Lunde Municipality
Lunde herred | |
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 View of the local church | |
 Telemark within Norway | |
 Lunde within Telemark | |
| Coordinates: 59°17′54″N 9°06′10″E / 59.29832°N 9.10268°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Telemark |
| District | Midt-Telemark |
| Established | 1 Jan 1867 |
| • Preceded by | Bø Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Nome Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Bjervamoen |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 275 km2 (106 sq mi) |
| Population (1964) | |
| • Total | 3,080 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Lundhering[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0820[2] |
Lunde is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 275-square-kilometre (106 sq mi) municipality existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Nome Municipality. It was part of the traditional district of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre was the village of Bjervamoen.[3]
Lunde was the production site of the Troll automobile. It is also known as the birthplace of ski racer Atle Skårdal and jazz singer Torun Eriksen.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (8 June 2020). "Lunde (Telemark)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 September 2023.