Høland is a former municipality in

Akershus Akershus () is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akers ...

county, Norway.

History

Høland was created in 1837 as a

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

, a Norwegian local self-government district. The district

Setskog Setskog is a village and a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It bordered Østfold county to the south, Hedmark county to the north and Sweden to the east. History Setskog was created by a split from Høland municipality on 1 Janua ...

was separated from Høland to form a separate municipality January 1, 1905. The split left Høland with 4,928 inhabitants. Høland municipality existed until 1 July 1924, when it was split to form the two new municipalities of Nordre Høland and Søndre Høland. Before the partition Høland had a population of 5,294. On 1 January 1966, Nordre Høland and Søndre Høland, were merged with

and Aurskog to form the new municipality of

Aurskog-Høland Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold county was m ...

Origins of the Name

The name Høland is an old, historic district name. The first element is ''høy'' meaning hay. The last element is ''land'' meaning land (originally in plural).''Norwegian English Dictionary'' (Einar Haugen. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. 1965)

People From Høland

* Hjalmar Holand,

Norwegian-American Norwegian Americans () are Americans with ancestral roots in Norway. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the latter half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 milli ...

historian and author.

References

Former municipalities of Norway Aurskog-Høland {{Akershus-geo-stub