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hp011b5562_2
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Posted - 26/02/2004 :  17:00:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I sent a letter,address was 1621 Gressvik Skatekommune,Frerikstad,norway,but it was returned with a notice utilstrekkelig adresse.(also)adresse insuffisante,i imagine it means insuficient address but i got it from an official document??can anyone help

Edited by - Borge on 26/02/2004 17:37:23

jwiborg
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Norway
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Posted - 26/02/2004 :  17:19:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes, "utilstrekkelig adresse" means insufficient address.

<Firstname Lastname>
N-1621 Gressvik
NORWAY


would be a sufficient postal address to a person in Norway.

Skattekommune, Fredrikstad does not make any sence...

Are you trying to send a mail to the local government in Fredrikstad, dealing with tax-issues?

Jan
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hp011b5562_2
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 26/02/2004 :  17:28:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
no im searching for lost relitives of the Johansen family ,our bydbok is graesvik and we think the modern name could be gressvik.ill try the way you have suggested thanks
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jwiborg
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Norway
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Posted - 26/02/2004 :  18:00:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,
did you have a "valid" recipient name in the address field?
The notice "utilstrekkelig adresse" refer most likely to a non-valid recipient, not necessarily the address itself.

Jan
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Borge
Veteran Moderator

Norway
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Posted - 26/02/2004 :  18:46:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Most of the service-minded people in the Norwegian Postal Service was fired a few years ago. Someone invented efficiency! In addition all of those sweet old ladies who knew everyone and looked after the mail so that it reached the right recipient are sent off with a pension. So, don't expect a letter to get through if you can't be deadly specific about where it is supposed to go. Why don't you let us know what you are looking for and we will try to supply you with the correct address.

Børge Solem
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hp011b5562_2
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/03/2004 :  14:48:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
im actually trying to find relations of an old friend ,his name was John Johansen,he was brought up by my great grandfather Hans Peder Pederson,Hans was originally from Fredrikshald but we always believed he was from Fredrikstad ,but through research we conected the 2 towns together.the bydbok for our family is Graesvig ,and i was advised that its modern name is or might be Gressvik so i found a family with the Gressvik address and sent a letter to them ,but it came back as stated in my original question
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hp011b5562_2
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/03/2004 :  15:08:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
ive sent a letter using the format advised
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