Høland was created in 1837 as a formannskapsdistrikt, a Norwegian local self-government district. The district Setskog was separated from Høland to form a separate municipality January 1, 1905. The split left Høland with 4,928 inhabitants. Høland municipality existed until 1 July 1924, when it was split to form the two new municipalities of Nordre Høland and Søndre Høland. Before the partition Høland had a population of 5,294. On 1 January 1966, Nordre Høland and Søndre Høland, were merged with Setskog and Aurskog to form the new municipality of Aurskog-Høland.[1]
Origins of the Nameedit
The name Høland is an old, historic district name. The first element is høy meaning hay. The last element is land meaning land (originally in plural).[2]
høland, former, municipality, akershus, county, norway, contents, history, origins, name, people, from, referenceshistory, edit, created, 1837, formannskapsdistrikt, norwegian, local, self, government, district, district, setskog, separated, from, form, separa. Holand is a former municipality in Akershus county Norway Contents 1 History 2 Origins of the Name 3 People From Holand 4 ReferencesHistory editHoland was created in 1837 as a formannskapsdistrikt a Norwegian local self government district The district Setskog was separated from Holand to form a separate municipality January 1 1905 The split left Holand with 4 928 inhabitants Holand municipality existed until 1 July 1924 when it was split to form the two new municipalities of Nordre Holand and Sondre Holand Before the partition Holand had a population of 5 294 On 1 January 1966 Nordre Holand and Sondre Holand were merged with Setskog and Aurskog to form the new municipality of Aurskog Holand 1 Origins of the Name editThe name Holand is an old historic district name The first element is hoy meaning hay The last element is land meaning land originally in plural 2 See also Hoylandet and HolondaPeople From Holand editHjalmar Holand Norwegian American historian and author References edit Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune og fylkesinndelingen Dag Juvkam Statistics Norway 1999 1 Norwegian English Dictionary Einar Haugen Madison Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Press 1965 59 43 57 N 11 26 15 E 59 7324 N 11 4375 E 59 7324 11 4375 nbsp This Viken location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Holand amp oldid 997922792, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
