Numedal is the westernmost valley in south-eastern Norway.
Numedal, running mainly north-to-south, extends from Kongsberg in the south to Rødberg in the north.
Numedal is also the name of a traditional district situated within the county of Buskerud, and contains the municipalities of Flesberg, Rollag and Nore og Uvdal.
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Numedal er det vestligste dalføret i Buskerud fylke og strekker seg fra skogbygdene på det sentrale Østlandet helt opp til Hardangervidda.
I eldre tid var Numedal nokså avstengt og tynt befolket.
Numedal was isolated and sparsely populated before silver mining began and the town of Kongsberg was founded.
Knudt Fossebrekke was a farmer, a native of Numedal.
Numedal was a particularly remote district, and during the period when the Luther Valley settlers still lived there the only link to the outside was the footpath over the high mountains that circumscribed the valley.
Gravdal was born in Veggli parish, Numedal, in 1802.
The beauty of the Numedal hardingfele tradition is in the detail, especially in the hands of master fiddler Buen.
Numedal is a small valley in Buskerud county (northwest of Oslo); its music carries some of the oldest traditions in hardingfele music.
The Numedal springar and gangar have a special flavor all their own, opening with a seemingly stately “walking part” that can be interrupted with flashes of acrobatics on the part of the man, continuing with a laus or free dance for the man and woman, and ending with an exhilarating couple turn.
Dette er midt i hjertet av Numedal, og området har mye å by på.
The rally this year it will be held at Lampeland, just north of Kongsberg (An hour northwest of Oslo.) This is right in the heart of Numedal, an area rich with all manner of attractions, from silver mines to mountain farms, not to mention a blues festival.
The Numedal cycleroute covers a distance of 280 km following a varied landscape from the high mountains of Geilo and Dagalifjellet through rural surroundings in Numedal to the seaside town of Larvik.
In Numedal four of Norway’s 28 beautiful stave churches are located, fascinating most people with their tarred and weatherbeaten walls.
Many small hamlets with log houses, storehouses and outhouses characterize the picturesque surroundings, and the valley is well-known for its medieval buildings (prior to 1537).
Sjøfløyta hadde sin storhetstid i Numedal rundt århundreskiftet, som en følge av at hardingfela ble sett på som syndig.
The sea flute (Norwegian folk recorder) achieved the height of its popularity in Numedal at around the turn of the century, due to the general view that the Hardanger fiddle was the devil's instrument.
Starting in 1860, all Hardanger fiddles were burnt in the valley of Numedal, and fiddlers had to start playing the recorder instead.
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The main purpose of the "Lag" is to preserve and strengthen bonds with its own area of origin in Norway.
Numedalslågen Lag is a "lag" primarily made up of descendants of people who emigrated from the Numedal Valley, the Kongsberg-Sandsvær area, and Kommuner of Lardal and Larvik of Norway.
We do, however, have many members who still live in Norway and also some who just have an interest in Numedal without having "roots" there.
