Hamar
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Hamar
A town and municipality in Innlandet, Norway, previously in Hedmark (until 1 January 2020).
Hamar (plural Hamars)
A surname.
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After the Christianization of Norway in 1030, Hamar began to gain influence as a centre for trade and religion, until the episcopal representative Nikolaus Breakspear in 1152 founded Hamar Kaupangen as one of five dioceses in medieval Norway.
Also situated in Hamar is the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre which hosted the figure skating and short track speed skating events of the 1994 Winter Olympics.
After the Vikingskipet was built, Hamar has hosted international championships on a regular basis.
Additionally, Hamar is known for its indoor long track speed skating and bandy arena, the Olympia Hall, better known as Vikingskipet ("The Viking ship") for its shape.
Accounts of two kidnapped teenage Reer Hamar boys, by the names of Saeed Mohamed Bakarow & Hussein Mohamed Olow, who used to live under the protection of well to do Hawiyas in the Yaqshid area is widely reported.
Hamar also had a scrupulously enforced ordnance against smoking (pipe) without a lid in public or private.