Odda

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This article is about the Norwegian municipality and town. For military commander, see Ealdorman Odda.
Odda kommune
Locator map showing Odda within Hordaland
County Hordaland
District Hardanger
Municipality NO-1228
Administrative centre Odda
Mayor (2003) Toralv Mikkelsen (Ap)
Official language form Neutral
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 42
1,616 km²
1,478 km²
0.50 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 131
7,468
0.16 %
-8.0 %
5/km²
Coordinates 60°1′N, 6°40′E
www.odda.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 60°1′N, 6°40′E

Odda is a municipality and town in the county of Hordaland, Norway. It is the centre of the landscape of Hardanger, located at the end of the Hardanger Fjord.

In 1927, Erling Johnson, working at Odda Smelteverk, invented a process to produce fertilizers. This process is now known as the Odda process.

[edit] The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Odda (Norse Oddi), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word oddi m 'headland'.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1982). It shows an arrowhead (in Norwegian pil-odd).

[edit] History

Odda in February, 2004.
Odda in February, 2004.

Røldal stave church was built around 1200 - 1250 in Røldal.

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