Dokka is the

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Nordre Land Municipality Nordre Land is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dokka. Other villages in the municipality include Vest-Torpa, Nord-To ...

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...

county,

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. The village is located at the

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of the rivers Dokka and Etna, about north of the lake

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, the fourth largest lake in Norway. The village has a population (2021) of 2,924 and a

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of . The

Østsinni Church Østsinni Church ( no, Østsinni kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nordre Land Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Dokka. It is one of the churches for the Østsinni parish which is part of ...

is located on the north edge of the village. The Norwegian County Road 33 runs from

Odnes Odnes is a village in Søndre Land Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the north side of the Randsfjorden along County Road 33 and it is named after the nearby Odnes farm. The village lies about to the southeast ...

in the southeast through Dokka, past Nordsinni and westwards to

Etnedal Etnedal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Brufla ...

and Bjørgo. Norwegian County Road 245 runs to the south from Dokka, along the west side of the

Bjoneroa Bjoneroa is a village in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the western shore of Norway's fourth largest lake, Randsfjorden. The village lies in the far northwestern part of Gran, just along the municipal ...

. Norwegian County Road 250 heads north from Dokka towards

Aust-Torpa Aust-Torpa is a village in Nordre Land Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern side of the river Dokka, about north of the village of Dokka Dokka is the administrative centre of Nordre Land Municipal ...

. In 2002, Dokka celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Name

The village is named after the local river Dokka, a tributary of the river Etna. The name of the river Dokka is derived from the

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word which means "hollow" or "depression". Fun fact: The word dokka (どっか）is a slang term meaning "somewhere" in

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. By saying Dokka-toiu-dokka-ni-iku you are essentially saying "I'm going somewhere called Dokka."

Notable residents

Rune Brattsveen Rune Brattsveen (born 5 April 1984) is a former Norwegian biathlete. Life and career Brattsveen was born in Dokka to mother Jorun, a librarian, and father Bjørn. He has one older sister Hege (b. 1980). He went to school in Dokka for ten years, ...

(born 1984), a Norwegian biathlete * Kjetil Bjørklund (born 1967), a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party * Joachim Sørum (born 1979), a Norwegian footballer * Trine Marie Lillehaug (born 2001), a local musician

References

Nordre Land Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub

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Notable residents

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