Follebu is a village in

Gausdal Municipality Gausdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Segalstad bru. Other villages in Gausdal include Follebu, Forset, a ...

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 along the river Gausa, about to the southeast of the village of

Segalstad bru Segalstad bru () is the administrative centre of Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the crossroad between Østre Gausdal and Vestre Gausdal. The village sits along the north side of the river Jøra, about ...

. The town of Lillehammer lies about to the southeast of Follebu.

Follebu Church Follebu Church ( no, Follebu kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Follebu. It is the church for the Follebu parish which is part of the Sør-Gudbran ...

(''Follebu kirke'') is located just to the northwest of the village. It was built in a

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of stone and brick between the years 1260 and 1300. The village has a population (2021) of 1,160 and a

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of .

Name

The

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form of the name was ''Foldabu''. The first element is probably the

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pluralis of ''fold'' which means "meadow", "plain", or "open and flat land". The last element of the name is ''bú'' which means "rural district". The area is quite flat and open, especially when it is compared to the surrounding areas.

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Gausdal Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub