of Larvik.
Here scientists have discovered a lot of graves, jewelleries, weapons
and other viking treasures. Now it’s built a museum there. Here you
can read the history of Kaupang and look at the exhibit of treasures.
During the summertime the tourists can take part in a real viking life.
How they lived, played and ate.

43. Thor Heyerdahl
• The famous adventurer and scientist
Thor Heyerdahl is from Larvik. Perhaps he
is most famous for his expeditions with
Ra 1 and 2, Tigris and Kon- Tiki.
• He wanted to prove how the first people
arrived Polynesia from South-America. It
was the unchangeable wind that could
carry them over a the Pacific Ocean.
• They used a float made of a special type
of wood to sail with, the float was named
Kon-Tiki. They used 101 days from Callao,
Peru to Polynesia.
• Thor Heyerdahl also did researching on
Easter Island.
• After the big expeditions, Thor
Heyerdahl retired.

44. Larvik is the home to the
world’s northern most
natural occurrence of
beech trees.

45. Larvik handball team
Champions League
Champions League is an
international tournament with the
best team in each European
country. Last year Larvik lost the
semi-final vs Viborg (Denmark).
Larvik is one of the favourite teams
togheter with Gyor and Valcea.

46. Fritzøe Verk
• The Fritzøe-business` history goes all the way back to
before Larvik was founded. The iron work was built in the
1640s.

47. Herregården
• Herregården is one of the few beautiful buildings made of wood in baroque and rococo ever in Norway.
Count Gyldenløve founded it as his residence the 16th of August 1677, just after Larvik was founded in
1671.
• In 1821 Herregården was owned by the community of Larvik. They used it as a theater, school for poor
people, courtroom, intermediate school, residence for the priest, headmaster and the houseporter.

49. Oslo
• Is the capital in Norway. Before the name was Oslo named Christiania. Today live ca 620 000 people there.
• In Oslo we have many things to be proud of, like Holmenkollen and the new opera house.
• The opera house was build in 2003 and ended in 2008. the house together cost 4,4 milliard.

50. Opera House
Holmenkollen

51. Bergen
• Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a
population of 265.000. Bergen is located in the
county of Hordaland on the south-western coast
of Norway.
• It is the unofficial capital of Western Norway and
sometimes also referred to as the Atlantic coast
capital of Norway.
• Bergen's harbour is one of Norway's largest and
one of Europe's largest ports.
• The city centre of Bergen is located among a
group of mountains known as the Seven
Mountains, although the number is a matter of
definition.
• Few buildings from the oldest period remain, the
most significant being St Mary's Church from the
12th century.

52. Bodø
• Bodø is a town and is the capital of Nordland county.
• Is the largest urban area in Nordland county, and the
second-largest in North Norway.
• The city lies just north of the Arctic Circle where the
midnight sun is visible from 2 June to 10 July, the
sun is not visible from the city from early December
to early January.
• Average number of sunhours in Bodø is highest in
June with 221 hours.
• The strongest tidal current in the world, with water
speeds reaching 22 knots is Saltstraumen, situated
about 30 kilometres southeast of Bodø.

53. Kongsberg
• Kongsberg is located at the southern end of
Norway.
• The town was founded in 1624 under the
name Konings Bierg by Danish-Norwegian
king Christian IV as a mining community.
• Today, Kongsberg is perhaps best known
for being the home of Norway's major
defense contractor, Kongsberg Gruppen.
• Kongsberg is also known for its old silver
mines. In 1770, the mines employed about
4,000 workers, and the town was the
second largest in Norway.
• Kongsberg is also home to the Mint of
Norway, which makes Norwegian coins. It
was established in 1686.

54. Honningsvåg
• Norway’s northernmost town is Honningsvåg.
• The city is located in Nordkapp municipality. The main industry is fishing industry
and tourism.
• There are about 2.500 inhabitants in Honningsvåg.

55. Trondheim
• Is a town in Sør-Trøndelag county. Trondheim is Norway’s third largest city with it’s 176.000 inhabitants.
• Nidaros Cathedral is the most famous building in Trondheim.
It was a built for about 7-800 years ago.
• Trondheim also has the second largest university in the country.

56. Lillehammer
• Lillehammer is a town in Oppland county. Lillehammer is located at the north end of the lake
called Mjøsa.
• There are about 26.000 inhabitants in Lillehammer.
• Lillehammer is best known for the Winter Olymics in 1994.

57. Tønsberg
• Tønsberg is a town in Vestfold county. Larvik is also from Vestfold county.
• It is Norway’s oldest town and the biggest town in Vestfold. The most famous square in
Tønsberg is Slottsfjellet.
• The business was dependent for a long time of whaling and shipping.
• There are about 40.000 inhabitants in Tønsberg, and there are not more than 100 km from
Oslo.

58. Stavanger
• Stavanger is a town in Rogaland county. There are about 130.000 inhabitants in the town.
• It is a coastal town boarding to the sea in the west and Boknafjorden in north-east.
• In the early days of the 20th century fishing was the main industry. Canning industry became
very important for the area in the middle of the century.
• Stavanger was the capital of canning, but now is Stavanger the capital of oilindustry in
Norway.