Lardal

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For the municipality in Telemark, see Lårdal.
Lardal kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms of Lardal kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Lardal kommune
Vestfold within
Norway
Lardal within Vestfold
Lardal within Vestfold
Coordinates: 59°22′56″N 9°54′19″E / 59.38222°N 9.90528°E / 59.38222; 9.90528Coordinates: 59°22′56″N 9°54′19″E / 59.38222°N 9.90528°E / 59.38222; 9.90528
CountryNorway
CountyVestfold
Administrative centreSvarstad
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Knut Olav Omholt (Sp)
Area
 • Total278 km2 (107 sq mi)
 • Land271 km2 (105 sq mi)
Area rank286 in Norway
Population
 (2015)
 • Total2,463
 • Density8.9/km2 (23/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Lardøling[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0728
Official language formBokmål[2]
Websitewww.lardal.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Lardal (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈlɑ̂rdɑːɫ])[3] is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Svarstad. The parish of Laurdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The municipality was divided into the parishes of Svarstad, , and Hem.

As a part of Norway's nationwide municipal reform, Lardal was merged into Larvik on 1 January 2018.

, the highest point in Lardal, is located in westernmost Lardal at the border to Buskerud County.[4]

General information[]

Name[]

The Old Norse form of the name was Lagardalr. The first element is the genitive case of lǫgr meaning "water" or "river" (here the Numedalslågen river). The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Prior to 1889, the name was spelled "Laurdal".[5]

See also: Larvik and Lårdal

Coat-of-arms[]

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 17 July 1992. It was designed by Arvid Steen. The arms show a golden hulder on a red background. The hulder is a part of old Scandinavian folklore. This was chosen to represent the large forested areas in Lardal that were said to be inhabited by hulder.[6]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Lardal by country of origin in 2017[7]
Ancestry Number
 Poland 41
 Lithuania 35
 Bosnia 22

Churches[]

  • Hem church

  • Styrvoll church

  • Svarstad church

References[]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Berulfsen, Bjarne (1969). Norsk Uttaleordbok (in Norwegian). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co (W Nygaard). p. 194.
  4. ^ Larsen, Erlend (2011). På Tur i Vestfold del 2. E-forlag. Page 172. ISBN 9788293057222.
  5. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1907). Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt (in Norwegian) (6 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 367–368.
  6. ^ "Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Lardal kommuner. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
  7. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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