Siljan (Norway)

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Coat of arms of the Siljan commune
Siljan (Norway)
Siljan
Siljan
Basic data
Commune number : 3812
Province  (county) : Vestfold and Telemark
Coordinates : 59 ° 17 ′  N , 9 ° 38 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 17 ′  N , 9 ° 38 ′  E
Surface: 213.96 km²
Residents: 2,340  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 11 inhabitants per km²
Language form : neutral
Postal code : 3748
Structure: Siljan, Opdalen
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politics
Mayor : Kjell Abraham Sølverød  ( Sp ) (2015)
Located in the province of Vestfold og Telemark
Location of the municipality in the province of Vestfold og Telemark

Siljan is a Norwegian municipality in Vestfold og Telemark and is located in its southeastern part. Siljan has many fishing waters for anglers, hiking trails and winter sports facilities. It is around 120 km to Oslo.

In the 18th century there was an important iron production here, which was operated with a racing furnace (9 m high with an inner diameter of 2.50 m) and accordingly required a lot of charcoal. That is why there is still a large coal storage facility at the former Moholt Eisenwerk in Eide, which, together with the ironworks that were closed in 1867, is an industrial monument where cultural events take place. The ironworks operated with charcoal could not hold its own against the foreign competition that produced hard coal. Most of the ore came from Arendal .

Most of the residents now work in the neighboring municipalities of Skien , Porsgrunn and Larvik .

In 1930 , a dugout canoe was found at a small body of water called Lauv, which flows from the various lakes in this area to Larvik , and it can now be seen in the Fylkemuseum in Skien . The C14 dating of 2001 showed an age of 1760 years (Beta 240 AD ± 70), i.e. from Roman times. The Siljan dugout canoe is very thin-walled and carefully carved from an oak trunk. The boat was apparently made from a log that was cut in half. The wall is only 1–2 cm thick. The boat is older than most of the dugout canoe finds in Norway. Most of the other boats are also made of spruce wood. It's lighter and more streamlined in the waterline.

In addition, many bronze grave finds from the older Iron Age, arrowheads and a gold ring were found around Lake Gorningen as a means of payment . A grave from the Viking Age with a sword, a shield dent, a knife, a well, a key and an ax was found in Gonsholt. There are many burial mounds in this area. The small peninsula of Børja , on which a rather steep hill rises, extends into the lake . On top of it is a 35 m long fortification wall that protects an area of ​​approximately 4000 m². The other sides of the rock slope steeply to the sea. Different coal residues (spruce wood) on the wall give very different C14 dates: They are stated in the documentation as coming from 1470 ± 65 to 310 ± 50, i.e. calibrated 545–565 to 1490–1655. Stratigraphically, the earliest pieces lay under the wall on the rock, the latest under the top stones. Since the spaces between the stones remained hollow, the pieces of coal may have migrated downwards. They could be from forest fires or from slash and burn when building the fortification. The fortification is the oldest so far found in Grenland.

Web links

Commons : Siljan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning