Jevnaker is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302. The

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of ''Jævnaker'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 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 January ...

). The area of

Lunner Lunner is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Roa. Lunner was established when it was separated from the municipality of Jevnake ...

was separated from the municipality of Jevnaker on 1 January 1898 to form a municipality of its own. From 1 January 2020 the municipality belongs to

county, it was

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The co ...

before that. The municipality is (together with Gran and Lunner) a part of the

Hadeland Hadeland () is a traditional district in the southeastern part of Norway. It is centered on the southern part of the large lake Randsfjorden in Innlandet and Viken counties. The district consists of the municipalities Gran in Innlandet county ...

traditional region Historical regions (or historical areas) are geographical regions which at some point in time had a cultural, ethnic, linguistic or political basis, regardless of latterday borders. They are used as delimitations for studying and analysing social ...

. The Hadeland region has a population of about 30,000. The region spreads over a large area including several villages and towns.

Name and coat-of-arms

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Jevnaker'' farm (

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: ''Jafnakr''), since the first church was built here. The first element is ''jafn'' which means "even" or "flat" and the last element is ''akr'' which means "

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" or "

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". Prior to 1889, the name was written ''"Jævnaker"''. The

coat-of-arms A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its w ...

is from modern times, granted in 1983. The arms show three silver-colored

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, since

glassblowing Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble (or parison) with the aid of a Blowpipe (tool), blowpipe (or blow tube). A person who blows glass is called a ''glassblower'', ''glassmith'', or ''gaffer'' ...

has been a long tradition and industry in the municipality (see

Hadeland Glassverk Hadeland Glassverk is situated in Jevnaker, Viken 40 km north of Oslo, at the southern tip of lake Randsfjorden. History The glass works was founded in 1762 on land belonging to the Mo estate. Production started in 1765. At the time Norway ...

). The red colour of the background was also chosen as the colour of the glass when hot.

Geography

Jevnaker is situated at the southern end of the

Randsfjorden Randsfjorden is Norway's fourth-largest lake with an area of . Its volume is estimated at just over , and its greatest depth is . The lake is located at an elevation of above sea level. It is located in Innlandet and Viken counties in the munic ...

. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Gran, to the east by

, and to the southwest by Ringerike (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 ...

county). Jevnaker municipality has an area of , measuring on a north–south axis and on an east–west axis. The municipality lies in the extreme south of Oppland county. The highest point is Svarttjernshøgda with a height of .

Economy

Jevnaker is home to

, an old glassblowing factory with over 600,000 visitors each year, ranking it as the third most popular

tourist Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism mo ...

destination in Norway. The

Kistefos Træsliberi The Kistefos Wood Pulp Mill ( no, Kistefos Træsliberi) is a former pulp mill and hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power plant in Jevnaker, Norway. It was founded by Kistefos at the river Ranelva, Randselva in 1889. History The mill was founded ...

, an industrial museum with a very impressive Art collection, is also located in Jevnaker

Demographics

In 2015, 96 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 66 had Lithuanian parents and/or were Lithuanian.

Notable people

Ulrik Frederik Lange file:U.F. Lange (cropped).jpg, Ulrik Frederik Lange Ulrik Frederik Lange (28 July 1808 – 8 September 1878) was a Norwegian teacher and politician.

(1808 in Jevnaker – 1878) educator and Mayor of Lillehammer, 1850's & 60's * Carl M. Rynning-Tønnesen (1924 in Jevnaker – 2013) police chief of Kristiansand 1979 to 1992 *

Kjell Knudsen Kjell Knudsen (23 March 1931 – 2022) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Jevnaker. He spent his working career from 1948 to 1973 in the Norwegian State Railways, before embarking on a political car ...

(born 1931 in Jevnaker) civil servant and county mayor of Akershus, 1969 to 1975 *

Tor Bomann-Larsen Tor Bomann-Larsen (born 26 April 1951) is a Norwegian illustrator, children's writer, non-fiction writer, novelist and government scholar. Biography Tor Bomann-Larsen was born in Jevnaker, Oppland, and started his career as a satirical illustr ...

(born 1951 in Jevnaker) a children's writer, non-fiction writer and novelist * Jonas Rønning (born 1970 in Jevnaker) a Norwegian comedian, actor and cabaret artist IMDb Database
retrieved 20 February 2021

References

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from

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Official website

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