Dokka is the administrative centre of Nordre Land

Nordre Land

Nordre Land is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dokka....

 municipality, in Oppland county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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Highway 33 (Rv33) comes from the south, along the east side of Randsfjorden

Randsfjorden

Randsfjorden is Norway's fourth largest lake with an area of . Its volume is estimated at just over , and its greatest depth is . The lake is above sea level....

, Norway's fourth largest lake. The highway continues northwest to the municipality of Etnedal

Etnedal

Etnedal is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bruflat....

 and to the village of Bjørgo in Nord-Aurdal

Nord-Aurdal

Nord-Aurdal is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fagernes....

 municipality. Highway 245 (Rv245) goes south on the west side of Randsfjorden. Highway 250 (Rv250) continues into eastern Torpa

Torpa

Torpa may refer to:* Torpa, Oppland, Norway* Torpa, Gothenburg, Sweden* Torpa, Närke, Sweden* Torpa, Varberg, Sweden* Torpa, Vänersborg* Torpa, Jharkhand, India...

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In 2002, Dokka celebrated its centenary. The population of Dokka (2005) was 2,796.

Notable residents

• Rune Bratsveen
  Rune Bratsveen
  Rune Bratsveen is a Norwegian biathlete.-Career highlights:IBU World Championships*...
  
  - Norwegian biathlete
• Kjetil Bjørklund
  Kjetil Bjørklund
  Kjetil Bjørklund is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 2001, but was not re-elected in 2005...
  
   - Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party
• Joachim Sørum
  Joachim Sørum
  Joachim Sørum is a Norwegian footballer.-Career:Born in Dokka, Sørum is a defender, and normally plays in the mid-defence....
  
  - Norwegian footballer.

The name

The centre is named after the river Dokka, a tributary of the Etna

Etna (river)

Etna river flows through Etnedal and Nordre Land municipality in Oppland, Norway.It flows into Randsfjorden....

. The name of the river Dokka is derived from the Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

word dökk f 'hollow, depression'.