Askland is a village in
Åmli
Åmli is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional region of Sørlandet. The main population centre and administrative center is the village of Åmli which lies along the river Nidelva. Other villages in Åmli i ...
municipality in
Agder
Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south ...
county,
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 the ...
. The village is located in the
Gjøvdal valley, just north of the river Gjøv. The village of
Homdrom
Homdrom is a village in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Gjøvdal valley about northwest of the village of Åmli
Åmli is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional regio ...
lies about to the southeast and the municipal centre of
Åmli
Åmli is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional region of Sørlandet. The main population centre and administrative center is the village of Åmli which lies along the river Nidelva. Other villages in Åmli i ...
lies about to the southeast. From 1908 until 1960, the Gjøvdal valley was the separate municipality of
Gjøvdal which had Askland as its
administrative centre.
Gjøvdal Church
Gjøvdal Church ( no, Gjøvdal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åmli Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Askland in the Gjøvdal valley. It is the church for the Gjøvdal parish which is part ...
is located in Askland.
References
Villages in Agder
Åmli
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