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Helgja
Helgja or Helgen is a village in Nome Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located on the west shore of the lake Norsjø, about to the southeast of the village of Ulefoss Ulefoss is the administrative centre of Nome Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located along the northwest shore of the large lake Norsjø. The village occupies both sides of Ulefoss falls on the river Eidselva, just before .... Helgen Church is located in the village. The Norwegian National Road 36 runs through the village. References Nome, Norway Villages in Telemark {{Telemark-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nome Municipality
Nome is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Midt-Telemark and historically part of the Grenland region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulefoss. Other villages include Bjervamoen, Ulefoss, Helgja, Flåbygd, and Svenseid. The municipality is the 230th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nome is the 150th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,559. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 1% over the previous 10-year period. Nome is a large agricultural and forestry municipality. The agricultural area in Nome is approximately . Forest harvesting averaged annually in the five-year period 2017–2021. Just over half was spruce, the rest was pine. General information During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. The municipality of Nome was established on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nome, Norway
Nome is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Midt-Telemark and historically part of the Grenland region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulefoss. Other villages include Bjervamoen, Ulefoss, Helgja, Flåbygd, and Svenseid. The municipality is the 230th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nome is the 150th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,559. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 1% over the previous 10-year period. Nome is a large agricultural and forestry municipality. The agricultural area in Nome is approximately . Forest harvesting averaged annually in the five-year period 2017–2021. Just over half was spruce, the rest was pine. General information During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulefoss
Ulefoss is the administrative centre of Nome Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located along the northwest shore of the large lake Norsjø. The village occupies both sides of Ulefoss falls on the river Eidselva, just before it flows into the lake Norsjø. The village of Helgja lies about to the southeast, the village of Bjervamoen lies about to the west, and the village of Gvarv lies about to the northwest (in Midt-Telemark Municipality). The village has a population (2022) of 2,302 and a population density of . Ulefoss is one of Norway's oldest industrial communities, with sawmills operating from the 1400s, and mining and ironworks from the 1600s. It is still largely an industrial site, with a number of people employed in the iron foundry and mechanical industries. Ulefoss has primary school, lower secondary, and upper secondary school. A variety of shops and restaurants, a library and culture centre are also located here. Øvre Verket is a group of ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helgen Church
Helgen Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nome Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Helgja. It is one of the churches for the ''Holla og Helgen'' parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1735 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 110 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1398, but the church was not built that year. The first church here was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 12th century. (During a 1927 archaeological exploration under the church floor, evidence was found to show that the church was built prior to the year 1200.) The church was consecrated on 2 February (year unknown) and dedicated to Saint Olav. Not much is known about the church except that it had a dark interior and had room for abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regions Of Norway
Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (). These regions are purely geographical and cultural, and have no administrative purpose. However, in 2017 the government decided to abolish the current counties of Norway () and to replace them with fewer, larger administrative regions (). The first of these new areas came into existence on 1 January 2018, when Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag merged to form Trøndelag. According to most definitions, the counties of Norway are divided into the following regions (these groupings are approximate): * Northern Norway (/) ** Troms **Finnmark ** Nordland * Trøndelag (alt. /) ** Trøndelag * Western Norway () ** Møre og Romsdal **Vestland ** Rogaland * Southern Norway (/) ** Agder * Eastern Norway (/) ** Vestfold ** Telemark **Buskerud ** Akershus ** Østfold ** Innlandet **Oslo The division into regions is, by convention, based on geographical and also dialectical differences, but it also follows the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Norway
