Gransherad

This article is about the former municipality in Telemark, Norway. For other uses, see Gransherad (disambiguation).
Gransherad Municipality
Gransherad herred
Former municipality
Gransherred herred  (historic name)
Grandsherred herred  (historic name)
View of the village of Gransherad
View of the village of Gransherad
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Gransherad within Telemark
Gransherad within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°41′26″N 9°02′18″E / 59.69062°N 9.03835°E / 59.69062; 9.03835
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictAust-Telemark
Established1860
 • Preceded byHjartdal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byNotodden Municipality
Administrative centreGransherad
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
417 km2 (161 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total
1,247
 • Density3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi)
DemonymGranshering[1]
Official language
[3]
 • Norwegian formNynorsk[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0824[4]
Data from Statistics Norway

Gransherad is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 417-square-kilometre (161 sq mi)[5] municipality existed from 1860 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Notodden Municipality (in Telemark) and Kongsberg Municipality (in Buskerud). The administrative centre was the village of Gransherad where Gransherad Church is located.[6]

  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. ^ Helland, Amund (1900). "Gransherred herred". VIII. Bratsberg Amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 455. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. ^ Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (29 June 2022). "Gransherad (tidligere kommune)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 August 2023.