Telemark

E93796
former county historic region

Telemark is a historic region and former county in southeastern Norway known for its traditional folk culture, distinctive skiing heritage, and varied landscapes of mountains, forests, and coast.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Telemark canonical 18
Vest-Telemark 3
Telemark skiing 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former county ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
bordersRegion Aust-Agder ⓘ
Buskerud ⓘ
Rogaland ⓘ
Vestfold og Telemark ⓘ
surface form: Vestfold
containsSubregion Lower Telemark ⓘ
Upper Telemark ⓘ
containsValley Agder ⓘ
surface form: Setesdal–Telemark region
country Norway ⓘ
hasCapital Skien ⓘ
hasCoastOn Skagerrak ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Aust-Telemark ⓘ
Grenland ⓘ
Upper Telemark ⓘ
Telemark self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vest-Telemark
hasDialect Telemark dialects ⓘ
hasIndustrialHeritage fertilizer production ⓘ
hydropower development ⓘ
hasLandscape coastline ⓘ
forests ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
hasNotableMountainArea Lifjell ⓘ
hasNotableSkiArea Gaustatoppen area ⓘ
hasSkiDisciplineNamedAfter Telemark self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Telemark skiing
hasTraditionalDance Telemark springar ⓘ
hasTraditionalMusic hardanger fiddle music ⓘ
hasUNESCOSite Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site ⓘ
hasWaterBody Lake Bandak ⓘ
Lake Norsjø ⓘ
historicCountyStatusEnded 2019-12-31 ⓘ
includesCity Notodden ⓘ
Porsgrunn ⓘ
includesTown Bø ⓘ
Kragerø ⓘ
Rjukan ⓘ
Seljord ⓘ
knownFor Telemark skiing ⓘ
bunad costumes ⓘ
distinctive skiing heritage ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
rose painting (rosemaling) ⓘ
traditional folk culture ⓘ
language Norwegian ⓘ
largestCity Skien ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Norway ⓘ
surface form: southeastern Norway
mergedInto Vestfold og Telemark ⓘ
surface form: Vestfold og Telemark county
mergerEffectiveDate 2020-01-01 ⓘ
partOf Eastern Norway ⓘ
traversedBy Telemark Canal ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Norway → contains → Telemark ⓘ
Atle Selberg → placeOfBirth → Telemark ⓘ
Battle of Vinjesvingen → location → Telemark ⓘ
Aust-Agder → borderedBy → Telemark ⓘ
Telemark → hasSkiDisciplineNamedAfter → Telemark self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Telemark skiing
Telemark → hasCulturalRegion → Telemark self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vest-Telemark
Vestfold og Telemark → contains → Telemark ⓘ
Vestfold og Telemark → containsDistrict → Telemark ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vest-Telemark
Buskerud → borders → Telemark ⓘ
Skien → historicalRegion → Telemark ⓘ
Porsgrunn → locatedIn → Telemark ⓘ
Norsjø → locatedIn → Telemark ⓘ
Norwegian heavy water sabotage → location → Telemark ⓘ
Norwegian resistance movement → significantPlace → Telemark ⓘ
Østlandet → contains → Telemark ⓘ
Bamble → previousCounty → Telemark ⓘ
Telemark Battalion → namedAfter → Telemark ⓘ
Vinjesvingen → locatedIn → Telemark ⓘ
Vinje → locatedInFormerAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Telemark ⓘ
Hordaland → borderedBy → Telemark ⓘ
Telemark county (re-established) → hasTraditionalDistrict → Telemark ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vest-Telemark
Rjukan → locatedIn → Telemark ⓘ