Nissedal
| Nissedal kommune | |||
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| Municipality | |||
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 Nissedal within Telemark | |||
| Coordinates: 59°4′35″N 8°31′6″E / 59.07639°N 8.51833°ECoordinates: 59°4′35″N 8°31′6″E / 59.07639°N 8.51833°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Telemark | ||
| District | Vest-Telemark | ||
| Administrative centre | Treungen | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2007) | Anne-Nora Oma Dahle (Sp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 905 km2 (349 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 788 km2 (304 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 123 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 1,429 | ||
| • Rank | 377 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 2/km2 (5/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -3.2 % | ||
| Demonym | Nissedøl[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0830 | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Website |
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Nissedal is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Treungen. The municipality of Nissedal was established on January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
Etymology
The modern form of the name stems from Old Norse Nizidalr. The first element is the name of the lake Nizir, possibly from *Nið-sær, which is now called Nisser, and the last element is dalr "valley, dale".[2][3]
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was granted on October 30, 1992, and was designed by Halvor Holtskog jr. The arms shows three red nisseluer, traditional red woolen hats often associated with the nisse, which were commonly worn until the late 19th century by farmers and common folk. It is a canting arms, as the name Nissedal has been "translated" into a visual pun with the three woolen hats, in spite of the name having nothing to do with the folkloric nisse.
Fauna
In 2014 two reindeer were photographed, apparently roaming in the municipality.[4]
Notable natives
- Jan Gunnar Solli - footballer
- Monika Nordli - singer/songwriter
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Jan Gunnar Solli
Notes
- ↑ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ↑ Stemshaug (1973:117).
- ↑ Cleasby and Vigfusson (1874:95).
- ↑ http://www.nrk.no/telemark/reinsdyr-pa-nye-trakter-1.11837877
References
- Cleasby, Richard and Vigfusson, Gudbrand (1874). Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Stemshaug, Ola (1973). Norsk stadnamngransking. Samlaget. ISBN 82-521-0160-7
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