Holla, Telemark

Holla Municipality
Holla herred
Hollen herred  (historic name)
View of the local church
View of the local church
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Holla within Telemark
Holla within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°16′57″N 9°15′56″E / 59.28245°N 9.26547°E / 59.28245; 9.26547
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictGrenland
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byNome Municipality
Administrative centreUlefoss
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total252 km2 (97 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total4,352
 • Density17/km2 (45/sq mi)
DemonymHollasokning[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0819[4]

Holla is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 252-square-kilometre (97 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Nome Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Ulefoss. The municipality was considered part of the traditional district of Grenland, but in 1964 it became been part of the new Nome municipality which has been considered to be part of the Midt-Telemark district.[5]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (22 January 2023). "Holla (tidligere kommune)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 September 2023.