Jevnaker


Jevnaker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302.
The parish of Jævnaker was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. The area of Lunner was separated from the municipality of Jevnaker on 1 January 1898 to form a municipality of its own. From 2020 to 2023 the municipality belonged to Viken county, it was Oppland before that.
Jevnaker Municipality a part of the traditional region of Hadeland. The Hadeland region has a population of about 30,000. The region spreads over a large area including several villages and towns.

Name and coat-of-arms

The municipality is named after the old Jevnaker farm, since the first church was built here. The first element is jafn which means "even" or "flat" and the last element is akr which means "field" or "acre". Prior to 1889, the name was written "Jævnaker".
The coat-of-arms is from modern times, granted in 1983. The arms show three silver-colored glasses, since glassblowing has been a long tradition and industry in the municipality. The red colour of the background was also chosen as the colour of the glass when hot.

Geography

Jevnaker is situated at the southern end of the Randsfjorden. The municipality is bordered to the north by Gran Municipality, to the east by Lunner Municipality, and to the southwest by Ringerike Municipality.
Jevnaker municipality has an area of, measuring on a north–south axis and on an east–west axis. The municipality lies in the extreme south of Oppland county.
The highest point is Svarttjernshøgda with a height of.

Economy

Jevnaker is home to Hadeland Glassverk, an old glassblowing factory with over 600,000 visitors each year, ranking it as the third most popular tourist destination in Norway.
The Kistefos Træsliberi, an industrial museum with a very impressive Art collection, is also located in Jevnaker
Image:Hadeland Glassverk Panorama.jpg|thumb|none|725px|Hadeland Glassverk Panorama

Demographics

In 2015, 96 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish ; 66 had Lithuanian parents and/or were Lithuanian.
AncestryNumber
Poland

Notable people