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Tokke
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Coordinates: 59°25′N, 7°58′E
Tokke is a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway. It came to be after the merger of the two older municipalities Lårdal and Mo, which was put into effect as of 1 January 1964.
Tokke borders
Vinje,
Kviteseid,
Seljord,
Fyresdal,
Valle og
Bykle. The highest peak is
Urdenosi, 1,520 meters above sea level.
In the village of Eidsborg one finds one of Norway's old stave churches.
Contents
- 1 The name
- 2 Coat-of-arms
- 3 Notable people from Tokke
- 4 External links
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The name
The name originally belongs to the river running through the municipality. The Norse form of the rivername must have been *Þotka, and it is related to the name of the lake Totak (which it comes from). The rivername is probably derived form the Norse word þot n 'roaring, rushing, howling'.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows a
bear.
Notable people from Tokke
