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Encyclopedia > Dovre
Dovre kommune
Image:Dovre_kart.png
County Oppland
Landscape Dovre region
Municipality NO-0511
Administrative centre Dombås
Mayor (2003) Erland A. Løkken (Sp)
Official language form Neutral
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 65
1,364 km²
1,348 km²
0.42 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 280
2,883
0.06 %
-5.9 %
2/km²
Coordinates 62°2′ N 9°28′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=62_2_N_9_28_E_type:adm2nd_region:NO-0511)
www.dovre.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0511) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke - until 1918 known as amter, singular - amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ... Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. ... The Dovre region is a landscape in Norway consisting of the municipalities of Dovre, Folldal, and Oppdal. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). ... The Centre Party (Senterpartiet), is a Norwegian political party founded in 1920. ... Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken in Norway. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which...

Dovre is a municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway. It is bordered on the north by the Oppdal municipality, on the east by Folldal, on the south by Sel and Vågå, and on the north-west by Lesja. Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. ... View of Vangslia in Oppdal, with the main church, known locally as Marit Vang County Sør-Trøndelag Landscape Dovre region Municipality NO-1634 Administrative centre Aune Mayor (2004) Ola Røtvei (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 21 2,274 km² 2,202 km² 0. ... The municipality Folldal in the county of Hedmark, Norway, has 1,753 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Sel in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 6,162 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. ... County Oppland Landscape Gudbrandsdalen Municipality NO-0515 Administrative centre Vågå Mayor (2003) Rune Øygard (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 68 1,330 km² 1,253 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Gudbrandsdalen Municipality NO-0512 Administrative centre Lesja Mayor (2003) Per Dag Hole (Sp) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 22 2,259 km² 2,168 km² 0. ...


History

  • People have lived at Dovre for about 6000 years. In the stone age, they were hunters and fishermen.
  • Approximately 2000 years ago, the first farms were developed at this location.
  • Dovre is mentioned in the Heimskringla (The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway) by Snorri Sturluson. In AD 1021 King Olaf laid hold of all the best men, both at Lesja and Dovre, and forced them either to receive Christianity or suffer death, if they were not so lucky as to escape.
  • The old Kings' Road and Pilgrim´s Route between Oslo and Trondheim in the 16th century passed up through the Gudbrandsdal and, leaving the valley of the Lågen at present day Dombås, over the Dovre Mountains in the Dovre municipality. The heavy stream of pilgrims which yearly visited the shrine of St. Olaf in Trondheim prior to the Reformation resulted in erection of mountain stations where the pilgrims could find food and shelter. In speaking of this route, Gjerset quotes Peder Claussøn Friis as writing, “But in the winter people of high estate, as well as members of the court, travel mostly this way, because however high and deep the snow may fall, it blows together on the high mountains and becomes so hard men and horses can walk on it. The bonder run over it on ski and snow-shoes. There are three stations: Drivstuen, Herdekinn and Fogstuen built on this same mountain in order that travelers may find lodging there. …at the stations there are implements and dry wood, so that the traveler may build themselves fire, and not suffer from cold, when they have to remain over night, and cannot find the way across the mountain.”
  • The Battle of Kringen took place in August 1612, just downstream of Dovre, where the Scottish force stayed on 24th August.
  • Dovre Church was built in 1736.
  • Dovre became a separate municipality in 1861.

(5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC - other millennia) Events City of Ur in Mesopotamia (40th century BC). ... Stone Age fishing hook. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC - 0s BC - 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 6 BC 5 BC 4 BC 3 BC 2 BC 1 BC 1 2 3 4 Events Births December 25 - Jesus (died about... Heimskringla is the old norse name of a collection of sagas recorded in Iceland around 1225 by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1179-1242). ... Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. ... Events Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, sixth Fatimid Caliph of Egypt disappears on a trip to al-Muqattam hills. ... Olav II Haraldsson ( 995 – 1030), king from 1015–1028, called during his lifetime the Fat and afterwards known as Saint Olaf, was born in the year in which Olaf Tryggvesson came to Norway. ... The Pilgrims Route and old Kings Road between Oslo and Trondheim in Norway passed up through the Gudbrandsdal and, leaving the valley of the Lågen at present day Dombås, went over the Dovre Mountains in the Dovre municipality into Oppdal municipality. ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... County Sør-Trøndelag Landscape Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2005) Rita Ottervik (A) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 258 342 km² 322 km² 0. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... The Gudbrandsdal valley is a valley in the Norwegian fylke of Oppland. ... The Gudbrandsdalslågen river flows through Norways Gudbrandsdal valley, starting in Lesja municipality. ... The village of Dombås lies in the Dovre municipality and serves as an administrative center in the upper Gudbrandsdalen, Norway. ... Dovrefjell is a mountain range in central Norway that forms a natural barrier between the southern regions of Norway and the area around Trondheim. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

