Bjørkhaug

Bjørkhaug is a suburb in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet. Bjørkhaug is situated nearby to the suburb Tveito, as well as near Øverland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ingolfsland Station and Gaustatoppen.

Ingolfsland Station

Railway station

Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ingolfsland Station is an abandoned railway station on the Rjukan Line at Rjukan in Tinn Municipality, Norway. It was in use from 1913 to 1970 by Norsk Transport, serving the southern suburbs of Rjukan.

Gaustatoppen

Peak

Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY 3.0.

Gaustatoppen is a mountain in the county of Telemark, Norway. The 1,883-metre tall mountain is located on the south side of the town of Rjukan and is the highest mountain in Telemark. Gaustatoppen is situated 3 km south of Bjørkhaug.

Rjukan Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rjukan Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Rjukan. It is one of the churches for the Rjukan parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rjukan.

Rjukan

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Rjukan is a town in the Tinn municipality of Telemark, Norway. The town was founded in 1908 by Sam Eyde, who started the plan of building a city from scratch, after buying the renowned Rjukan waterfall to make electric power for fertilizer production.

Bjørkhaug

Type: Suburb
Also known as: “Bjorkhaug”
Category: locality
Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.88093° or 59° 52′ 51″ north

Longitude

8.63885° or 8° 38′ 20″ east

Elevation

269 metres (883 feet)

Open location code

9FFCVJJQ+9G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 380617862

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

9404463

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In Other Languages

“Bjørkhaug” goes by many names.

Norwegian: “Bjørkhaug”

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