Eastern Norway (, ) is the geographical region of the south-eastern part of Norway. It consists of the counties Oslo, Akershus, Vestfold, Østfold, Buskerud, Telemark, and Innlandet. Eastern Norway is by far the most populous region of Norway. It contains the country's capital, Oslo, which is Norway's most populous city. In Norwegian, the region is called ''Østlandet'' and ''Austlandet'' () in contrast to Vestlandet (). Geography As of 2015, the region had 2,593,085 inhabitants, 50.4% of Norway's population. The region is bounded by mountains in the north and west, the Swedish border to the east and by Østfold and Skagerrak to the south. The border towards Sørlandet is less obvious. The mountains reach a height of 2469 metres in the Jotunheimen mountain range, the highest point in the Nordic countries (excluding Greenland). Other prominent mountain ranges include part of the Dovrefjell in the far north of the region, the Rondane north east of Lillehammer and othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Norway
There are 15 counties in Norway. The 15 county, counties are administrative division, administrative regions that are the first-level administrative divisions of Norway. The counties are further subdivided into 357 municipalities of Norway, municipalities (). The island territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are outside the county divisions and they are ruled directly from the national level. The capital city of Oslo is both a county and a municipality. In 2017, the Solberg's Cabinet, Solberg government decided to abolish some of the counties and to merge them with other counties to form larger ones, reducing the number of counties from 19 to 11, which was implemented on 1 January 2020. This sparked popular opposition, with some calling for the reform to be reversed. The Storting voted to partly undo the reform on 14 June 2022, with Norway to have 15 counties from 1 January 2024. Three of the newly merged counties, namely Vestfold og Telemark, Viken (county), VikenLars R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telemark
Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. On 1 January 2024, the county of Telemark was re-established after Vestfold og Telemark was divided again. The name ''Telemark'' means the "March (territorial entity), mark of the Thelir", the ancient North Germanic peoples, North Germanic tribe that inhabited what is now known as Upper Telemark in the Migration Period and the Viking Age. In the Middle Ages, the agricultural society of Upper Telemark was considered the most violent region of Norway. Today, half of the buildings from medieval times in Norway are located here. The dialects spoken in Upper Telemark also retain more elements of Old Norse than those spoken elsewhere in the country. Upper Telemark is also known as the birthplace of skiing. The southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Norway
The country of Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway, counties and municipalities of Norway, municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords, plains, or coastlines, or combinations of the above. Many such regions were petty kingdoms up to the early Viking Age. Regional identity A high percentage of Norwegians identify themselves more by the district they live in or come from, than the formal administrative unit(s) whose jurisdiction they fall under. A significant reason for this is that the districts, through their strong geographical limits, have historically delineated the region(s) within which one could travel without too much trouble or expenditure of time and money (on foot or skis, by horse/ox-drawn cart or sleigh or dog sled, or by one's own small Watercraft rowing, ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midt-Telemark
Midt-Telemark is a Districts of Norway, traditional district of Norway situated in Telemark county. It is made up of two municipalities: Midt-Telemark (municipality), Midt-Telemark and Nome, Norway, Nome. The largest population centres in the region are Bø, Midt-Telemark, Bø, Ulefoss, Bjervamoen, and Gvarv, of which Bø is the largest with 3,609 inhabitants. The district is located between Øvre Telemark (upper Telemark) and Nedre Telemark (lower Telemark). Historically, the areas of Midt-Telemark included the old parishes of Bø, Telemark, Bø and Sauherad. Both parishes became municipalities on 1 January 1838 when the formannskapsdistrikt law came into effect. Lunde, Telemark, Lunde Municipality was split off from Bø in 1867. In 1964, Lunde was merged with the neighboring Holla, Telemark, Holla Municipality to form the new Nome Municipality. Holla was never historically part of Midt-Telemark, instead it was often included in the Grenland district. Leading up to 2020, there wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities Of Norway
Municipalities in Norway are the basic unit of local government. Norway is divided into 15 administrative regions, called Counties of Norway, counties. These counties are subdivided into 357 municipality, municipalities (as of 2024). The capital city Oslo is both a county and a municipality. Municipalities are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient Health care, health services, old age, senior citizen services, welfare spending, welfare and other Social work, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Direct election, directly elected representatives. The mayor is Indirect election, indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. Law enforcement and Church of Norway, church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous change by dividing, consolidating, and adjusting boundaries. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
