Lardal


Lardal is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Svarstad. The parish of Laurdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. The municipality was divided into the parishes of Svarstad, Styrvoll, and Hem.
As a part of Norway's nationwide municipal reform, Lardal was merged into Larvik on 1 January 2018.
Pikstein, the highest point in Lardal, is located in westernmost Lardal at the border to Buskerud County.

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Lagardalr. The first element is the genitive case of lǫgr meaning "water" or "river". The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Prior to 1889, the name was spelled "Laurdal".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 17 July 1992. It was designed by Arvid Steen. The arms show a golden huldra on a red background. The huldra is a part of old Scandinavian folklore. This was chosen to represent the large forested areas in Lardal that were said to be inhabited by huldra.
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