View over Jarenvatnet, a small lake in Gran municipality.

Hadeland is a traditional district in the south-eastern part of Norway. It is located around the southern part of lake Randsfjorden in Oppland county, and consists of the municipalities of Gran, Jevnaker and Lunner. Hadeland occupies the area north of the hills of Nordmarka close to the Norwegian capital Oslo. The soil around the Randsfjord is amongst the most fertile in Norway. Hadeland accounts for just 5 % of the country's area, but it represents 13% of its agricultural land. Farmers harvest grains, alfalfa(?) and potatoes. Pigs, dairy cattle and horses are also bred by farms here. The place is very famous because 90% of the population has ADHD. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 274 KB)Photo by John Erling Blad (Agtfjott/jeb) This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 274 KB)Photo by John Erling Blad (Agtfjott/jeb) This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v. ... Norway may be divided into a number of traditional districts. ... Randsfjorden is Norways fourth largest lake with an area of 138 km2. ... Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... County Oppland Landscape Hadeland Municipality NO-0534 Administrative centre Jaren Mayor (2003) Rigmor Aasrud (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 143 758 km² 658 km² 0. ... County Oppland District Hadeland Municipality NO-0532 Administrative centre Jevnaker Mayor (2003) Hilde Brørby Fivelsdal (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 317 224 km² 195 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Hadeland Municipality NO-0533 Administrative centre Roa Mayor (2003) Harald N. Nessjøen (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 281 292 km² 272 km² 0. ... City Oslo Borough NO-030117 Area 301. ... This article is about the capital of Norway. ... An assortment of grains The word grain has a great many meanings, most being descriptive of a small piece or particle. ... For the Our Gang (Little Rascals) character, see Carl Switzer. ... Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, grown for its starchy tuber. ...

Jevnaker is located to the southern and western side of the Randsfjord. Gran's rolling countryside is home to about two-thirds of the 30,000 people living in Hadeland. The village of Gran serves as the area's main center of commerce. The municipality of Gran is divided by the Randsfjord, and its western part is known as the Fjorda district. Most of the traditional northern parish of Brandbu has been absorbed into today's administrative district of Gran. Brandbu is a village in the municipality of Gran, Norway. ...

The Hadeland area includes large stretches of woodland. Approximately 69% of Lunner is covered by forest. Nearly half of the wooded area in Lunner and Jevnaker is common land (almenning). The local forestry cooperative plays a key role in the economies of the two districts. Their woods are home to a variety of flora and fauna, and host a number of species of birds, deer, elk and other wildlife. Populations of trout, char, bass and other freshwater fish have dwindled in the inland lakes and streams, but restocking efforts are now made. For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... This article is about the ruminent animal. ... For other uses, see Moose (disambiguation). ... Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss Biwa trout (or Biwa salmon), Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ... Look up char in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

History

A number of Stone Age sites have been discovered around the Randsfjord and over 200 artefacts - including jewellery, tools, and weapons - have been unearthed. During this period the people here, as in most of southern Norway, lived as hunter-gatherers, exploiting the resources of the large forests. Stone Age fishing hook. ... In anthropology, the hunter-gatherer way of life is that led by certain societies of the Neolithic Era based on the exploitation of wild plants and animals. ...

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. The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ...

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. Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ... For other uses, see number 200. ... Events First invasion of Italy by Alaric (probable date). ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Petty kingdoms were prominent before the formation of many of todays nation states. ... Halfdan Hvitbeinn was the son of Olof Trätälja of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ...

According to the Icelandic sagas early Viking Age chieftains enjoyed hunting and entertaining their entourages in the forests and on the lakes in this area. King Halfdan the Black, father of king Harald Fairhair who united Norway, often visited Hadeland. According to historical sources he and his men attended a banquet here in the winter of 860. As they were crossing the ice on Randsfjord on their way home to Ringerike, the ice gave way and horses, men, and the 40-year-old king himself drowned. The Hadeland Folkemuseum is built around a Viking burial mound at Granavollen which according to folklore contains the torso of king Halvdan. The Norse sagas or Viking sagas (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur), are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families. ... Viking Age is the term denoting the years from about 800 to 1066 in Scandinavian History[1][2][3]. // The Vikings have been much maligned in European history, due in large part to their violent attacks on Christians in the first centuries of their excursions out of Scandinavia. ... The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... Halfdan the Black Gudrødsson (820AD – 860AD) (Old Norse: Hálfdan svarti, Norwegian: Halvdan Svarte) was the father of the first King of Norway Harald I and of the House of Yngling. ... Harald I (b. ... Events First attack on Constantinople by Swedish Vikings (the Rus, see Varangians). ... Hadeland Folkemuseum is a regional museum for Hadeland (Gran, Lunner and Jevnaker). ... Alternate meanings of barrow: see Barrow_in_Furness for the town of Barrow in Cumbria, England; also Barrow, Alaska in the U.S.; also River Barrow in Ireland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The name Hadeland appears on the Dynna stone, a rune stone from about 1040-1050. Norway formally adopted Christianity in 1030, and the Dynna stone, with its scenes from the Nativity is one of the first Christian monuments in Norway. A number of medieval churches survive in Hadeland. Notable among them is the Tingelstad old church. This was built in the 13th century. Other churches include Lunner church and the Sister Churches at Granavollen. The Black Death arrived in Norway in the mid 14th century, and it is estimated that two-thirds of the population of Hadeland was wiped out. The Dynna Stone is a rune stone from the late Viking period. ... A rune stone in Lund Rune stones are stones with runic inscriptions dating from the early Middle Ages but are found to have been used most prominently during the Viking Age. ... Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... Leofric becomes Bishop of Exeter Hedeby is sacked by King Harald Hardraade of Norway during the course of a conflict with King Svein Estridsson of Denmark. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... Events July 29 - Battle of Stiklestad in Norway. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Lunner church from south east Lunner church is a medieval stone church from the 12th century, located on the hill of Lunnertoppen in Lunner municipality of Oppland county, Norway. ... The Sister Churches, Gran. ... This article concerns the mid fourteenth century pandemic. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ...

What to see

• The Sister Churches
• Granavollen Runestone
• The Dynna stone
• Hadeland Glassverk
• Hadeland Folkemuseum
• Lunner church
• Tingelstad old church
• Hadeland Mining Museum at Grua
• The Sun Observatory at Harestua