References

  • A History of Norway by Karen Larson, Princeton University Press, 1948
  • The History of the Norwegian People by Knut Gjerset, MacMillan, 1915

External link

  • The Battle of Kringen (http://sinclair.quarterman.org/history/mid/battleofkringom.html)
  • Dovrenett (http://www.tellus.no/dovrenett/default.asp?sp=GB)
  • Dovre Kommune (norwegian) (http://www.dovre.kommune.no)


Municipalities of Oppland

Dovre | Etnedal | Gausdal | Gjøvik | Gran | Jevnaker | Lesja | Lillehammer | Lom | Lunner | Nord-Aurdal | Nord-Fron | Nordre Land | Ringebu | Sel | Skjåk | Søndre Land | Sør-Aurdal | Sør-Fron | Vang | Vestre Slidre | Vestre Toten | Vågå | Østre Toten | Øyer | Øystre Slidre Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Etnedal is a municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway, that had 1,431 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. ... The municipality Gausdal in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 6,192 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. ... County Oppland Landscape Toten Municipality NO-0502 Administrative centre Gjøvik Mayor (2003) Tore Hagebakken (Ap) Official language form Bokmål Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 165 672 km² 630 km² 0. ... Gran Gran is a municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway. ... The municipality Jevnaker in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 6,227 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. ... County Oppland Landscape Gudbrandsdalen Municipality NO-0512 Administrative centre Lesja Mayor (2003) Per Dag Hole (Sp) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 22 2,259 km² 2,168 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Gudbrandsdalen Municipality NO-0501 Administrative centre Lillehammer Mayor (2005) Synnøve Brenden Klemetrud (Ap) Official language form Bokmål Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 211 477 km² 450 km² 0. ... Missing image Image:Lom kart. ... The municipality Lunner in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 8,455 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. ... The municipality Nord-Aurdal in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 6,538 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. ... The municipality Nord-Fron in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 5,886 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. ... The municipality Nordre Land in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 6,892 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. ... The municipality Ringebu in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 4,644 inhabitants as of 2003. ... The municipality Sel in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 6,162 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. ... County Oppland Landscape Gudbrandsdalen Municipality NO-0513 Administrative centre Bismo Mayor (2005) Ola Stensgård (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 27 2,076 km² 1,969 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Land Municipality NO-0536 Administrative centre Hov Mayor (2003) Reidar Eriksen (Søndre Land Bygdeliste) Official language form Bokmål Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 150 728 km² 659 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Valdres Municipality NO-0540 Administrative centre Bagn Mayor (2003) Knut Torgersen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 93 1,109 km² 1,071 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Gudbrandsdalen Municipality NO-0519 Administrative centre Sør-fron Mayor (2003) Aksel Eng (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 147 745 km² 714 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Valdres Municipality NO-0545 Administrative centre Vang i Valdres Mayor (2003) Knut O. Haalien (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 50 1,505 km² 1,311 km² 0. ... The municipality Vestre Slidre in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 2,269 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. ... The municipality Vestre Toten in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 12,627 inhabitants as of 1 January 2003. ... County Oppland Landscape Gudbrandsdalen Municipality NO-0515 Administrative centre Vågå Mayor (2003) Rune Øygard (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 68 1,330 km² 1,253 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Toten Municipality NO-0528 Administrative centre Lena Mayor (2003) Hans Seierstad (Sp) Official language form Bokmål Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 189 562 km² 486 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Gudbrandsdalen Municipality NO-0521 Administrative centre Tretten Mayor (2003) Ole Hageløkken (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 176 640 km² 616 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Valdres Municipality NO-0544 Administrative centre Heggenes Mayor (2003) Gro Lundby (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 109 963 km² 881 km² 0. ...


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