Editing Jevnaker

{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Jevnaker
| native_name        =
| native_name_lang   =
| other_name         =
| official_name      =
| idnumber           = 3236
| image_skyline      = Storgata Jevnaker.jpg
| county             = Akershus
| district           = Hadeland
| capital            = Jevnaker
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| demonym            = Jevnakersokning
| coatofarms         = Jevnaker komm.svg
| munwebpage         = www.jevnaker.kommune.no
| mayor              = Hilde Brørby Fivelsdal 
| mayor_party        = [[Norwegian Labour Party|Ap]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2003
| area_rank          = 317
| area_total_km2      = 224
| area_land_km2       = 195
| area_water_percent  = 0.07
| population_as_of   = 2006
| population_rank    = 159
| population_total   = 6312
| populationpercent  = 0.14
| population_density_km2= 33
| population_increase= 8.0
| coordinates        = {{coord|60|16|16|N|10|24|7|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6682455 | utm_easting = 0577555 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Jevnaker''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Akershus]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]].  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302.

The [[parish]] of ''Jævnaker'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]). The area of [[Lunner]] was separated from the municipality of Jevnaker on 1 January 1898 to form a municipality of its own. From 2020 to 2023 the municipality belonged to [[Viken (county)|Viken]] county, it was [[Oppland]] before that.

The municipality is (together with [[Gran, Norway|Gran]] and Lunner) a part of the [[Hadeland]] [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]]. The Hadeland region has a population of about 30,000. The region spreads over a large area including several villages and towns.

==Name and coat-of-arms==
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Jevnaker'' farm ([[Old Norse]]: ''Jafnakr''), since the first church was built here. The first element is ''jafn'' which means "even" or "flat" and the last element is ''akr'' which means "[[field (agriculture)|field]]" or "[[acre]]".  Prior to 1889, the name was written ''"Jævnaker"''.
<ref>{{cite book|title=Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (Anden halvdel)|edition=4|author-link=Oluf Rygh|last=Rygh|first=Oluf|publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri|date=1900|location=Kristiania, Norge|pages=118|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJMOAAAAYAAJ|language=no}}</ref>

The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times, granted in 1983.  The arms show three silver-colored [[Drinkware|glasses]], since [[glassblowing]] has been a long tradition and industry in the municipality (see [[Hadeland Glassverk]]). The red colour of the background was also chosen as the colour of the glass when hot.<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/j/jevnaker.htm|access-date=2009-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715090641/http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/j/jevnaker.htm|archive-date=2007-07-15|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jevnaker.kommune.no/Toppmeny/Om-Jevnaker/Kortfattet-informasjon/ |title=Kortfattet informasjon |publisher=Jevnaker kommune |access-date=2009-01-01 |language=no |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327135749/http://www.jevnaker.kommune.no/Toppmeny/Om-Jevnaker/Kortfattet-informasjon/ |archive-date=2009-03-27 }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[Image:Svarttjernshøgda.jpg|thumb|left|View from Svarttjernshøgda mountain]]
Jevnaker is situated at the southern end of the [[Randsfjorden]]. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of [[Gran, Norway|Gran]], to the east by [[Lunner]], and to the southwest by [[Ringerike (municipality)|Ringerike]] (in [[Buskerud]] county).

Jevnaker municipality has an area of {{convert|224|km2|mi2}}, measuring {{convert|25.5|km|mi|1}} on a north–south axis and {{convert|21|km|mi|1}} on an east–west axis.  The municipality lies in the extreme south of Oppland county.

The highest point is Svarttjernshøgda with a height of {{convert|717|m|ft}}.
{{Further|Lamannshaugen}}

==Economy==
Jevnaker is home to [[Hadeland Glassverk]], an old glassblowing factory with over 600,000 visitors each year, ranking it as the third most popular [[tourism|tourist]] destination in Norway.

The [[Kistefos Træsliberi]], an industrial museum with a very impressive Art collection, is also located in Jevnaker
[[Image:Hadeland Glassverk Panorama.jpg|thumb|none|725px|Hadeland Glassverk Panorama]]

==Demographics==

In 2015, 96 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 66 had Lithuanian parents and/or were Lithuanian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population |language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=29 June 2015 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}</ref>

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
<!--|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Jevnaker by country of origin in 2017'''-->
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||96
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||66
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}||41<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population |language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=29 June 2015 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Russia}}||35
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}||32
|-
| {{flag|Bosnia-Herzegovina}}||30
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||27
|}

== Notable people ==
* [[Ulrik Frederik Lange]] (1808 in Jevnaker – 1878) educator and Mayor of Lillehammer, 1850s and 60s
* [[Carl M. Rynning-Tønnesen]] (1924 in Jevnaker – 2013) police chief of Kristiansand 1979 to 1992
* [[Kjell Knudsen]] (born 1931 in Jevnaker) civil servant and county mayor of Akershus, 1969 to 1975
* [[Tor Bomann-Larsen]] (born 1951 in Jevnaker) a children's writer, non-fiction writer and novelist
* [[Jonas Rønning]] (born 1970 in Jevnaker) a Norwegian comedian, actor and cabaret artist<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0754044/   IMDb Database] retrieved 20 February 2021</ref>
* Leonardo Pereira (1997 in Jevnaker) a famously unemployed man<ref>[https://www.nrk.no/norge/_-kjipt-a-ga-arbeidsledig-i-fire-ar-1.13461796] retrieved 20 August 2024</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Jevnaker}}
{{wiktionary|Jevnaker}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001021111/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0532 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Akershus}}
*[http://www.jevnaker.no Official website]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|no}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181129224534/http://roenland.no/ Gallery Roenland] {{in lang|no}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Jevnaker
|North     =  [[Gran, Norway|Gran]]
|Northeast =  
|East      =  [[Lunner]]
|Southeast =  
|South     =  
|Southwest =  [[Ringerike (municipality)|Ringerike]]
|West      =  
|Northwest =  
}}
{{Akershus}}

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