Hovda

Hovda is a locality in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet and has an elevation of 929 metres. Hovda is situated nearby to the locality Nystaul, as well as near Lislestaul.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rjukan Station and Vemork.

Rjukan Station

Railway station

Photo: Bergenga, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rjukan Station is the terminal railway station of the Rjukan Line, located at Rjukan in Tinn Municipality, Norway. The station opened as part of the railway on 9 August 1909 as Saaheim, until renaming to Rjukan on 15 November 1912.

Vemork

Power station

Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant and a museum outside the town of Rjukan in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer. Vemork is situated 3½ km west of Hovda.

Rjukan videregående skole

School

Photo: Ojtveito, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rjukan videregående skole is a school.

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.

Hovda

Type: Locality
Categories: historic site and mountain pasture
Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.86841° or 59° 52′ 6″ north

Longitude

8.5561° or 8° 33′ 22″ east

Elevation

929 metres (3,048 feet)

Open location code

9FFCVH94+9C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5640571939

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=shieling

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

9843722

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In Other Languages

“Hovda” goes by many names.

Norwegian: “Hovda”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rjukan Næringspark and Rjukan - Selstali Luftvernstilling.

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