Jevnaker


Jevnaker is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302.
The parish of Jævnaker was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. The area of Lunner was separated from the municipality of Jevnaker on 1 January 1898 to form a municipality of its own. From 1 January 2020 the municipality belongs to Viken county, it was Oppland before that.
The municipality is a part of the Hadeland traditional region. The Hadeland region has a population of about 30,000. The region spreads over a large area including several villages and towns.

General information

Name

The municipality is named after the old Jevnaker farm, since the first church was built here. The first element is jafn which means "even" or "flat" and the last element is akr which means "field" or "acre". Prior to 1889, the name was written "Jævnaker".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 24 June 1983. The arms show three silver-colored glasses, since glassblowing has been a long tradition and industry in the municipality. The red colour of the background was also chosen as the colour of the glass when hot.
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Geography

Jevnaker is situated at the southern end of the Randsfjorden. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Gran, to the east by Lunner, and to the southwest by Ringerike.
Jevnaker municipality has an area of, measuring on a north–south axis and on an east–west axis. The municipality lies in the extreme south of Oppland county.
The highest point is Svarttjernshøgda with a height of.

Economy

Jevnaker is home to Hadeland Glassverk, an old glassblowing factory with over 600,000 visitors each year, ranking it as the third most popular tourist destination in Norway.
The Kistefos Træsliberi, an industrial museum with a very impressive Art collection, is also located in Jevnaker
Jevnaker is the home of Artists Geir Kleppan and Lucas Stephens