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TONSBERG
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V27,
Page 11
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TONSBERG , a fortified seaport of See also: Norway, in Jarlsberg-See also: Laurvik amt (county), situated on a See also: bay on the See also: south See also: coast, near the entrance to See also: Christiania See also: Fjord, 72 M
.
S. by W. of Christiania on the See also: Skien railway
.
Pop
.
(1900), 862o
.
It is one of the most See also: ancient towns in Norway
.
It is the headquarters of a sealing and whaling See also: fleet
.
The See also: principal See also: industries are refineries for preparing See also: whale and See also: seal oil and saw-mills
.
An interesting collection of antiquities and whaling implements is preserved in the Slotstaarn on See also: Castle See also: Hill
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