What is "voss"

is a municipality and a traditional district in Hordaland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, Oppheim, Stalheim, and Vinje.

Voss (1957) is the fifth published novel of Patrick White. It is based upon the life of the nineteenth-century Prussian explorer and naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt who disappeared whilst on an expedition into the Australian outback.

Voss (also as Voß in German, meaning fox in Low German) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andreas Voss (disambiguation)
• Andrew Voss (born 1960), an Australian television sports presenter
• Arno Voss (1821–1888), American politician
• Brandon Voss (born 1978), an American journalist
• Brett Voss (born 1978), a former Australian rules football player, younger brother of Michael Voss
• Carl Voss (film extra) (1896–1947)
• Carl Voss (ice hockey player) (1907–1993)
• Edward Groesbeck Voss, (1929-2012), an American botanist and lepidopterist
• Gerhard Johann Vossius (Voss) (1577–1649), a German classical scholar and theologian
• Gilbert L. Voss (1918–1989), an American conservationist and oceanographer
• Hans-Erich Voss (1897–1969), a German Vice Admiral during World War II
• Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes (died 1523), one of the first two Lutheran martyrs
• Holger Voss, a German internet user who was sued for a sarcastic comment about 11 Sep. 2001 attacks
• Isaac Voss (1618–1689), the youngest son of Gerhard J. Voss
• James S. Voss (born 1949), an American astronaut
• Janice E. Voss (1956–2012), an American astronaut
• Joan Voss (born 1940), an American politician
• Johann Heinrich Voss (1751–1826), a German poet and translator
• John Voss (1858-1922), a Canadian sea captain and sailor extraodinaire; author of The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss
• Julius von Voss (1768–1832), German writer
• Kurt Voss (born 1963), American film director
• Michael Voss (born 1975) Former Australian rules footballer, now coach, older brother of Brett Voss
• Paul Voss (born 1986), German road racing cyclist
• Peter Voss (born 1897), German SS non-commissioned officer and commander of the Auschwitz crematoria and gas chambers
• Richard Voss (1851–1918), German dramatist and novelist
• Torsten Voss (born 1963), German athlete
• Victor Voss (1868–1936), German tennis player
• Werner Voss (1897–1917), German fighter pilot
• Catalin Voss, (born 1995), German inventor, founder and entrepreneur

Voss is a Norwegian brand of bottled water from the village of Vatnestrøm in Iveland municipality, Aust-Agder county. Contrary to popular belief, the water is not bottled in the municipality of Voss, which is more than away from the actual bottling site. It is available in both still and sparkling forms.

Voss is bottled by Voss of Norway ASA, a Norwegian Limited Company headquartered in Oslo and New York City. The water is marketed in over 50 countries, with a particular focus on the United States.

In 2007, Women's Health magazine rated Voss first among several bottled waters. However, in tests sponsored by Finland's national broadcasting company, Yle, three blindfolded wine experts rated Voss water lowest of the six waters tested, which included Helsinki public tap water.

In October 2010, Norway's TV 2 reported that Voss has the same source as tap water from the municipal water supply in Iveland and, contrary to Voss marketing, that this is not artesian. TV 2 continued to maintain these claims despite Voss objections.

The company's cylindrical glass bottle was designed by Neil Kraft. Voss claims its manufacturing process is completely carbon neutral. In the US, VOSS still water is also packaged in plastic bottles that retain the cylindrical design.

Voss may refer to:

• Voss (name), people named Voss

Voss is an opera by Australian composer Richard Meale with libretto by David Malouf. It is an adaptation of Patrick White's novel of the same name. The opera was commissioned by The Australian Opera, and premiered at the Adelaide Festival in 1986.

In 2011, Voss was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry.