Nore is a village in the

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 ...

Nore og Uvdal Nore og Uvdal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Viken (county), Viken Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is ...

in the

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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 ...

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. It is located in the

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 ...

Numedal Numedal () is a valley and a traditional district in Eastern Norway located within the county of Buskerud. It traditionally includes the municipalities Flesberg, Nore og Uvdal and Rollag. Administratively, it now also includes Kongsberg. Geog ...

History

From 1837 the area was part of

Rollag Rollag is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken (county), Viken Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Numedal. The admini ...

District. Nore was a municipality of its own from 1858 to 1961. It was merged with

Uvdal Uvdal is a village and former municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is situated in the traditional region of Numedal and is the location of the Uvdal Stave Church. The municipality was created by a split from Nore on 1 January 1901. The n ...

on 1 January 1962. Prior to the merger Nore municipality had a population of 1,975. Norefjord is the center of the Nore. There is Numedal Hall, Numedal high school, Nore school and community center. During the summer months there is an open exhibition at the former residence of glass artist, Oddmund Kristiansen (1920-1997). During the final twenty years of his life, the renowned glass artist used his house as a workshop and studio. Nore Stave Church (''Nore stavkirke'') dating from the 1100-1200 time period is located in Nore. Nore Stave Church is located just south of downtown. The church, which is characteristic of stave churches of

type, has wood carvings from the

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in the form of leaf vines and man-eating lions and is decorated with wall paintings dating from 1600 to 1700. Nore Church (''Nore kirke'') was built as a replacement for Nore Stave Church. Architect

Jacob Wilhelm Nordan Jacob Wilhelm Nordan (23 February 1824 – 11 April 1892) was a Danish-born, Norwegian architect. During his career, he was one of the most prolific church architects in Norway. Biography Nordan was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and came to Norw ...

prepared drawings for the new church at Nore prestegård which was opened on October 5, 1880. The original intention was to tear down the stave church, but Professor

Lorentz Dietrichson Lorentz Henrik Segelcke Dietrichson (1 January 1834 Bergen - 6 March 1917) was a Norwegian poet and historian of art and literature. Biography Lorentz Henrik Segelcke Dietrichson was the son of Fredrik Dietrichson (1800–52) and Marie Heiberg ...

took the initiative in favor of conservation. In 1888, it was handed over to the

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(''Fortidsminneforeningen''), which also owned the

Uvdal stave church Uvdal Stave Church (''Uvdal stavkirke'') is situated at Uvdal in the valley Numedal in Nore og Uvdal in Buskerud, Norway. The stave church was originally constructed just after the year 1168, which is known through dendrochronological dating of th ...

Notable residents

*Lars Larsen Solaas (1929- 2011) painter *Oddmund Kristiansen (1920-1997) glass artistAlbert Steen
''Oddmund Kristiansen''
Norsk kunstnerleksikon

References

Other sources

* Anker, Leif (2005) '' Kirker i Norge'' (Oslo) * Anker, Peter (1997) ''Stavkirkene deres egenart og historie'' (Oslo)

External links

Fortidsminneforeningen: Nore stavkirkeNore Stave Church information
Villages in Buskerud Former municipalities of Norway Nore og Uvdal {{Buskerud-geo-stub