Holla, Telemark
Holla is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Nome Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Ulefoss. The municipality was considered part of the traditional district of Grenland, but in 1964 it became been part of the new Nome municipality which has been considered to be part of the Midt-Telemark district.
History
The parish of Hollen was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. On 1 January 1866, an unpopulated area of Bø Municipality was transferred into Holden Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the district of Valebø on the eastern side of the lake Norsjø was merged into Skien Municipality. On the same date, the rest of Holla was merged with the neighboring Lunde Municipality to form the new Nome Municipality.Name
The municipality is named after the old Hollen farm since the first Holla Church was built there. The first element is derived from the word which means "sloping" or "leaning". The last element is derived from the word which means "meadow" or "pasture". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Holden. In 1889, the spelling was changed to Hollen. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Holla.Churches
The Church of Norway had one parish within the municipality of Holla. It was part of the Øvre Telemark prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.| Parish | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
| Holla | Helgen Church | Helgja | 1735 |
| Holla | Holla Church | Ulefoss | 1867 |
| Holla | Romnes Church | Romnes, just north of Ulefoss | 1100s |