Notodden

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Notodden kommune

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County	Telemark
District	Øst-Telemark
Municipality	NO-0807
Administrative centre	Notodden
Mayor (2003)	Bjarne Bakken (Ap)
Official language form	Neutral
Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage	Ranked 120 914 km² 852 km² 0.28 %
Population  - Total (2005)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  - Density	Ranked 90 12,359 0.27 % 0.5 % 14/km²
Coordinates	59°37′N, 9°11′E
www.notodden.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 59°37′N, 9°11′E

Notodden is a city and municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway.

Norsk Hydro was founded in this town. Norway's biggest stave church Heddal stave church can be seen a few kilometres from the town centre.

Notodden Airport, Tuven, is located west of the city centre.

Notodden is famous for the annual Notodden Blues Festival, which is considered one of the best blues festivals in Europe, but they also have a famous metal festival called Motstøy Festivalen.

The name

The first element of the name is not f 'seine (fishing)', the last element is the finite form of odde m 'headland'. The meaning is 'the fishing place'.

Famous residents

Notodden is also the hometown of Norway's fine organist Kåre Nordstoga, the internationally known author Hans Herbjørnsrud, born in Heddal and the Hardanger fiddlemaker Olav Gunnarsson Helland (1875 - 1939), by many considered the finest in the twentieth century. Composer Klaus Egge, born 1906 in Gransherad also lived in Notodden.

American bluesman Seasick Steve, who is achieving fame in the UK, currently resides in Notodden.

Also, one of the most influential Norwegian black metal bands, Emperor, comes from Notodden, as does Mortiis, Mind Grinder and Zyklon.

Municipalities of Telemark	Image:Telemark vapen.png
Bamble | Bø | Drangedal | Fyresdal | Hjartdal | Kragerø | Kviteseid | Nissedal | Nome | Notodden | Porsgrunn | Sauherad | Seljord | Siljan | Skien | Tinn | Tokke | Vinje

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