Telemark, Norway · Europe
Kviteseid sits on the route: 25 minutes from Seljord, 43km from Heddal Stave Church.
Kviteseid is a town located in Telemark, Norway. With a population of 640, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Kviteseid sits in Norway, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Oslo time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Kviteseid to your route.
Kviteseid is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Vest-Telemark and Upper Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kviteseidbyen. Other villages in Kviteseid include Åsgrend, Brunkeberg, Eidstod, Fjågesund, Kilen, Morgedal, andRead more
Vrådal.
The 708-square-kilometre (273 sq mi) municipality is the 163rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Kviteseid is the 258th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,427. The municipality's population density is 3.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (10/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.2% over the previous 10-year period.
Kviteseid Seminar was the first public teacher training school in Norway which started in 1819 and was in operation until 1889. Kviteseid Library (Kviteseid Folkebibliotek) was founded in 1895. The library was first based on a book collection from Kviteseid Seminar. The main industries of the municipality are forestry, agriculture, tourism, and hydroelectric power. The Telemark Canal goes through Kviteseid. There are also several ski resorts in Kviteseid.
The little village of Morgedal is located in northern Kviteseid. It is known as the "Cradle of Modern Skiing" ("Skisportens vugge") and the home of Sondre Norheim. Here, the Olympic Flame was lit for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, and 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.
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Kviteseid is located in Telemark, Norway, Europe. The coordinates are 59.4022 latitude, 8.4927 longitude.
Kviteseid has a population of approximately 640 people, making it a town in Norway.
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cathedral
Norway's largest stave church, a triple-naved wooden cathedral raised around 1200 and still the parish church of Notodden. Its tiered shingled roofs rise like a dark pagoda beside route E134 through Telemark.
43 km · about 50 min drive
museum
The 1911 Vemork power plant outside Rjukan, target of the WWII heavy-water sabotage raids that crippled the Nazi atomic programme, now the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum. Part of the Rjukan–Notodden UNESCO site.
52 km · about 60 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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