Gol, Norway

Coordinates: 60°45′1″N 8°59′5″E / 60.75028°N 8.98472°E / 60.75028; 8.98472
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Gol Municipality
Gol kommune
Municipality
Nynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3324[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Gol

Nes, and to the west by Ål and Hemsedal.[4]

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Gǫrð. This is probably an old river name (for the lower part of Hemsil river). The name of the river maybe derived from the word garðr m 'fence; border' - and the meaning is then 'the border river'.

Coat-of-arms

The

Gol stave church.[5][6]

See also: Coat-of-arms of Sør-Odal

Transport

The Bergen Line from Bergen to Oslo runs through Gol Station which opened in 1907. Gol is connected to Norwegian National Road 7, 50 and 52 as well as Norwegian county road 51. There are daily bus connections to Gjøvik and Lillehammer.[7]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Gol by country of origin in 2017[8]
Ancestry Number
 Poland 131
 Somalia 77
 Lithuania 56
 Syria 46
 Iraq 30
Gol Church

Gol Church

Gol Church (Gol kirke) was constructed during 1882 based upon a design by architect

neo-Gothic style with gables and small towers with crosses. It was built of wood and has 500 seats.[9]

The

Oscar II decided to pay for its relocation and restoration as the central building of his private open-air museum near Oslo.[10]

The restoration was overseen by architect Waldemar Hansteen. It was completed in 1885. In 1907, the royal museum was merged with the Norsk Folkemuseum, which now manages the stave church, still nominally belonging to the reigning monarch.[11]

Gol Stave Church replica

Attractions

  • Gordarike Familiepark is a theme park located in downtown Gol. The theme and environment are built to reflect the Viking Age and Middle Ages. A modern replica of Gol stave church has been built as a tourist attraction at the park. The replica was built in the 1980s and consecrated in 1994.[12]
  • Gol Bygdetun is an open-air museum located in the village of Gol. It was built around the old Skaga farm. It is dedicated to the cultural history of Gol, and contains farm buildings of nearly all types. Barns, lofts and wooden stables are all featured together with a millhouse, a school house and a log cabin. The oldest building dates back to 17th century. Gol Bygdetun is a subsidiary of Hallingdal Museum which operating in association with Buskerudmuseet.[13][14]
Johan Willoch Erichsen

Notable residents

Sister cities

The following cities are

twinned
with Gol:

Gallery

  • Tisleifjorden Dam
    Tisleifjorden Dam
  • Gol Train Station
    Gol Train Station
  • Hemsil II Kraftverk
    Hemsil II Kraftverk
  • Gol Police Station
    Gol Police Station

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  4. ^ Geir Thorsnæs. "Gol". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  5. ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  6. ^ "Kommunevåpenet" (in Norwegian). Gol kommune. Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  7. ^ "Gol in Hallingdal". Innovation Norway. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  8. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  9. ^ Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. "Gol kirke". Norges Kirker. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  10. ^ Lars Roede. "Foreningen til norske Fortidsminnesmerkers Bevaring". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  11. ^ Bjørn Cappelen. "Waldemar Hansteen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  12. ^ "Gol Stave Church at Gordarike Familiepark, Gol". Innovation Norway. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  13. ^ Gol Bygdemuseum (Hallingdal Museum)
  14. ^ "Buskerudmuseet". Stiftelsen Buskerudmuseet. Retrieved October 1, 2017.

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