Stolsvatnet is a regulated lake in the municipalities of
Ål and
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 munic ...
in
Viken county
Viken may refer to:
* Viken, Scandinavia, a historical region
*Viken (county), a Norwegian county established in 2020
* Viken, Sweden, a bimunicipal locality in Skåne County, Sweden
* Viken (lake), a lake in Sweden, part of the part of the Göta c ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...
. Stolsvatnet was formed in the late 1940s by the damming of the upper parts of three rivers, (Stolsvatn, Olsendvatn, Holselva) which created a continuous lake across the watersheds. The new lake covered a number of existing smaller lakes. It is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contr ...
for Hol I kraftverk, a hydroelectric power plant located off FV 50 by
Hovet
Hovet (formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion or, in English: Johanneshov Stadium) is an arena located in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm ( Stockholm Globe City) which is mainly used for ice hockey, concerts and corporate events. It was o ...
in Hol. The power plant is owned and operated by E-Co Energi.
''E-CO Energi AS'' (Store norske leksikon)
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See also
* Strandavatnet
References
External links
E-Co Energi
Lakes of Viken (county)
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