Hafslo

Hafslo herad
Hafslo herad
Former Municipality
	Hafslo herad Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
	Coordinates: 61°18′39″N 07°11′08″E / 61.31083°N 7.18556°E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Sogn og Fjordane
District	Sogn
Municipality ID	NO-1425
Admin. Center	Hafslo
Demonym	Hafslobygding
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Merged into	Luster in 1963

Hafslo is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Luster in the traditional district of Sogn. The former municipality included the villages of Kinsedalen, Ornes, and Kroken on the east side of the Lustrafjorden. It also included the villages of Solvorn, Hafslo, Joranger, and the whole Veitastrond valley on the west side of the Lustrafjorden. The municipality surrounded the lakes Hafslovatnet and Veitastrondvatnet. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Hafslo, where Hafslo Church was located.

Name

The name comes from the old Hafslo farm (Old Norse: Hafrsló), since Hafslo Church is located there. The first element of the name comes from the old male name Hafr or from the word for "goat" (also hafr). The second element of the name comes from the old word ló meaning "meadow, probably due to the excellent farming areas nearby.^[2]

History

Hafslo was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1963, Hafslo was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Luster and Jostedal to form the new, larger municipality of Luster. Prior to the merger, Hafslo had a population of 2,384.^[3]

Notable residents

Sylfest Lomheim (born 1945) – Norwegian linguist
Jens Sterri (born 1923) – civil servant
Kjellfred Weum (born 1940) – hurdler

Media gallery

The Hafslo village area in the central part of the municipality
The Ornes area in eastern Hafslo municipality
The Veitastrondsvatnet lake and the Jostedalsbreen glacier (northern end of the municipality
Hafslo Church

References

^ "Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Rygh, Oluf (1919). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 40–41.
^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

Luster travel guide from Wikivoyage

[1] "Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Rygh, Oluf (1919). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 40–41.

[Dag-3] Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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