Heddal is a village and parish in
Notodden
Notodden () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Øst-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Notodden.
Notodden was separated from the muni ...
municipality in
Telemark
Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditio ...
County, Norway.
History
The parish of ''Hitterdal'' was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt
() is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 Janua ...
).
Notodden
Notodden () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Øst-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Notodden.
Notodden was separated from the muni ...
was separated from Heddal both as a city and a municipality of its own, in 1913. Heddal was subsequently merged with Notodden January 1, 1964. The Heddal clerical district consists of two parishes: Hitterdal and Lisleherad.
Etymology
The
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...
form of the name was ''Heitrardalr''. The first element is the genitive case of a former name of the River ''Heitr'', now known as
Heddøla, a tributary of the
Skien River. The last element is ''dalr'' meaning dale or valley. The original meaning of the river name is unknown. Until 1918 the name was written ''Hitterdal'' or ''Hiterdal''. From 1918 on, the name has been ''Heddal''.
Geography
Nearby rivers include the River
Hjartdøla.
Notable people from Heddal
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Egil Bergsland (1924–2007), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
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Thorolf Bugge (1879–1935), Norwegian trade unionist and politician
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Olea Crøger (1801–1855), Folklore collector, who published old folk tunes
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Sigmund Groven (born 1946), Norwegian classical harmonica player
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Hans Herbjørnsrud (1938-), Author of short stories.
See also
* Asteroid
15050 Heddal
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Heddal Stave Church
Heddal Stave Church ( nb, Heddal stavkirke, nn, Heddal stavkyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Notodden Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Heddal. It is the church for the Hed ...
(built after 1150)
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Heddal Open Air Museum
External links
Church at Hitterdal, Norway
Villages in Vestfold og Telemark
Former municipalities of Norway
Notodden
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