Gvarv is a village in the municipality
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 regio ...
in
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 o ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located along the river
Gvarvelva, just from where the river empties into the large lake
Norsjø. The
village of Bø lies about to the northwest, the village of
Akkerhaugen lies about to the east, and 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 ...
lies about to the southeast.
The village has a population (2022) of 1,109 and a
population density
Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...
of .
Gvarv is a farming area, noted for its
apple
An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus'' spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (''Malus domestica''), the most widely grown in the genus, are agriculture, cultivated worldwide. The tree originated ...
s,
sweet cherries, and
sour cherries (as is the whole
Sauherad
Sauherad is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It was part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. ...
area). It is also notable for growing
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began approximately 8,0 ...
s and producing wine (which is unusual in Norway).
Gvarv also hosts the apple festival Eplefest and used to host the music festival Kartfestivalen.
The Norwegian
painter
Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...
Erik Werenskiold painted a number of his famous rustic landscapes, such as ''Telemarksjenter'' ("Girls from Telemark"), in the vicinity of Gvarv.
Sagavoll folkehøgskole (
folk high school
Folk high schools (also ''adult education center'') are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal. They are most commonly found in Nordic countries and i ...
) is located in Gvarv and the
Nes Church lies about to the southeast of the village on the ''Nes'' peninsula.
Name
The village is named after the old ''Gvarv'' farm (). The name is identical to the word which means "bend" or "bow" (here referring to the turn in the lower part of the river
Gvarvelva.
Climate
References
External links
Kartfestivalen home pageEplefest home page
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Midt-Telemark
Villages in Telemark