Eidsborg is a village in Tokke Municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located about north of the village of

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and the lake

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. The village lies in a bowl-shaped valley, surrounded by forests. The 13th-century Eidsborg Stave Church is located in the village. The village is also the site of the Vest-Telemark Museum. ''Vindlausloftet'' was built around 1167 and it was originally located on the Vindlaus farm. It is now located the museum and it is the oldest secular wooden building in Norway. For hundreds of years, there was a

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at Eidsborg. Stones were turned into whetstones and then they were transported to

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on the ice during the winter and then loaded on ships to send to other markets. Anne Lillegaard's version of the visionary poem '' Draumkvedet'' was written down by folklorist

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during a visit to Eidsborg in 1847. Lillegaard also contributed a large number of traditional songs. Vindlausloftet and Ljosdalburet.jpg, Vindlausloftet – oldest secular building in Norway Eidsborgbryner.jpg, Whetstones from Eidsborg Eidsborg Museum 2022.jpg, Building at the Vest-Telemark Museum

References

{{Authority control Tokke Villages in Telemark