Jar, Norway
Jar is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its annual population change, was 1.1%.
It is served by the Jar rail station on the Kolsås Line.
Etymology
The name "Jar" comes, like Jæren, from old norse Jaðarr, meaning "edge". It's named this because it's at the edge of the deep valley of Lysakerelven.Famous people from Jar
- Andreas Prestmo - musician
- Jon Larsen - musician, composer, visual artist, researcher
- Per Frydenlund - musician
- Svein Aarbostad - musician
- Anders Beer Wilse - photographer
- Aleksander Hetland - swimmer
- Aleksander Aamodt Kilde - alpinist