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Sigdal is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestfoss.[3]

Sigdal kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms Viken within Norway
Sigdal within Viken
Coordinates: 60°3′9″N 9°36′4″E
Country	Norway
County	Viken
District	Ringerike
Administrative centre	Prestfoss
Government
• Mayor (2015)	Anne Kristine (Tine) Norman (Sp)
Area
• Total	842 km2 (325 sq mi)
• Land	811 km2 (313 sq mi)
• Rank	#130 in Norway
Population  (2004)
• Total	3,530
• Rank	#244 in Norway
• Density	4/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	−3.9%
Demonym(s)	Sigdøl or Sigdøling[1]
Official language [2]
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-3045
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

The municipality of Sigdal was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Krødsherad was separated from Sigdal on 1 January 1901. The municipality has common borders with the municipalities of Flå, Krødsherad, Modum, Øvre Eiker, Flesberg, Rollag, and Nore og Uvdal.

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Sigmardalr or Sigmudalr. The first element is the genitive case of a river name Sigm(a) (now called the Simoa) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The Simoa river runs through Sigdal, flowing in a south-easterly course until it flows into Drammenselva at Åmot in Modum. The meaning of the river name is unknown, but is maybe derived from síga which means to "ooze" or "slide".

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Sigdal by country of origin in 2017[4]

Ancestry	Number
Poland	83
Syria	50
Lithuania	47
Germany	22
Latvia	17

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 18 November 1983. The arms show a heraldic image of the mountain that dominates the view around the village, the Andersnatten. The profile of the mountain is yellow with a blue-colored sky above.[5]

Geography and population

Most of the citizens live in the village of Eggedal or the administrative centre of Prestfoss. Sigdal is densely populated, dominated by mountains and valleys.

About 72% of the area is covered with forest, 20% is mountain areas, and 4% of the area is cultivated. Agriculture, forestry, and the kitchen-producing enterprise of Sigdal Kjøkken are still important industries.

Local Attractions

• Folk Music Center (Folkemusikksenteret) is a cultural heritage museum offering a good image of the building style and traditions of the district. The Folk Music Center is principally responsible for collecting, storing and promoting local folk music and dance.
• Sigdal-Eggedal Museum is a regional museum for Krødsherad, Modum and Sigdal. This museum dedicated to the region's culture and history is arranged particularly authentically.
• Vatnås Church (Vatnås kirke) is a historic church dating from 1660.[6]
• Lauvlia is the former home of Theodor Kittelsen, one of the most popular artists in Norway, who settled near Prestfoss during 1899. Today Lauvlia is a private museum featuring an exhibition of Kittelsen’s original work
• Andersnatten is a well-known mountain and landmark. The mountain has inspired painters visiting or living in Sigdal, notably Theodor Kittelsen and Christian Skredsvig. It is recognized by mountain climbers as a tough challenge.

Protected areas in Sigdal Municipality

• Heimseteråsen nature reserve, established on 13 December 2002, 2,515 acres
• Solevatn nature reserve, established 20 June 1986, 538 acres
• Trillemarka nature reserve, established on 13 December 2002, 43,285 acres

Notable residents

• Christian Skredsvig (1854 - 1924) Norwegian artist and painter
• Theodor Kittelsen (1857 - 1914) Norwegian artist and painter
• Erik Ramstad (1860 - 1951) Norwegian-American founder of Minot, North Dakota
• Eileif Kolsrud (1873 – 1953) a Norwegian educator and politician, Mayor of Kristiansund
• Gulbrand Hagen (1864 - 1919) Norwegian-American newspaper editor and writer
• Olaf Solumsmoen (1896 - 1972) a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician
• Olaf Knudson (1915 – 1996) politician, deputy mayor of Sigdal in 1950's
• Erling Kroken (1928-2007) a Norwegian ski jumper
• Dag Aabye (born 1941) an endurance runner in British Columbia, "Father of Freeride Skiing"
• Anne-Lise Berntsen (1943-2012) a Norwegian soprano [7]
• Grete Kummen (born 1952) a cross-country skier, competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics
• Josefine Frida Pettersen (born 1996) actress, played Noora Amalie Sætre in NRK drama series Skam[8]

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Sigdal:

• Äänekoski, Central Finland, Finland
• Hveragerði, Iceland[9]
• Örnsköldsvik, Västernorrland County, Sweden[10]

Gallery

• 
  Holmen Church
• 
  Haglebunatten
• 
  Solumsmoen Chapel
• 
  Haglebuvatna

See also

• Sigdal House

References

Other sources

• Mørch, Andreas & Thormod Skatvedt Sigdal og Eggedal (Sigdal og Eggedal, 1914)
• Mørch, Andreas Frå gamle dagar. Folkeminne frå Sigdal og Eggedal (Norsk Folkeminnelag: 1932)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sigdal.

Look up Sigdal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
• Buskerud travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Kunstnerdalen, Valley of Artists
• Sigdal & Eggedal Tourist Service
• Sigdalslag
• Sigdal Kommune official webpage (in Norwegian)
• Krødsherad, Sigdal and Modum (in Norwegian)
• Information and news from Sigdal and Eggedal (in Norwegian)

На других языках

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[ru] Сигдал

Сигдал (норв. Sigdal) — коммуна в губернии Бускеруд в Норвегии. Административный центр коммуны — город Престфосс. Официальный язык коммуны — букмол. Население коммуны на 2007 год составляло 3524 чел. Площадь коммуны Сигдал — 842,14 км², код-идентификатор — 0621.

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