Everything about Nordre Land totally explained
Nordre Land is a municipality in the county of
Oppland, Norway.
The old municipality of
Land was divided into Nordre Land and
Søndre Land in 1847.
Torpa was separated from Nordre Land January 1, 1914 - but it was again merged with Nordre Land January 1, 1962.
The name
The meaning of the name
Nordre Land is '(the) northern (part of) Land'. (The parish and municipality of Land was divided in 1847.)
See >
Søndre Land
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows two hooks for
log driving. (Log driving was a living tradition in the municipality until 1969.)
(See also the coat-of-arms for
Åsnes,
Fet,
Jondal and
Marker.)
Geography
Nordre Land is bordered on the north by
Nord-Aurdal and
Gausdal municipalities, on the northeast by
Lillehammer, on the east by
Gjøvik, on the south by
Søndre Land, on the southwest by
Sør-Aurdal, and on the west by
Etnedal.
The river
Etna flows from
Etnedal and through western parts of the municipality down into
Randsfjorden. Lake
Akksjøen is also in this area.
What to see
The
rock carvings at Møllerstufossen are more than 6,000 years old. There are 11 carvings of moose, and also two that are more difficult to interpret. Sometime in the stone age this must have been an important place.
The
Lands Museum is located in
Dokka. About thirty buildings are reassembled in the area. In the main building from Thomle farm there are rococo paintings on the walls by
Peder Aadnes dating from about
1750.
Famous residents
Further Information
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