Lunde, Telemark

Lunde Municipality
Lunde herred
View of the local church
View of the local church
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Lunde within Telemark
Lunde within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°17′54″N 9°06′10″E / 59.29832°N 9.10268°E / 59.29832; 9.10268
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictMidt-Telemark
Established1 Jan 1867
 • Preceded byBø Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byNome Municipality
Administrative centreBjervamoen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
275 km2 (106 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total
3,080
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
DemonymLundhering[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-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.

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (8 June 2020). "Lunde (Telemark)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 September 2023.