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Eidsvoll

is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Akershus

Akershus

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and ?stfold; it has also a short border with Sweden . Akershus is the second largest county by population after Oslo, with more than half a million inhabitants....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the Romerike

Romerike

Romerike is a Districts of Norway located north-east of Oslo, in what is today south-eastern Norway. It consists of the Akershus municipalities Fet, L?renskog, Nittedal, R?lingen, Skedsmo, S?rum and Aurskog-H?land in the southern end , and Ullensaker, Gjerdrum, Nannestad, Nes, Akershus, Eidsvoll and Hurdal in the northern end ....
traditional region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet

Sundet

Sundet is the administrative centre of Eidsvoll, and contains several stores and supermarkets.It is located right next to the river Vorma, and is in the vicinity of Eidsvoll High School, Eidsvoll Church and Eidsvoll train station....
.

first element is the genitive case

Genitive case

In grammar, the genitive case or possessive case is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun but it can also indicate various relationships other than possession; certain verbs may take argument in the genitive case; and it may have adverbial uses ....
of the word eid (Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: eid) and the last element is voll (Old Norse: völlr) which means "meadow

Meadow

A meadow is a field vegetated primarily by grass and other non-woody plants . It may be cut for hay or grazing by livestock such as cattle, sheep or goats....
" or "field

Field (agriculture)

In agriculture, a field refers generally to an area of land enclosed or otherwise and used for agricultural purposes such as:* Cultivating crop ...
". The meaning of the word eid in this case is "a road passing around a waterfall".

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is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Akershus

Akershus

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the Romerike

Romerike

Districts of Norway

Sundet

General information

Name

The first element is the genitive case

Genitive case

Old Norse

Meadow

A meadow is a field vegetated primarily by grass and other non-woody plants . It may be cut for hay or grazing by livestock such as cattle, sheep or goats....
" or "field

Field (agriculture)

Mjøsa

Mj?sa is Norway's largest lake, as well as the one of the List_of_lakes_in_Norway#Deepest_lakes in Norway and in Europe as a whole, after Hornindalsvatnet....
) who were sailing down the river Vorma

Vorma

Vorma is a river in Norway that brings water from lake Mj?sa into the Glomma river. The Vorma is 30 kilometers long and flows through the town of Eidsvoll....
, and people from Romerike sailing up the same river, both had to enter this area by passing the Sundfossen waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is usually a geology geologic formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a nickpoint, or sudden break in elevation....
. Because of this, the site became an important meeting place long before the introduction of Christianity

Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
.

Prior to 1918, the name was spelled "Eidsvold". The town of Eidsvold

Eidsvold, Queensland

Eidsvold is a small town in the North Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the Burnett Highway approximately 430 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane....
in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
still uses this spelling.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times. They were granted on 20 November 1987. The arms show a balance

Weighing scale

A weighing scale is a measuring instrument for measuring the weight or mass of an object. They use one of two techniques. A spring scale measures weight by the distance a spring deflects under its load....
as a symbol of justice

Justice

Justice is the concept of morality rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, fairness and equity."...
. In the early Middle Ages

Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
a local court

Court

A court is a body, often a government institution, with the authority to adjudication legal disputes and dispense private law, criminal justice, or administrative law justice in accordance with rules of law....
was established in Eidsvoll.

History

The parish of Eidsvold was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norway local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Charles XIV John of Sweden on 14 January 1837....
). The municipality of Feiring was merged with Eidsvoll on 1 January 1964.

Eidsvoll is mentioned in Old Norse manuscripts. In the 11th century, it became the site of court and assembly

Thing (assembly)

File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgA thing or ting was the governing assembly in Germanic tribes societies, made up of the free people of the community and presided by lawspeakers....
(ting) for eastern parts of Norway, replacing Vang

Vang, Hedmark

Vang is a former municipality in Hedmark county, Norway.Vang was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . The city of Hamar was separated from Vang in 1849....
, now a part of Hamar

Hamar

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Hedmarken....
in Hedmark

Hedmark

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of ?stlandet, the southeastern part of the country....
. Because of its access to the river Vorma

