![Church in Hagafoss](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Church_in_Hagafoss.jpg)
Hagafoss is a small village in
Hol
Hol is a municipality in Viken county, Norway.
Administrative history
The area of Hol was separated from the municipality Ål in 1877 to become a separate municipality. In 1937 a part of neighboring Uvdal with 220 inhabitants moved to Hol municip ...
municipality in
Buskerud
Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardan ...
,
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 ...
.
Hagafoss is located in upper
Hallingdal
Hallingdal ( en, Halling Valley) is a valley as well as a traditional district located in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken county in Norway. It consists of six municipalities: Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol.
Hal ...
where the road branches off towards
Aurland
Aurland () is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located on the south side of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Aurlandsvangen. Other villages include Bakka, ...
along
Norwegian county road
A Norwegian county road ( nb, Fylkesvei or nn, Fylkesveg) is a highway in Norway owned and maintained by the local county municipality. Some of the roads have road signs. The signs are white with black numbers.
History
In 1931, a system of nat ...
50 (Fv50). The main tourist attraction in the village is
Hol Bygdemuseum Hol Bygdamuseum is an open-air museum located at the village of Hagafoss in Hol in Viken (county), Viken county, Norway.
Hol Bygdamuseum is a subsidiary of Hallingdal Museum, the regional folk museum for Buskerud. The museum is located in the trad ...
, an open-air museum founded in 1914.
Hol Church (''Hol kyrkje'') is located in Hagafoss. The church was constructed of wood during 1924 and has 400 seats. The architect was Ole Eriksen Stein (1867-1950).
References
External links
Hol BygdemuseumHol kyrkje i Hagafoss
Villages in Buskerud
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