Ålesund (nor)

Ålesund

Ålesund ranks 1,325th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Harrogate, Nevers, and Pescara. Memorable people born in Ålesund include Edvard Moser, Per Ivar Moe, and Geir Rönning. Ålesund has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players. Ålesund is located in Norway.

Ålesund, sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality, as well as the principal shipping town of the Sunnmøre district. The town is a sea port and is noted for its concentration of Art Nouveau architecture. Although sometimes internationally spelled by its older name Aalesund, this spelling is obsolete in Norwegian. However, the local football club Aalesunds FK still carries that spelling, having been founded before the official change. Read more on Wikipedia