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==Other== |
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Revision as of 09:19, 10 January 2022
Vik (Old Norse: vík) means wick or bay in Norwegian and Swedish (vig in Danish), and it may refer to the following:
Places
Iceland
- Vík í Mýrdal, a village in southern Iceland
Iran
- Vik, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran
Norway
- Viken (Old Norse: Vík), historical district in southern Norway
- Vik, a municipality in Vestland county
- Vik or Vikøyri, a village in Vik municipality, Vestland county
- Vik, Buskerud, a village in Hole municipality, Buskerud county
- Vik, Grimstad, a village in Grimstad municipality, Aust-Agder county
- Vik, Rogaland, a village in Karmøy municipality, Rogaland county
- Vik, Sortland, a village in Sortland municipality, Nordland county
- Vik, Sømna, a village in Sømna municipality, Nordland county
- Vik, Sunnfjord, a village in Sunnfjord municipality, Vestland county
- Vik, Trøndelag, a village in Flatanger municipality, Trøndelag county
- Vik, Vestnes, a village in Vestnes municipality, Møre og Romsdal county
- Vik Church, a church in Vik municipality, Vestland county
- Vik Church (Flatanger), a church in Flatanger municipality, Trøndelag county
Sweden
- Vik, Sweden, a village in Simrishamn Municipality in southernmost Sweden
- Vik Castle, a castle in Uppland, Sweden
People
- Vik (name), people with the first name of Vik or Vic
Surname
- Anne Petrea Vik, a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party
- Arnfinn Vik, a Norwegian politician
- Bjarte Engen Vik, a Nordic combined skier
- Bjørg Vik, a writer
- Frithjov Meier Vik, a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
- Ingebrigt Vik, a Norwegian sculptor
- Jakob Nilsson Vik, a Norwegian politician who was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs for a time
- Knut Severin Jakobsen Vik, a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
- Maya Vik, a Norwegian musician
- Oddmund Vik, a Norwegian politician
- Olav Martin Vik, a politician
- Ragnar Vik, a Norwegian sailor
- Robin Vik, a Czech professional tennis player
- Singh Vik, a Functional Consultant
Other
- Vik Records, an American record label set up in 1953 as a subsidiary of RCA
- ViK. Recordings, a Canadian record label established in 1998
- Stalag VI-K, a German World War II prisoner of war camp at Stuckenbrock
See also
- Wick (disambiguation), the anglicisation of 'Vik'
- Vic (disambiguation)