Tynset is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tynset. Other villages in Tynset include Fådalen, Fåset, Telneset, Tylldalen, and Yset.
Kvikne is a former municipality that was part of the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 1,153-square-kilometre (445 sq mi) municipality of Kvikne existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1966 when it was split between the present-day municipalities of Tynset and Rennebu. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kvikne where Kvikne Church is located.
Peder Julius Nicolas Hjort or Peder Hiort was a Norwegian businessperson.
Abraham Dreyer was a Danish-Norwegian official, and was for most of his working life chief judge of his home town.
Innset Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rennebu municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Innset. It is the church for the Innset parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The church was built in a cruciform style in 2000 using plans drawn up by the architect Kjell Kvernaas. The church has a natural wood exterior and it seats about 300 people. Innset church is a popular church for concerts.
Richard Floer was a Norwegian politician, mining official and military officer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.
Anders Rambech was a Norwegian district stipendiary magistrate and politician.
Events in the year 1713 in Norway.
Events in the year 1630 in Norway.
The Røros Copper Works at Røros in Trøndelag, Norway operated from 1644 to 1977. Privileges from the Crown were given in 1647 to Joachim Irgens von Westervick, including rights to forests and water resources within a circle of diameter 90 kilometers. The local farmers were given working obligations, such as transport and charcoal production for the copper works. Among the mines were the Storwartz mines, Hestkletten, Christianus Qvintus, Olavsgruven, Kongens Gruve and Christianus Sextus. During its operation a total of 110,000 tons of copper and 525,000 tons of pyrites was produced.
Storofsen – also referred to as Ofsen – was a flood disaster that struck eastern Norway in July 1789 during which 63 people vanished, thousands of houses were destroyed and thousands of livestock killed. The rivers Glomma and Gudbrandsdalslågen flooded their banks and the waters of Lake Mjøsa rose ten meters above their normal level.
Lorentz Lossius was a German-born Norwegian mining engineer. He was the founder and first director of the Røros Copper Works.
The Kåfjord Copper Works was a company established in 1826 to mine copper in Kåfjord, Norway.
Åmdals Verk is a small village in Tokke Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The village is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of the municipal center of Dalen. The village is the site of a former copper mine. The mines were operational between 1691 and 1945, during which 8,000 tonnes of copper were extracted from the ground. A branch of the Vest-Telemark Museum chronicles the history of the mines, and some of the tunnels are open to the public on guided tours during the summer season.
The Quenangen Mining Association was an English industry that operated copper mines in Kvænangen in the 1800s.
The Eidsfossen Hydroelectric Power Station is a decommissioned hydroelectric power station in the municipality of Tynset in Innlandet county, Norway.
Kvikne Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tynset Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Yset. It is the church for the Kvikne parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1654 using plans drawn up by the architect Knut Mortensen. The church seats about 200 people.
Tufsingdalen or Tufsingdal is a village area and valley in Os Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village area is located along the river Tufsinga which flows through the Tufsingdalen valley. It lies in the southeastern part of the municipality, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of the village of Os i Østerdalen and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the large lake Femunden.
