Hurdal is a

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. It is part of the

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. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hurdal. Hurdal is located about north of

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, along the lake Hurdalsjøen. Fjellsjøkampen is the highest hill in Akershus. The mountains Faksebrennkollene and Toppåsen are also located in the municipality.

General information

Name

The name (

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: ''Urðardalr'' and ''Hurðardalr'') is an old district name. (The name of the church site is ''Gjøing''.) The first element is the

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of an old river name (later called ''Gjøingelva'' which means "Gjøing river"), probably ''Urð'' which means "stony river" (from ''urð'' which means "

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"). (The sideform ''Hurðardalr'' has an addition of a false / h/.) The last element is ''dalr'' meaning "

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" or "dale". Prior to 1918, the name was spelled ''"Hurdalen"''.

Coat-of-arms

The

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is from modern times. They were granted in 1988. The arms are green with a yellow-colored

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from a

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tree (''Picea abies'').

History

The parish of ''Hurdalen'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

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). The new municipality of Feiring was separated from Hurdal on 1 January 1870.

Attractions

* Holy Trifon Skete, an Eastern Orthodox monastery of Orthodox church in Norway (Saint Nicolas commune). The monastery was established in 1985.Russian flag in Norwegian monastery
. Tidsskrift for Russisktalende i Norge ''Landsmann'' (

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Notable residents

* Børre Rognlien (born 1944 in Hurdal) a sports official and politician, former journalist and military officer * Harald Sunde (born 1954 in Hurdal) a military officer, head of the

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2009 to 2013 * Robert Sørlie (born 1958 in Hurdal) - dog sled racer, winner of

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in 2003 and 2005 * Kjetil Mulelid (born 1991 in Hurdal) a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer

Gallery

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References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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