Jevnaker

Jevnaker is a municipality in Oppland coonty, Norrowey. The admeenistrative centre o the municipality is the veelage o Jevnaker wi a population o 4,302.

The pairish o Jævnaker wis established as a municipality on 1 Januar 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The aurie o Lunner wis separatit frae the municipality o Jevnaker on 1 Januar 1898 tae form a municipality o its awn.

The municipality is (thegither wi Gran an Lunner) a pairt o the Hadeland traditional region. The Hadeland region haes a population o aboot 30,000. The region spreads ower a lairge aurie includin several villages an touns.

General information

Name

The municipality (oreeginally the parish) is named efter the auld Jevnaker farm (Auld Norse: Jafnakr), syne the first kirk wis biggit here. The first element is jafn which means "even" or "flat" an the last element is akr which means "field" or "acre". Prior tae 1889, the name wis written "Jævnaker". ^[1]

Coat-o-airms

The coat-o-airms is frae modren times. Thay wur grantit on 24 Juin 1983. The airms shaw three siller-coloured glasses, syne glassblowing haes been a lang tradeetion an industry in the municipality (see Hadeland Glassverk). The reid colour o the backgrund wis an aa chosen as the het colour o the gless.^[2]^[3]

(See an aa coat-o-airms o Gildeskål)

Geography

Jevnaker is situatiy at the soothren end o the Randsfjorden. The municipality is bordered tae the north bi the municipality o Gran, tae the east bi Lunner, an tae the soothwast bi Ringerike (in Buskerud coonty).

Jevnaker municipality haes an aurie o 224 square kilometres (86 sq mi), measurin 25.5 kilometres (15.8 mi) on a north-sooth axis an 21 kilometres (13.0 mi) on an east-wast axis. The municipality lies in the extreme sooth o Oppland coonty.

The hichtest pynt is Svarttjernshøgda wi a heicht o 717 metres (2,352 ft).

Economy

Jevnaker is hame tae Norema, ane o Norrowey's lairgest kitchen manufacturers an Hadeland Glassverk, an auld glassblowin factory wi ower 600,000 visitors each year, rankin it as the third maist popular tourist destination in Norrowey.

The Kistefos Træsliberi, a museum, is an aa locatit in Jevnaker.

References

↑ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (Anden halvdel) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 118. (in Norse)
↑ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Archived frae the original on 15 Julie 2007. Retrieved 1 Januar 2009.
↑ "Kortfattet informasjon". Jevnaker kommune. Archived frae the original on 27 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 1 Januar 2009. (in Norse)