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Bergset
Bergset is the administrative centre of Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the river Renaelva, about north of the village of Otnes in the largely rural Østerdalen valley. The village has a population (2012) of 243 and a population density of . Bergset was also the administrative centre of the former municipality of Øvre Rendal which is now a part of Rendalen. Øvre Rendal Church, built in 1761, is located in Bergset. The Bull Museum, Rendalen Village Museum in Bergset contains a collection relating to the author Jacob Breda Bull (1853–1930), who was a resident of Rendalen. Bull was buried in the nearby Ytre Rendal Church. References External linksRendalen Bygdemuseum website Rendalen Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rendalen
Rendalen is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bergset. Other villages in the municipality include Hanestad, Otnes, Sjølisand, Unset, Åkre, and Åkrestrømmen. The municipality is the 13th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Rendalen is the 294th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,722. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 12.1% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Rendalen was established on 1 January 1965 when the old municipalities of Ytre Rendal (population: 1,913) and Øvre Rendal (population: 1,629) were merged. On 1 January 1984, the unpopulated Spekedalen valley was transferred from Tynset Municipality to Rendalen. Name The municipality is named after the Rendalen valley ( non, Reindalr) which is located within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rendalen Municipality
Rendalen is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bergset. Other villages in the municipality include Hanestad, Otnes, Sjølisand, Unset, Åkre, and Åkrestrømmen. The municipality is the 13th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Rendalen is the 294th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,722. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 12.1% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Rendalen was established on 1 January 1965 when the old municipalities of Ytre Rendal (population: 1,913) and Øvre Rendal (population: 1,629) were merged. On 1 January 1984, the unpopulated Spekedalen valley was transferred from Tynset Municipality to Rendalen. Name The municipality is named after the Rendalen valley ( non, Reindalr) which is located within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øvre Rendal Church
Øvre Rendal Church ( no, Øvre Rendal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bergset. It is the church for the Øvre Rendal parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in an cruciform design in 1759 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 280 people. History The first church in Bergset was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century. Not much is known about that building. A 13th-century crucifix that formerly hung in that church is still in existence today. Around 1665, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new church on the same site. In 1759, the old church was torn down and a new church was built on the same site soon afterwards. It was a timber-framed cruciform church. The new church was consecrated on 19 July 1761. In 1814, this church served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bull Museum
The Bull Museum ( no, Bull-museet), also known as the Rendalen Village Museum ( no, Rendalen Bygdemuseum), is located at Rendalen's old parish farm dating from 1747 in Bergset, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t .... This was the birthplace and childhood home of the author Jacob Breda Bull (1853–1930). The collection includes the cradle he lay in as a child and furniture from his workroom in Copenhagen. The yard around the vicarage includes, among other things, the grave of the horse Vesleblakken from Bull's short story. The yard is maintained by Rendalen Hagelag. The museum is a venue for various cultural events. Every summer, the play ''Morosamme kropper og arme kroker'' based on Bull's works is performed at the museum grounds. The museum also includes the old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øvre Rendal
Øvre Rendal is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1880 until its dissolution in 1965 when it was merged with the neighboring municipality of Ytre Rendal to form the new Rendalen Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Bergset where Øvre Rendal Church is located. History On 1 January 1838, the large municipality of Rendal was established. This municipality spanned from the Østerdalen valley to the border with Sweden. During the 1870s, discussions began on dividing the large municipality. On 1 January 1880, the municipality of Rendal was split in two to create the municipalities of Øvre Rendal (population: 1,868) and Ytre Rendal (population: 1,661). The new municipality of Øvre Rendal had an area of . On 1 January 1911, the new municipality of Engerdal was established to the east of Øvre Rendal. This new municipality was created by taking of eastern Øvre Rendal, plus area from the neighboring municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otnes
Otnes is a village in Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the lake Lomnessjøen, about north of the village of Åkre. The municipal centre of Bergset lies about to the north of Otnes. The village has a population (2021) of 263 and a population density of . Otnes was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Ytre Rendal which existed from 1880 until 1965 when it was merged into Rendalen. Otnes has one church in the village, Ytre Rendal Church. The tiny village contains a Gas station, Grocery store, small Bank inside the grocery store, Library and a Doctor's office A doctor's office in American English, a doctor's surgery in British English, or a doctor's practice, is a medical facility in which one or more medical doctors, usually general practitioners (GP), receive and treat patients. Description Doct .... References Rendalen Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaelva
