Lårdal is a village in

Tokke Municipality Tokke is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dalen. The municipality of Tokke was cr ...

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county,

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. The village is located on the north shore of the lake Bandak and about south of the village of

Høydalsmo Høydalsmo is a village in Tokke municipality in Telemark county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion o ...

and the European route E134 highway. The village is the site of

Lårdal Church Lårdal Church ( no, Lårdal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tokke Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lårdal. It is one of the churches for the ''Høydalsmo og Lårdal'' pa ...

, a school, and a fast food store. Previously, there was also a grocery store, but it closed because the local population couldn't support it. Lårdal is also home to the former journalist and television presenter Bjørn Honerød. The village was historically the

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of the old Lårdal Municipality from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964.

Name

The village (originally the

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) is named after the old ''Laardal'' farm ( non, Lagardalr) since the first

was built there. The first element is which means "water" or "river". The last element is which means "dale" or "valley". Historically, the municipality name was spelled "Laurdal" (although the parish name goes back centuries as ''Laugerdal''). From 1884-1920, it was spelled "Laardal". Since 1921, it has been spelled "Lårdal".

Notable people

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Tokke Villages in Telemark {{Telemark-geo-stub