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

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Fjellsjøkampen Fjellsjøkampen is a top in Hurdal, Akershus, Norway. It is the highest point in Akershus. See also *List of highest points of Norwegian counties This is a list of the highest points (mountains, hills, glaciers) of all Norwegian counties. ...

is the highest hill in Akershus. The mountain

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is 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 "

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...

" 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

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 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

Norwegian Armed Forces The Norwegian Armed Forces ( no, Forsvaret, , The Defence) is the military organization responsible for the defence of Norway. It consists of five branches, the Norwegian Army, the Royal Norwegian Navy, which includes the Coast Guard, the Royal ...

2009 to 2013 *

Robert Sørlie Robert Walter Sørlie (born 15 February 1958), (pronounced: /sir-lee/) commonly "Sorlie" in English, is a two-time Iditarod champion Norwegian dog musher and dog sled racer from Hurdal. Together with Kjetil Backen and his nephew, Bjørnar Ander ...

(born 1958 in Hurdal) - dog sled racer, winner of

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in 2003 and 2005 *

Kjetil Mulelid Kjetil André Mulelid (born 4 February 1991 in Hurdal, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer known from his own work with Kjetil Mulelid Trio, Kjemilie and Wako, and from collaborations with musicians like Siril Malmedal Hauge, Arve He ...

(born 1991 in Hurdal) a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer

Gallery

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References

External links

* * *
Municipal fact sheet
from

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