Nore og Uvdal 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 ...

in Viken

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. It is part of the traditional region of

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 ...

. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of

Rødberg Rødberg is the administrative centre of Nore og Uvdal municipality in Buskerud, Norway. Rødberg is located in the Norwegian traditional district and valley of Numedal. Its population (2005) is 498, and it is located on the Rødberg dam ( no, ...

. The area of ''Nore'' was separated from the municipality 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 ...

in 1858. The municipality of Nore was divided into two municipalities on 1 January 1901:

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and Uvdal. These two municipalities were merged back together on 1 January 1962, and the new municipality was called ''Nore og Uvdal''.

General information

Name

The municipalities of

and Uvdal were joined together in 1962 into ''Nore og Uvdal''. The

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

form of Nore was ''Nórar''. The name is the

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form of ''nór'' which means "narrow

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". The name originally belonged to the

vicarage A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of religion. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, rectory or vicarage. Function A clergy house is typically own ...

(and church site) at

Norefjorden Norefjorden is a lake in the municipality of Nore og Uvdal in Viken (county), Viken county, Norway. Norefjorden is a long, narrow mountain lake which is known for its fishing. Numedalslågen flows into the far north and exits travelling southward ...

. The Old Norse form of Uvdal was ''Uppdalr''. The first element is ''upp'' meaning "upper" or "high" and the last element is ''dalr'' which means "

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". The name originally belonged to the vicarage and old church site. Prior to 1933, the name was spelled ''"Opdal"''.

Coat-of-arms

The

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is from modern times. It was granted on 26 March 1982. The arms are

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diagonally with the colors green on yellow above the line and yellow on green below. The economy of the municipality is based on

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and

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. Hence the upper half of the arms shows a barn for the storage of grains and the lower half a

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wheel which was used to saw

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Geography

The municipal centre is the village of Rødberg.

and Uvdal are the two other villages in the municipality. Nore og Uvdal is bordered in the north by the municipalities of

Hol Hol is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. Administrative history The area of Hol was separated from the municipality Ål in 1877 to become a separate municipality. In 1937 a part of neighboring Uvdal with 220 inhabitants moved to Hol municip ...

Ål Ål 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 Hallingdal. The administ ...

, and

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; in the east by Flå and Sigdal; in the south by

, Tinn, and Vinje (the latter two 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 traditional ...

county); and in the west by Eidfjord (in

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county). The municipality is located at the top of the valley and traditional district of

, with a widely spread area of . The municipality's highest point is the Borgsjåbrot mountain at . It is located on the border with Tinn municipality in Telemark county. A large part of the

Hardangervidda Hardangervidda ( en, Hardanger Plateau) is a mountain plateau (Norwegian: ''vidde'') in central southern Norway, covering parts of Vestland, Vestfold og Telemark, and Viken counties. It is the largest plateau of its kind in Europe, with a cold ye ...

lies within the municipality's borders. Lakes in the municipality include

Geitsjøen Geitsjøen is a lake in the municipality of Nore og Uvdal in Viken county, Norway. It lies east of the Hardangervidda mountain plateau, at the lower end of the catchment area of the river Djupa in the Numedalslågen Numedalslågen is a river loca ...

and Hettefjorden.

Attractions

* ''Langedrag Naturpark'' (Langedrag Nature Park) - a resort in the mountain focusing on ecology and animals * ''Uvdal Skisenter'' - alpine resort located in Uvdal * ''Uvdal Alpinpark'' - alpine resort located in Uvdal, on the other side of the valley * Nore Stave Church - built around 1166 - 1200 * Uvdal Stave Church - originally constructed just after the year 1168

Notable people

Johnny Lunde Johnny Anker Lunde (26 October 1923 – 2 April 2013) was a Norwegian alpine skier and engineer. He was born in Nore, and represented the club Konnerud IL. He participated at the 1948 Winter Olympics in Saint Moritz, and at the 1952 Winter Olym ...

(1923 in Nore – 2013) an alpine skier and engineer, participated at the

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and

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Frode Thingnæs Frode Thingnæs (20 March 1940 – 15 November 2012) was a Norwegian jazz composer, arranger, conductor and trombone player who formed the Frode Thingnæs Quintet in 1960. Career Thingnæs was introduced to music at eight years old, when he sta ...

(1940 in Nore og Uvdal – 2012) a Norwegian jazz composer, arranger, conductor and trombone player

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Nore og Uvdal: * Juupajoki,

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Gallery

File:Nore I 2.jpg, Nore I hydropower plant File:Nore II.jpg, Nore II hydropower plant File:Nore og Uvdal rödbergdammen IMG 1021.JPG, Rødbergdammen in Rødberg File:Pålsbu kraftverk.JPG, Pålsbu kraftverk hydropower plant File:Uvdal II kraftverk.JPG, Uvdal II kraftverk hydropower plant File:Numedal videregående skole og idrettshallen.JPG, Numedal High School File:Nore og Uvdal IMG 5299 skjønne kirke.JPG, Skjønne Church

References

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every yea ...

Nore og Uvdal kommune

Map of Nore og Uvdal showing points of culture
from

Kulturnett.no The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Equality ( no, Det kongelige kultur- og likestillingsdepartement; short name ''Kultur- og likestillingsdepartementet'') is responsible for cultural policy, regulations and other matters related to the ...

EKT Langedrag Naturpark

Uvdal - official visitor information
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