Municipality in Telemark, Norway
Municipality in Telemark, Norway
Tokke is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway . It is located in the traditional district of Vest-Telemark . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dalen . Other villages in Tokke include Åmdals Verk , Eidsborg , Høydalsmo , Lårdal , and Øvre Byrte . The Eidsborg Stave Church is one of Norway's old stave churches and it is located in Eidsborg, just north of Dalen.[ 4]
The 985-square-kilometre (380 sq mi) municipality is the 117th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Tokke is the 268th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,198. The municipality's population density is 2.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.2/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.8% over the previous 10-year period.[ 5] [ 6]
Dalen Hotel Eidsborg stave church During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee . On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Lårdal (population: 1,929) and Mo (population: 1,658) were merged to form the new municipality of Tokke.[ 7]
Name
The municipality is named after the local river Tokke (Old Norse : Þotka ). The name is related to the name of the lake Totak (from which the river originates). The river name is probably derived from the Old Norse word þot [ 4] [ 8]
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was granted on 6 February 1987. The official blazon is "Or a bear passant sable " (Norwegian : På gulll grunn ein gåande svart bjørn ). This means the arms have a field (background) with a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The charge is a bear which is displayed with a tincture of sable which means it is black. The bear symbolizes the rich nature in the forests in the municipality. The bear also plays a major role in many local legends and stories. The arms were designed by Stein Davidsen. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Churches
The Church of Norway has two parishes (sokn Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery ) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark .
Geography
Tokke Municipality is located in the Vest-Telemark region. It borders the municipalities of Vinje , Kviteseid , Seljord , Fyresdal (in Telemark ) and the municipalities of Valle and Bykle (in Agder ). The highest peak is Urdenosi which is 1,520 metres (4,990 ft) above sea level. Other mountains in Tokke including Brandsnutene , Gråsteinsnosi , Sæbyggjenuten , Stølsdalsnutane , and Svolhusgreini . The river Tokke and the lakes Bandak , Botnedalsvatn , and Byrtevatn are all located in the municipality as well.
Government
Tokke Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, welfare and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[ 12] Telemark District Court and the Agder Court of Appeal .
Municipal council
The municipal council (Kommunestyre) party .
Mayor
The mayors (Nynorsk : ordførar ) of Tokke:[ 28]
1964-1971: Gunvald Jupskås
1972-1979: Olav K. Tho
1980-1984: Gunvald Jupskås
1984-1987: Marie Sund
1988-1989: Geirmund Skaalen (H )
1990-2005: Birger Nygård (Sp )
2005-2011: Olav Seltveit Urbø (Sp )
2011-2015: Hilde Alice Vågslid (Ap )
2015–present: Jarand Felland (Sp )
Notable people
Talleiv Huvestad, 1814 Talleiv Huvestad (1761 in Skafså – 1847), a teacher, farmer, and politicianSøren Georg Abel (1772 in Mo – 1820), a priest and politicianJens Matthias Pram Kaurin (1804 in Lårdal – 1863), a theology professor and Lutheran priestMarcus Jacob Monrad (1816–1897), a philosopher and academic who grew up in MoVetle Vislie (1858 in Skafså – 1933), a educationalist, writer, and politicianAlf Blütecher (1880 in Lårdal – 1959), an actor[ 29] Thomas Offenberg Backer (1892 in Mo – 1987), an engineerAndreas Backer (1895 in Mo – 1975), a journalist and newspaper editorAnne Grimdalen (1899 in Skafså – 1961), a sculptorEivind Groven (1901 in Eidsborg – 1977), a microtonal composer and music-theoristArvid Torgeir Lie (1938 in Skafså – 2020), a poet, short story writer, and translatorLene Vågslid (born 1986 in Tokke), a teacher and politician
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