Hadeland
Hadeland | |
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Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet and Akershus |
Region | Austlandet |
Urban Center | Jaren |
Area | |
• Total | 1,274 km2 (492 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 29,540 |
• Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
Demonym | Hadelending |
Hadeland (local pronunciation:
Jevnaker is located to the southern and western side of the Randsfjorden. Gran's rolling countryside is home to about two-thirds of the nearly 30,000 people living in Hadeland. The village of Jaren serves as the area's main center of commerce. The municipality of Gran is divided by the Randsfjorden, and its western part is known as the Fjorda district.
The Hadeland area includes large stretches of woodlands. About 70% of Lunner is covered by forest. Nearly half of the wooded area in Lunner and Jevnaker is
Etymology
The name of Hadeland comes from the Old Norse name for the inhabitants, haðar, which is assumed to be connected to war. The name would then mean "the land of the warriors."[5][4]
History
A number of
By the end of the Bronze Age, agriculture had evolved and archaeological evidence points to the division of land into family or clan-based farms. Several Bronze Age burial mounds have been identified in Hadeland.
Roman references to this area as Hadeland may be found in documents dating from AD200-400. The name refers to the haðar people. It is thought that haðar may relate to one of the many tribes or clans in the area, thus Hadeland would mean land of the haðar. Archaeologists have found a wide variety of weapons in Iron Age burial sites throughout Hadeland. In the late Iron Age, Hadeland was a petty kingdom. One of the more prominent kings of Hadeland was Halfdan Hvitbeinn who lived in the 8th century.
According to the
The name Hadeland appears on the
Attractions
- The Sister Churches
- Granavollen Runestone
- The Dynna stone
- Hadeland Glassverk
- Hadeland Folkemuseum
- Lunner Church
- Old Tingelstad Church
- Harestua Solar Observatory
References
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2021). "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2021). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Helmen, Aksel (1953). Hadeland: bygdenes historie 4. Oslo: Komiteen. pp. 621, 636.
- ^ Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ Sjekkeland, Martin. "dialekter på Hadeland". snl.no.
- ^ Helmen, Aksel (1953). Hadeland: bygdenes historie 4. Oslo: Komiteen. p. 151.
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