Vorma

Vorma is a river in Norway that brings water from lake Mj?sa into the Glomma river. The Vorma is 30 kilometers long and flows through the town of Eidsvoll....
and the lake Mjøsa

Mjøsa

Mj?sa is Norway's largest lake, as well as the one of the List_of_lakes_in_Norway#Deepest_lakes in Norway and in Europe as a whole, after Hornindalsvatnet....
has long provided a thoroughfare to northern parts of inland Norway. Eastern parts of Eidsvoll were for a short time the site of a minor gold rush

Gold rush

A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold.Eight gold rushes took place throughout the 19th century in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States....
when gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
was found in 1758, and these areas are still known as Gullverket, (the Gold works).

Eidsvoll Verk was opened to smelt

Smelting

Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy; its main use is to produce a metal from its ore. This includes iron extraction from iron ore, and copper extraction and other base metals from their ores....
iron ore

Iron ore

Iron ores are Rock and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in colour from dark grey, bright yellow, deep purple, to rusty red....
by King Christian IV of Denmark

Christian IV of Denmark

Christian IV was the king of Denmark and Norway from 1588 until his death. He is sometimes referred to as Christian Firtal in Denmark and Christian Kvart or Quart in Norway....
in 1624, relying on the excellent water power from the Andelva river. In 1688, it was owned by the director of the Kongsberg Silver Mines

Kongsberg Silver Mines

The silver mines of Kongsberg, in Buskerud county in Norway, constitute the largest mining field in Norway, with over 80 different mining.It was the largest pre-industrial working place in Norway, with over 4,000 workers at its peak in the 1770s and supplied over 10% of the gross national product of the Danish-Norwegian union during its 335 year...
, Schlanbusch, and remained in his family until 1781. Carsten Anker came into possession of works in 1794, at which time it was in decay since many of the surrounding forest

Forest

File:Stara planina suma.jpgA forest is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions of a forest, based on various criteria....
s required for charcoal

Charcoal

Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances....
had been depleted. He restored it and set up the production of stoves and similar iron goods. He also took residence in Eidsvoll in 1811, rebuilding the house which is now the Eidsvollbygningen.

Until recently, the main industry of Eidsvoll was agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
, though the soil is rich in clay.

Eidsvoll was the site where the constitutional assembly

Riksforsamlingen

Riksforsamlingen is a Norwegian term approximately meaning "The National Assembly"....
met to draft and sign

Norway in 1814

1814 was a pivotal year in Norway History of Norway. It started with Norway as a part of the Denmark kingdom subject to a naval blockade being ceded to the king of Sweden....
the Constitution of Norway

Constitution of Norway

The Constitution of Norway was first adopted on May 16, 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll , then signed and dated May 17....
on 17 May 1814. The building (Eidsvollbygningen) in which the meetings were held is today a famous museum.

In 1854, Eidsvoll became the end point for the first train line in Norway

Rail transport in Norway

The Norwegian railway system comprises 4,087 Kilometre of standard gauge track of which 2,622 km is railway electrification and 219 km double track....
from Oslo

Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
. This became the transit point for travel with the steamship Skibladner

Skibladner

PS Skibladner is a paddle steamer operating on the lake of Mj?sa in Norway.Skibladner is a sidewheel design, and her maiden voyage was on August 2, 1856, making her the world's oldest steamship still in operation....
to Hamar

Hamar

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Hedmarken....
, Gjøvik

Gjøvik

is a List of cities in Norway and a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Gj?vik....
, and Lillehammer

Lillehammer

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics....
.

Geography

Eidsvoll municipality is bordered on the north by Østre Toten

Østre Toten

?stre Toten is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Totem. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lena, Norway....
(on the west side of Mjøsa

Mjøsa

Mj?sa is Norway's largest lake, as well as the one of the List_of_lakes_in_Norway#Deepest_lakes in Norway and in Europe as a whole, after Hornindalsvatnet....
) and by Stange

Stange

is a Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen....
(on the east side of the lake) and to the east by Nord-Odal

Nord-Odal

Nord-Odal is a Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Odal, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sand, Hedmark....
(all in Hedmark county). In the county of Akershus to the southeast lies Nes

Nes, Akershus

Nes is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of ?rnes....
, to the south lies Ullensaker

Ullensaker

Ullensaker is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jessheim....
, and to the west lies Nannestad

Nannestad

Nannestad is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Teigebyen....
and Hurdal

Hurdal

Hurdal is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hurdal....
.

