# Rollag

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{{About|the municipality in Norway|the community in Minnesota|Rollag, Minnesota}}

{{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](/source/Norwegian_language)
| coatofarms         = Rollag_komm.svg
| demonym            = Rølling
| munwebpage         = www.rollag.kommune.no
| mayor              = Steinar Berthelsen 
| mayor_party        = [Ap](/source/Norwegian_Labour_Party)
| 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](/source/Municipalities_of_Norway) in [Buskerud](/source/Buskerud) [county](/source/Counties_of_Norway), [Norway](/source/Norway).  It is part of the [traditional region](/source/Districts_of_Norway) of [Numedal](/source/Numedal).  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rollag, although the most populated area in the municipality is [Veggli](/source/Veggli).  Rollag is bordered in the north by Nore og Uvdal, in the east by [Sigdal](/source/Sigdal), in the south by [Flesberg](/source/Flesberg), and in the west by [Tinn](/source/Tinn) in [Telemark](/source/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](/source/parish)) is named after the old ''Rollag'' farm ([Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse): ''Roll(u)lag''), since the first church was built here. The first element is probably (the [genitive case](/source/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](/source/formannskapsdistrikt)). [Nore og Uvdal](/source/Nore_og_Uvdal) was separated from Rollag in 1858. 
The [coat-of-arms](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Numedal) [traditional region](/source/Districts_of_Norway) and [valley](/source/valley), the westernmost valley in southeastern Norway. The river ''[Numedalslågen](/source/Numedalsl%C3%A5gen)'' flows through Rollag and into the [Ytre Oslofjord](/source/Ytre_Oslofjord) at [Larvik](/source/Larvik).  In the northwest of the Rollag lie the [Vegglifjell mountains](/source/Vegglifjell_mountains), which are an entryway into the [Hardangervidda](/source/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

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
|precipitation colour=green <!-- Enter "green" for green precipitation colours, remove this line for blue colouring. -->
|Jan precipitation mm=50
|Feb precipitation mm=31
|Mar precipitation mm=35
|Apr precipitation mm=37
|May precipitation mm=59
|Jun precipitation mm=77
|Jul precipitation mm=95
|Aug precipitation mm=95
|Sep precipitation mm=78
|Oct precipitation mm=76
|Nov precipitation mm=71
|Dec precipitation mm=47
|year precipitation mm=

|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](/source/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](/source/Apse) was added in 1666. The [transept](/source/transept) was constructed in 1697–1698. A gallery was added in 1702. The [sacristy](/source/sacristy) was built in 1739. A [Baroque](/source/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](/source/town_twinning) 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](/source/Jokioinen)''', [Southern Finland](/source/Southern_Finland), [Finland](/source/Finland)

== Notable people ==
140px|thumb|Niels Andreas Vibe
* [Niels Andreas Vibe](/source/Niels_Andreas_Vibe) (1759 in Rollag – 1814) a Norwegian military officer, civil and royal servant
* [Ole Knudsen Nattestad](/source/Ole_Knudsen_Nattestad) (1807 in Veggli – 1886) a Norwegian-American pioneer immigrant settler
* [Christian Sparre](/source/Christian_Sparre) (1859–1940) a Commanding Admiral and politician; brought up in Rollag
* [Herbrand Lofthus](/source/Herbrand_Lofthus) (1889 in Veggli 1972) a lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler, competed at the [1912 Summer Olympics](/source/1912_Summer_Olympics)
* [Kittill Kristoffersen Berg](/source/Kittill_Kristoffersen_Berg) (1903 in Rollag – 1983) a labourer, log driver, farmer and politician
* [Halvor Kongsjorden](/source/Halvor_Kongsjorden) (1911 in Veggli – 1990) a sport shooter, Olympic competitor in 1948 and a [Norwegian resistance member](/source/Norwegian_resistance_member)
* [Ragnar Tveiten](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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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Category:Rollag
Category:Municipalities of Buskerud
Category:Villages in Buskerud
Category:Populated places on the Numedalslågen

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