Jevnaker

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Jevnaker Municipality
Jevnaker kommune
Municipality
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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Akershus within Norway
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Jevnaker within Akershus
Coordinates: 60°16′16″N10°24′7″E / 60.27111°N 10.40194°E / 60.27111; 10.40194
Country Norway
County Akershus
District Hadeland
Administrative centreJevnaker
Government
 • Mayor (2003)Hilde Brørby Fivelsdal (Ap)
Area
 • Total224 km2 (86 sq mi)
 • Land195 km2 (75 sq mi)
 • Rank#317 in Norway
Population
 (2006)
 • Total6,312
 • Rank#159 in Norway
 • Density33/km2 (90/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase2.svg +8%
Demonym Jevnakersokning [1]
Official language
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 •  Norwegian form Bokmål
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-3236 [3]
Website Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Jevnaker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302.

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The parish of Jævnaker was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Lunner was separated from the municipality of Jevnaker on 1 January 1898 to form a municipality of its own. From 2020 to 2023 the municipality belonged to Viken county, it was Oppland before that.

The municipality is (together with Gran and Lunner) a part of the Hadeland traditional region. The Hadeland region has a population of about 30,000. The region spreads over a large area including several villages and towns.

Name and coat-of-arms

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Jevnaker farm (Old Norse: Jafnakr), since the first church was built here. The first element is jafn which means "even" or "flat" and the last element is akr which means "field" or "acre". Prior to 1889, the name was written "Jævnaker". [4]

The coat-of-arms is from modern times, granted in 1983. The arms show three silver-colored glasses, since glassblowing has been a long tradition and industry in the municipality (see Hadeland Glassverk). The red colour of the background was also chosen as the colour of the glass when hot. [5] [6]

Geography

View from Svarttjernshogda mountain Svarttjernshogda.jpg
View from Svarttjernshøgda mountain

Jevnaker is situated at the southern end of the Randsfjorden. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Gran, to the east by Lunner, and to the southwest by Ringerike (in Buskerud county).

Jevnaker municipality has an area of 224 square kilometres (86 sq mi), measuring 25.5 kilometres (15.8 mi) on a north–south axis and 21 kilometres (13.0 mi) on an east–west axis. The municipality lies in the extreme south of Oppland county.

The highest point is Svarttjernshøgda with a height of 717 metres (2,352 ft).

Economy

Jevnaker is home to Hadeland Glassverk, an old glassblowing factory with over 600,000 visitors each year, ranking it as the third most popular tourist destination in Norway.

The Kistefos Træsliberi, an industrial museum with a very impressive Art collection, is also located in Jevnaker

Hadeland Glassverk Panorama Hadeland Glassverk Panorama.jpg
Hadeland Glassverk Panorama

Demographics

In 2015, 96 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 66 had Lithuanian parents and/or were Lithuanian. [7]

AncestryNumber
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 96
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 66
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 41 [8]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 35
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 32
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia-Herzegovina 30
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 27

Notable people

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