Fluberg


Fluberg is a village, a parish and a former municipality, now part of the municipality of Søndre Land in Innlandet county, Norway.

History

Fluberg is situated on the northern end of the Randsfjorden. The inhabitants are located on both sides of the fjord, but most of the settlement is on the eastern side. Fluberg municipality was created January 1, 1914 when it was separated from Søndre Land. Fluberg had a population of 2.027 at this point. On January 1, 1962 the municipality of Fluberg with 2,110 inhabitants was reunited with Søndre Land. The exceptions were the district of Tranlia and the property Store Røen, with 196 inhabitants, which were moved to Nordre Land.

Fluberg Church

Fluberg Church is the oldest existing church in Søndre Land. It replaced the prior stave church. This was the main church for both Nordre and Søndre Land until 1866. The present church was built of timber in 1703. The pulpit from 1702 was carved by Lars Jenssen Borg. The baptismal fountain was made by his son, Nicolai Larsen Borg and is from 1721.
In 1751 Lars Pinnerud carved a new altar for the church. The following year it was painted by Eggert Munch.

Notable residents

The municipality was named after the old farm Fluberg, since the first church was built there. The first element seems to be the genitive case of an old rivername *Fluga, the last element is berg n 'mountain'.
The river name *Fluga could be derived from fluga f 'fly', or from flug n 'steep side of a mountain'.