In addition to being a commuter town

Commuter town

A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commuting out to earn their livelihood. Many commuter towns act as Suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns....
for Oslo

Oslo

Forestry

Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests....
industries. The main population and commercial centers are Sundet and Råholt

Råholt

R?holt is a village in the municipality of Eidsvoll, Norway. Its population is 9,370, of which 259 people live within the border of the neighboring municipality Ullensaker....
.

Notable residents

Dagmar Lahlum
Dagmar Lahlum

Dagmar Mohne Hansen Lahlum , the daughter of a shoe maker. She was in the Norwegian resistance movement in Oslo during World War II and later recruited unofficially to work for MI5....
- resistance worker
Norwegian resistance movement

Norwegian resistance to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weser?bung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms:...
in World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
and fiancée of Eddie Chapman
Eddie Chapman

Edward Arnold "Eddie" Chapman was a habitual criminal who became a British double agent during World War II. He had a number of aliases which were known to the British police, amongst them Edward Edwards, Arnold Thompson and Edward Simpson....
was born here.
Ola Skjåk Bræk
Ola Skjåk Bræk

Ola Skj?k Br?k was a Norway banker and politician for the Liberal Party . He was Minister of Industry in 1972–1973.Skj?k Br?k was born in Eidsvoll, the second child of the local banker Gudbrand Br?k and his wife Elisabeth Fischer....
- politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
and Minister of Industry
Minister of Industry (Norway)

See also*Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry*Minister of Trade and Industry ...
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Wergeland

Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland Oslo was a Norway writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist....
, a poet, was the eldest son of Professor Nicolai Wergeland
Nicolai Wergeland

Nicolai Wergeland was a Norwegian priest, writer and politician, and a member of the Riksforsamlingen at Eidsvoll that wrote the Constitution of Norway on May 17th, 1814....
(1780–1848), who had been a member of the constitutional assembly in Eidsvoll, was pastor
Pastor

The term pastor usually refers to an ordained person within a Christian church. In some countries the term is more usually used in traditional Protestant churches but is also used in reference to priests and bishops within the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christianity churches....
of Eidsvoll. Although not born there, the poet and his sister, Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett

Jacobine Camilla Collett, n?e Wergeland was a Norway writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to Realism in Norwegian literature....
, were brought up in the rectory
Rectory

File:Pfarrhaus Ilmenau.JPGFile:R?ti - Kloster R?ti - Pfarrhaus IMG 1658.JPGDepending on Christian denomination, local custom, and the status of the minister, the building inhabited by the leader of a local Christian church can be referred to by one of several names....
in Eidsvoll.

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned

Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
with Eidsvoll: - Egilsstaðir

Egilsstaðir

Egilssta?ir is a town in East Iceland on the banks of Lagarflj?t river. In 2007, the town had over 2,300 inhabitants.Egilsstadir is located at ....
, Iceland

Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
- Skara

Skara Municipality

Skara Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in V?stra G?taland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the stad of Skara.The area of the municipality consists of 16 original local government entities....
, Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County

V?stra G?taland County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 Municipalities of Sweden ....
, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
- Sorø

Sorø municipality

Sor? municipality is a municipality in Region Sj?lland on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 317 square kilometre, and has a total population of 29,180 ....
, Region Sjælland

Region Sjælland

Region Sj?lland is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties of Denmark with five larger regions....
, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
- Suolahti

Suolahti

Suolahti, was a former list of towns in Finland and municipality of Finland. It is located next to Lake Keitele in the provinces of Finland of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland regions of Finland....
, Länsi-Suomi

Western Finland

The Province of Western Finland is a Provinces of Finland of Finland. It borders the provinces of Oulu , Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia towards ?land....
, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....

External links

from Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway is the Norway statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1000, Statistics Norway releases more than 800 Norwegian statistical publications every year on its web site....
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