Odal, Norway
Odal | |
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Odalen | |
Area | 1,025 km2 (396 sq mi) |
Geology | |
Type | River valley |
Geography | |
Location | Innlandet, Norway |
Coordinates | 60°19′46″N 11°36′52″E / 60.3295°N 11.6144°E |
River | Glomma |
Odal or Odalen is a valley and
Geography
The
History
The name Odalen is derived from the Old Norse name Ódalr. The first part of the name comes from the Old Norse word Ó or À, which means 'river' (here referring to the Glomma river). The last element is dalr, which means 'valley' or 'dale'. The name can be documented to have been in use since 1386. Traces of human habitation dating back to the Nordic Bronze Age, between 1500 and 500 BCE. The first farms were probably cleared close to the lake about 500 BCE, in the early Iron Age. Settlement spread slowly around the lake and inland, and by the year 800, there may have been as many as 50 farms in the area. Settlement accelerated in the Viking Age, increasing the number of farms by as much as an order of magnitude. Increased mobility in the Norwegian population likely changed the character of the society in Odalen, and there is evidence the area was under the administration of the Thing in Eidsvoll.[4]
When the region was
References
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Glåmdalsregionen (Glåmdal regionråd)" (in Norwegian). 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012.
- ISBN 8290408269.
- ^ a b Kirkeby, Birger (1966). Odalsboka : fellesbind for Nord- og Sør-Odal : bygdehistorie inntil 1819 (in Norwegian). Lørenskog, Norge: Sør- og Nord-Odal kommuner.