Hjartdal

Hjartdal is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Øst-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sauland. The municipality of Hierdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It consists of three parish'es: Hjartdal, Sauland, and Tuddal.

Hjartdal kommune
Coat of arms
Vestfold og Telemark within
Norway
Hjartdal within Vestfold og Telemark
Coordinates: 59°39′54″N 8°43′34″E
CountryNorway
CountyVestfold og Telemark
DistrictAust-Telemark
Administrative centreSauland
Government
  Mayor (2015)Bengt Halvard Odden (Ap)
Area
  Total792 km2 (306 sq mi)
  Land739 km2 (285 sq mi)
Area rank137 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
  Total1,633
  Rank359 in Norway
  Density2/km2 (5/sq mi)
  Change (10 years)
−2.8%
Demonym(s)Hjartdøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3819
Official language formNynorsk[2]
Websitewww.hjartdal.kommune.no

Up to the 1500s Hjartdal parish stretched from Rauland in the west and Kongsberg to the east. Counting from west to east, the villages Åmotsdal, Svartdal, Hjartdal, Tuddal, Sauland, Gransherad, Bolkesjø, Jondalen and Lisleherad was at one point included in the same parish. Sometime after 1687[3] Lisleherad was transferred to former Heddal parish, and last, Gransherad was separated 1860. At the same time the administrative centre was moved from Hjartdal village to Sauland. Today, the Hjartdal parish and municipality consist of the three villages Hjartdal, Sauland and Tuddal.[4][5]

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Hjartdalr. The first element is probably a river name *Hjarta (now called the Hjartdøla river) and the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. The river name is derived from hjǫrtr m 'red deer'.[6]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1989. The arms show a silver-colored red deer on a green background. They are canting arms because the name of the municipality is derived from the word for deer.

Notable residents

References

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