Jevnaker

Jevnaker kommune
Municipality

Coat of arms
Oppland within
Norway

Jevnaker within Oppland
Coordinates: 60°16′16″N 10°24′7″E / 60.27111°N 10.40194°E / 60.27111; 10.40194Coordinates: 60°16′16″N 10°24′7″E / 60.27111°N 10.40194°E / 60.27111; 10.40194
Country Norway
County Oppland
District Hadeland
Administrative centre Jevnaker
Government
 • Mayor (2003) Hilde Brørby Fivelsdal (Ap)
Area
 • Total 224 km2 (86 sq mi)
 • Land 195 km2 (75 sq mi)
Area rank 317 in Norway
Population (2006)
 • Total 6,312
 • Rank 159 in Norway
 • Density 33/km2 (90/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 8.0 %
Demonym(s) Jevnakering[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-0532
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.jevnaker.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Jevnaker is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302.

The parish of Jævnaker was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Lunner was separated from the municipality of Jevnaker on 1 January 1898 to form a municipality of its own.

The municipality is (together with Gran and Lunner) a part of the Hadeland traditional region. The Hadeland region has a population of about 30,000. The region spreads over a large area including several villages and towns.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Jevnaker farm (Old Norse: Jafnakr), since the first church was built here. The first element is jafn which means "even" or "flat" and the last element is akr which means "field" or "acre". Prior to 1889, the name was written "Jævnaker". [2]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 24 June 1983. The arms show three silver-colored glasses, since glassblowing has been a long tradition and industry in the municipality (see Hadeland Glassverk). The red colour of the background was also chosen as the colour of the glass when hot.[3][4]

(See also coat-of-arms of Gildeskål)

Geography

View from Svarttjernshøgda mountain

Jevnaker is situated at the southern end of the Randsfjorden. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Gran, to the east by Lunner, and to the southwest by Ringerike (in Buskerud county).

Jevnaker municipality has an area of 224 square kilometres (86 sq mi), measuring 25.5 kilometres (15.8 mi) on a north-south axis and 21 kilometres (13.0 mi) on an east-west axis. The municipality lies in the extreme south of Oppland county.

The highest point is Svarttjernshøgda with a height of 717 metres (2,352 ft).

Economy

Jevnaker is home to Hadeland Glassverk, an old glassblowing factory with over 600,000 visitors each year, ranking it as the third most popular tourist destination in Norway.

The Kistefos Træsliberi, an industrial museum with a very impressive Art collection, is also located in Jevnaker

Hadeland Glassverk Panorama

Jevnaker is the home of Artists Geir Kleppan and Lucas Stephens

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (Anden halvdel) (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 118.
  3. ↑ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  4. ↑ "Kortfattet informasjon" (in Norwegian). Jevnaker kommune. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
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