Fluberg
Encyclopedia
Fluberg is a village, a parish and a former municipality, now part of the municipality of Søndre Land
in Oppland
, Norway
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. Fluberg had a population of 2.027 at this point. On January 1, 1962 the municipality of Fluberg with 2,110 inhabitants was reunited with Søndre Land. The exceptions were the district of Tranlia and the property Store Røen, with 196 inhabitants, which were moved to Nordre Land.
Fluberg Church (Fluberg Kirke) is the oldest existing church in Søndre Land. This was the main church for both Nordre and Søndre Land right up until 1866. The present church was built of timber in 1703.
Fluguberg), since the first church was built there. The first element seems to be the genitive case of an old rivername *Fluga, the last element is berg n 'mountain'.
The (hypothetical) river name *Fluga could be derived from fluga f 'fly
' ('the river making sounds like a fly'), or from flug n 'steep side of a mountain'.
Søndre Land
Søndre 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 Hov....
in Oppland
Oppland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....
, 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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History
Fluberg municipality was created January 1, 1914 when it was separated from Søndre LandSøndre Land
Søndre 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 Hov....
. Fluberg had a population of 2.027 at this point. On January 1, 1962 the municipality of Fluberg with 2,110 inhabitants was reunited with Søndre Land. The exceptions were the district of Tranlia and the property Store Røen, with 196 inhabitants, which were moved to Nordre Land.
Fluberg Church (Fluberg Kirke) is the oldest existing church in Søndre Land. This was the main church for both Nordre and Søndre Land right up until 1866. The present church was built of timber in 1703.
Notable residents
- Ola VikerOla VikerOla Viker was a Norwegian novelist and lawyer. He made his literaty debut in 1951 with the novel Gullskoen. He was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1963.-References:...
(1897–1972), Norwegian novelist and lawyer - Øyvind MyhreØyvind MyhreØyvind Kvernvold Myhre is a Norwegian author of science fiction and fantasy literature. He has written more than twenty novels and short stories. from 1975-1977 he was author and editor of the Norwegian science fiction magazine NOVA. He also published a fanzine called GANDALF.Øyvind Myhre earned...
, Norwegian author of science fiction and fantasy literature. - Johan Peter WeisseJohan Peter Weisse-Personal life:He was born in Fluberg as a son of physician Joachim Frederik Weisse and his wife Grethe Fleischer. His grandfather had migrated to Norway from Brandenburg. The family moved to Trondhjem in 1833....
(1832–1886), Norwegian philologist.
The name
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm Fluberg (NorseOld 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....
Fluguberg), since the first church was built there. The first element seems to be the genitive case of an old rivername *Fluga, the last element is berg n 'mountain'.
The (hypothetical) river name *Fluga could be derived from fluga f 'fly
Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
' ('the river making sounds like a fly'), or from flug n 'steep side of a mountain'.
