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Väinö Penttala
Väinö Penttala was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
Schrijver
Schrijver means "writer" in Dutch. As a surname, it may refer to various people.
Skriverøya
Skriverøya is a peninsula in the Iddefjord in the municipality of Halden in Viken county, Norway. Here, one can fine cultural artefacts from the Iron Age, including the largest Nordic swords, and warhammers.
Skrīveri Parish
Skrīveri Parish is an administrative unit of Skrīveri Municipality, Vidzeme, Latvia. Prior to the 2009 administrative reforms it was part of Aizkraukle District.
Skrīveri Municipality
Skrīveri Municipality is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by reorganization of Skrīveri Parish; the administrative centre being Skrīveri.
Skrīveri
Skrīveri is a village in Skrīveri Municipality, Vidzeme, Latvia, near Riga–Daugavpils Railway. Skrīveri had 2,879 residents in 2006.In Skrīveri there is a Municipal council, Andrejs Upītis Skrīveri Secondary School, music and art school, kindergarten "Sprīdītis", post office, Catholic church, culture house, library, Andrejs Upīts memorial museum.
Skrīveri Station
Skrīveri Station is a railway station on the Riga – Daugavpils Railway.
Voivode
Voivode, Voievod, Vojvoda or Wojewoda is an Eastern European term for a military commander in Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe during the Early Middle Ages, or a non-military governor or official of a territorial voivodeship. Later the term became a hereditary title of nobility in some Slavic languages, as a cognate of the title of Prince or Duke.
Vaiņode Air Base
Vaiņode is a former USSR air base in Latvia, located 31 kilometres (19 mi) south of Skrunda. It was abandoned in 1993.
Vaiņode Parish
Vaiņode Parish is an administrative unit of Vaiņode Municipality, Latvia. The parish has a population of 2518 (as of 1/07/2010) and covers an area of 189.7 km2.
Vaiņode Manor
Vaiņode Manor was a manor house in the historical region of Courland, in western Latvia.
Vaiņode Municipality
Vaiņode Municipality is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Embūte parish and Vaiņode parish; the administrative centre being Vaiņode.
Väinö Leskinen
Väinö Olavi Leskinen was a Finnish politician, minister and a member of the parliament from Social Democratic Party of Finland. He is perceived as one of the major Finnish social democratic politicians of the 1950s and 1960s.