Place:Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway

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NameKviteseid
Alt namesHvidesøesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeMunicipality
Located inTelemark, Norway
Contained Places
Gård
Aase
Bjåland
Donstad
Findreng
Fjågesund
Gotuholt
Haukom
Hegtveit
Holtene
Huvestad
Kilen
Kirkebøen
Kråkenes
Kviteseid
Lundevall
Midbøen
Midsund Nordre
Moen
Napper
Nes
Opsund
Roeid
Roholt
Skarperud
Syftestad
Tveit Nordre
Ulledalen
Utsund Nordre
Utsund Søndre
Åmtveit Lille
Inhabited place
Morgedal
Parish
Brunkeberg
Vrådal
Ytre Flåbygd ( - 1845 )
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kviteseid is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kviteseid. The parish of Hvideseid was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Kviteseid Seminar was the first public school which started in 1819 and was in operation until 1889. Kviteseid Library (Kviteseid Folkebibliotek) was founded in 1895. The library was first based on a book collection from Kviteseid Seminar.

The main industries of the municipality are forestry, agriculture, tourism, and hydroelectric power. The Telemark Canal goes through Kviteseid. There are also several ski resorts in Kviteseid. Vrådal is one of them.

Within the municipality of Kviteseid, one finds the little village of Morgedal, also known as the "Cradle of Modern Skiing" ("Skisportens vugge") and home of Sondre Norheim. Here, the Olympic Flame was lit for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, and 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

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