| Notodden kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Telemark | ||
| District | Øst-Telemark | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0807 | ||
| Administrative centre | Notodden | ||
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| - Mayor (2007) | Lise Wiik (Ap) | ||
| Area (Nr. ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. Norway is divided into a number of traditional Districts Many districts have deep historical roots and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties Øst-Telemark is a traditional district in the county of Telemark in Norway. ISO 3166-2NO is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Norway. The Norwegian Labour Party ( Norwegian: Det norske arbeiderparti ( DNA) or Arbeiderpartiet ( AP) is a Social democratic Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 120 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 914 km² (352. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 852 km² (329 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 12,359 | ||
| - Density | 14/km² (36. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 0. 5 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 90 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
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| Website: www.notodden.kommune.no | |||
Notodden is a city and municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional
Notodden was separated from Heddal as a city, and a municipality of its own, in 1913. Heddal is a former municipality in Telemark county Norway The parish of Hitterdal was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt The rural municipalities of Heddal and Gransherad were merged with Notodden January 1, 1964. Gransherad is a former municipality in Telemark county Norway located north-west of the city Notodden.
Norsk Hydro was founded in this town. Norsk Hydro ASA (,) is a Norwegian Aluminium and Renewable energy company headquartered in Oslo. Norway's biggest stave church Heddal stave church can be seen a few kilometres from the town centre. Heddal stave church ( Heddal stavkirke) is a Stave church located at Heddal in Notodden municipality Norway.
Notodden Airport, Tuven, is located west of the city centre. Notodden Airport Tuven (Norwegian Notodden lufthavn Tuven) is a privately owned Airport located close to the city of Notodden, in the county of
Notodden is famous for the annual Notodden Blues Festival, which is considered one of the best blues festivals in Europe, but they also have a famous metal festival called Motstøy Festivalen. Notodden Blues Festival (NBF is one of the largest Blues Music festivals in Europe and the largest in Scandinavia.
The name
The first element of the name is not f 'seine (fishing)', the last element is the finite form of odde m 'headland'. The meaning is 'the fishing place'.
Famous residents
Notodden is also the hometown of Norway's fine organist Kåre Nordstoga, the internationally known author Hans Herbjørnsrud, born in Heddal and the Hardanger fiddlemaker Olav Gunnarsson Helland (1875 - 1939), by many considered the finest in the twentieth century. Kåre Nordstoga (born 1954 is a Norwegian Organist. Nordstoga had his early studies under Harald Aune and Odd Jacob Unhammer in Notodden Hans Herbjørnsrud (born 2 January 1938 in Heddal) is a Norwegian author of short stories. Heddal is a former municipality in Telemark county Norway The parish of Hitterdal was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt Olav Gunnarsson Helland (b 1875 - d 1946 Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark. Composer Klaus Egge, born 1906 in Gransherad also lived in Notodden. Klaus Egge (born July 19, 1906 in Gransherad in Telemark, died March 7, 1979) was a Norwegian Composer Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Gransherad is a former municipality in Telemark county Norway located north-west of the city Notodden.
American bluesman Seasick Steve, who is achieving fame in the UK, currently resides in Notodden. Steve Wold, more commonly known as Seasick Steve, is an American Bluesman, although he rather would be called "a song and dance man
Also, one of the most influential Norwegian black metal bands, Emperor, comes from Notodden, as does Mortiis, Mind Grinder and Zyklon. Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Emperor is a Norwegian Symphonic black metal band formed in 1991 This article covers Mortiis the band For entries related to Mortiis go to Håvard Ellefsen. There are also several other bands, for example the intergalactic rockband "X-Queen of the Astronauts".
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