The Rena or Renaelva is a river in Innlandet county, Norway. The long river runs through Rendalen and Åmot municipalities in Innlandet county. This river is a tributary of the large river Glomma. Kjøllsæter Bridge connects the east and west side of the river. The river Julussa flows from south through the Julussdalen valley and into the river Rena. The Rena watershed has a drainage area of . The river begins at the confluence of the rivers Tysla and Unsetåa which is just south of the Fonnåsfjellet mountain and just north of the village of Bergset. The river flows south through the lakes Lomnessjøen and Storsjøen and when the river reaches the village of Rena, just flows into the large river Glomma. A tunnel has been built to transport part of the water from the upper Glomma river into the Rena river in order to optimize the production of electricity by nearby power plants. See also *List of rivers in Norway The following are the 19 longest rivers of Norway, ranked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of Norway
Norway is divided into 11 administrative regions, called counties (''fylker'' in Norwegian, singular: ''fylke''), and 356 municipalities (''kommuner/-ar'', singular: ''kommune'' – cf. communes). The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality. Municipalities are the atomic unit of local government in Norway and are responsible for primary education (until 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. Law enforcement and church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous consolidation. In 1930, there were 747 municipalities in Norway. As of 2020 there are 356 municipalities, a reduction from 422. See the list of former municipalities of Norway for further detail about municipal mergers. The consolidation effort is complicated by a number of factors. Since block grants are made by the national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunnskapsforlaget
Kunnskapsforlaget () is a Norwegian publishing company based in Oslo. Kunnskapsforlaget was established in 1975, as a partnership between H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard) and Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The purpose was to co-operate on publishing encyclopaedias and dictionaries. The first volume of Store norske leksikon (SNL) was published in 1978. A total of four editions was published (the last one in 2004), before the online version was transferred to Institusjonen Fritt Ord og Sparebankstiftelsen DnB in 2011. Kunnskapsforlaget is the largest dictionary publisher in Norway. They publish both printed books, and digital dictionaries that are available through the online service Ordnett (launched in 2004). Their main languages are English and Norwegian, but they also have dictionaries in 21 other languages. In September 2018, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag became the single owner of the company. As of 2018, the publisher has eight full-time employees. The CEO is Thomas Nygaard Thomas m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ytre Rendal Church
Ytre Rendal Church ( no, Ytre Rendal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Otnes. It is the church for the Ytre Rendal parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The red, wooden church was built in an cruciform design in 1751 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 180 people. Jacob Breda Bull is buried in the church graveyard. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1444, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Rendalen was probably a wooden stave church that was located at Hornset, about northeast of the present church site. In 1670, the old church was torn down and a new replacement church was built about to the south in the village of Otnes. This new church eventually fell into disrepair and around 1745, it was decided to build a new church. A ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Breda Bull
Jacob Breda Bull (28 March 1853 – 7 January 1930) was a Norwegian author, journalist and editor. Biography Jacob Bull was born at Rendalen in Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of parish priest Mathias Bull (1815–1876) and Henriette Margrethe Breda (1817–1887). In May 1876 he graduated with a '' cand.theol.'' degree and received the university title “haud laudibilis” (not without praise). He then served a year as a teacher at Nickelsen's Girls' School in Kristiania (now Oslo). In April 1878 he founded the newspaper ''Dagen'' and subsequently earned his living as a journalist. He served as leader of the Norwegian Authors' Union from 1900 to 1903. His debut novel ''Paa Grænsen'' was published in 1879. Bull is best known as the author of the short story ''Vesleblakken''. The story about the horse named Vesleblakken is based upon a childhood memory from the author's upbringing in Rendalen. The story was first published in ''Skisser'' (1891). His other novels and stories of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Norway
Eastern Norway ( nb, Østlandet, nn, Austlandet) is the geographical region of the south-eastern part of Norway. It consists of the counties Vestfold og Telemark, Viken, Oslo and Innlandet. Eastern Norway is by far the most populous region of Norway. It contains the country's capital, Oslo, which is Norway's most populous city. In Norwegian, the region is called ''Østlandet'' and ''Austlandet'' ("The east land") in contrast to Vestlandet ("The west land"). Geography As of 2015, the region had 2,593,085 inhabitants, 50.4% of Norway's population. The region is bounded by mountains in the north and west, the Swedish border to the east and by Viken and Skagerrak to the south. The border towards Sørlandet is less obvious. The mountains reach a height of 2469 metres in the Jotunheimen mountain range, the highest point in the Nordic countries (excluding Greenland). Other prominent mountain ranges include part of the Dovrefjell in the far north of the region, the Rondane north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
