Rollag

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{{Infobox kommune | name = Rollag | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | official_name = | idnumber = 3336 | image_skyline = File:Kroktjonn.JPG | county = Buskerud | district = Numedal | capital = Rollag | language = Neutral | coatofarms = Rollag_komm.svg | demonym = Rølling | munwebpage = www.rollag.kommune.no | mayor = Steinar Berthelsen | mayor_party = Ap | mayor_as_of = 2003 | area_rank = 225 | area_total_km2 = 449 | area_land_km2 = 430 | area_water_percent = 0.14 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_rank = 369 | population_total = 1369 | populationpercent = 0.03 | population_density_km2= 3 | population_increase= -0.9 | coordinates = {{coord|60|1|2|N|9|14|2|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}} | utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6653369 | utm_easting = 0513047 | geo_cat = adm2nd }}

'''Rollag''' is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rollag, although the most populated area in the municipality is Veggli. Rollag is bordered in the north by Nore og Uvdal, in the east by Sigdal, in the south by Flesberg, and in the west by Tinn in Telemark.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Rollag|title= Rollag|publisher = Store norske leksikon |author= Geir Thorsnæs |access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref>

==General information== ===History=== The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Rollag'' farm (Old Norse: ''Roll(u)lag''), since the first church was built here. The first element is probably (the genitive case of) a river name ''Rolla'' (now called the ''Troelva'' river) and the last element is ''lag'' which means "fishing place".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.miljostatus.no/rollag |title= Rollag. Rollag herad. Buskerud|publisher = Matrikkelutkastet av 1950|date= May 21, 2012|access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref>

The municipality of Rollag was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Nore og Uvdal was separated from Rollag in 1858. The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1993. The arms show two gold-colored lines on a red background. The lines represent an old warning cairn made of timber.

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable" |+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Rollag by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population |language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=29 June 2015 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}</ref> |- ! Ancestry ! Number |- | {{flag|Somalia}}||31 |- | {{flag|Eritrea}}||17 |- | {{flag|Lithuania}}||15 |}

==Geography== The municipality lies in the heart of the Numedal traditional region and valley, the westernmost valley in southeastern Norway. The river ''Numedalslågen'' flows through Rollag and into the Ytre Oslofjord at Larvik. In the northwest of the Rollag lie the Vegglifjell mountains, which are an entryway into the Hardangervidda. The municipality's highest point is Storegrønut at {{convert|1289|m|ft}} located in the Vegglifjell mountains.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Numedal|title= Numedal|publisher = Store norske leksikon |author= Geir Thorsnæs |access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Numedalsl%C3%A5gen|title= Numedalslågen|publisher = Store norske leksikon |access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref>

thumb|290 px|Rollag stave church

===Climate=== {{Clear}} {{Weather box |location = Veggli II 1991–2020 (275 m, average high/low 2007-2025) |metric first = y |single line = y |Jan high C = -1.1 |Feb high C = 0.7 |Mar high C = 5.9 |Apr high C = 10.9 |May high C = 16.3 |Jun high C = 20.7 |Jul high C = 22.2 |Aug high C = 20.1 |Sep high C = 16.1 |Oct high C = 9.2 |Nov high C = 2.9 |Dec high C = -0.7 |Jan mean C = -4.1 |Feb mean C = -3.7 |Mar mean C = -0.1 |Apr mean C = 4.4 |May mean C = 9.4 |Jun mean C = 13.6 |Jul mean C = 15.9 |Aug mean C = 14.2 |Sep mean C = 10.2 |Oct mean C = 4.3 |Nov mean C = -0.4 |Dec mean C = -3.9 |year mean C = |Jan low C = -7.9 |Feb low C = -7 |Mar low C = -3.7 |Apr low C = -0.3 |May low C = 4 |Jun low C = 8.4 |Jul low C = 10.7 |Aug low C = 9.3 |Sep low C = 6.3 |Oct low C = 1.5 |Nov low C = -2.8 |Dec low C = -7.1

|source 1 = yr.no (mean, precipitation)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yr.no/nb/historikk/tabell/5-28922/Norge/Buskerud/Rollag/Veggli%20II?q=siste-13-m%C3%A5neder}}</ref> |source 2 = seklima (average high/low)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seklima.met.no/observations/}}</ref> }}

==Rollag stave church== Rollag stave church (''Rollag stavkirke'') was built around 1150–1200. It is located a few kilometres north of the centre of Rollag. It was extended and windows were added in 1652. A new Apse was added in 1666. The transept was constructed in 1697–1698. A gallery was added in 1702. The sacristy was built in 1739. A Baroque pulpit was added in 1763.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.miljostatus.no/rollag|title= Rollag stavkirke|publisher = Riksantikvaren|date= May 21, 2012|access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Rollag_stavkirke|title= Rollag stavkirke |publisher = Store norske leksikon |author= Nina Aldin Thune|access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref>

==Sister cities== The following cities are twinned with Rollag:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.rollag.kommune.no/default.asp?Uid=4816|title=Jokioinen|publisher=Rollag kommune|access-date=2009-01-11|language=no}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * {{flagicon|FIN}} '''Jokioinen''', Southern Finland, Finland

== Notable people == 140px|thumb|Niels Andreas Vibe * Niels Andreas Vibe (1759 in Rollag – 1814) a Norwegian military officer, civil and royal servant * Ole Knudsen Nattestad (1807 in Veggli – 1886) a Norwegian-American pioneer immigrant settler * Christian Sparre (1859–1940) a Commanding Admiral and politician; brought up in Rollag * Herbrand Lofthus (1889 in Veggli 1972) a lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler, competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics * Kittill Kristoffersen Berg (1903 in Rollag – 1983) a labourer, log driver, farmer and politician * Halvor Kongsjorden (1911 in Veggli – 1990) a sport shooter, Olympic competitor in 1948 and a Norwegian resistance member * Ragnar Tveiten (born 1938 in Veggli) a former Norwegian biathlete

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Rollag}} {{wiktionary|Rollag}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110513235205/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0632 Municipal fact sheet] from Statistics Norway *{{Wikivoyage inline|Buskerud}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310213244/http://www.kulturnett.no/geografisknavigering/geografisknavigering_visning.jsp?fylke=T952798&kommune=T955191 Culture in Rollag on the map] from Kulturnett.no *[http://193.75.93.79/numedal/Content/Main.asp?layout=numedal&vwr=&MapType=png Another map of Rollag]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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