Talk:Kongsvinger

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Name[edit]

The explanation given for the name makes little sense to me and I have never heard it before. That the city/fortress is the King's wings defending him for Sweden must be a later interpretation of the name, since the name Vinger (from what I have read in books about Kongsvinger's history) predates the fortress and any association with the king (probably by several centuries). I have also never seen any conclusive explanation for the name Vinger. I checked a large Norwegian encyclopedia/encyclopedic dictionary, and it just speculates. The name simply means The King's (part of?) Vinger, whatever Vinger might be/mean. Ters (talk) 10:13, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And now it's back again. How can Vinger have anything to do with the king's defence, when the name predates any association with the king or even the first defencive structures at the site? And where does this explaination come from? Ters (talk) 19:50, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Culture and History of Culture[edit]

There was a "Galleri Helga" in Kongsvinger around the 1970s. References might indicate that it should be mentioned. (There might also have been a less notable "Galleri Helga" in Nes municipality.) The first gallery in Kongsvinger should likely be mentioned, whatever its name was. 89.8.178.26 (talk) 13:00, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]