Jevnaker is a

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in Viken

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. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302. The

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of ''Jævnaker'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of

Lunner Lunner is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Roa. Lunner was established when it was separated from the municipality of Jev ...

was separated from the municipality of Jevnaker on 1 January 1898 to form a municipality of its own. From 1 January 2020 the municipality belongs to Viken county, it was

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before that. The municipality is (together with

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and Lunner) a part of the Hadeland traditional region. The Hadeland region has a population of about 30,000. The region spreads over a large area including several villages and towns.

Name and coat-of-arms

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Jevnaker'' farm (

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: ''Jafnakr''), since the first church was built here. The first element is ''jafn'' which means "even" or "flat" and the last element is ''akr'' which means " field" or "

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". Prior to 1889, the name was written ''"Jævnaker"''. The coat-of-arms is from modern times, granted in 1983. The arms show three silver-colored

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, since glassblowing has been a long tradition and industry in the municipality (see Hadeland Glassverk). The red colour of the background was also chosen as the colour of the glass when hot.

Geography

Jevnaker is situated at the southern end of the Randsfjorden. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of

, to the east by

, and to the southwest by Ringerike (in Buskerud county). Jevnaker municipality has an area of , measuring on a north–south axis and on an east–west axis. The municipality lies in the extreme south of Oppland county. The highest point is Svarttjernshøgda with a height of .

Economy

Jevnaker is home to Hadeland Glassverk, an old glassblowing factory with over 600,000 visitors each year, ranking it as the third most popular

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destination in Norway. The Kistefos Træsliberi, an industrial museum with a very impressive Art collection, is also located in Jevnaker

Demographics

In 2015, 96 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 66 had Lithuanian parents and/or were Lithuanian.

Notable people

* Ulrik Frederik Lange (1808 in Jevnaker – 1878) educator and Mayor of Lillehammer, 1850's & 60's *

Carl M. Rynning-Tønnesen Carl Mentz Rynning-Tønnesen (13 September 1924 – 28 April 2013) was a Norwegian police chief. He was born in Jevnaker as a son of Christian Wilhelm Rynning-Tønnesen (1893–1963) and pharmacist Sigrid Jacobsen (1896–1961), and grew up in Kri ...

(1924 in Jevnaker – 2013) police chief of Kristiansand 1979 to 1992 * Kjell Knudsen (born 1931 in Jevnaker) civil servant and county mayor of Akershus, 1969 to 1975 * Tor Bomann-Larsen (born 1951 in Jevnaker) a children's writer, non-fiction writer and novelist *

Jonas Rønning Jonas Rønning (born 8 August 1970 in Jevnaker) is a Norwegian comedian, actor and cabaret artist. Notable performances include the musical "Olsenbanden Jr. - At Circus" (based on the film '' Olsenbanden Jr. på Cirkus'') at the Oslo Nye Teate ...

(born 1970 in Jevnaker) a Norwegian comedian, actor and cabaret artist IMDb Database
retrieved 20 February 2021

References

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from

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Official website

Gallery Roenland
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