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Tourist Spot Attractions In Lardal Municipality

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Svarstad Church

Trollfoss

The Fortified Town

Kjosterudjuvet

The Telemark Canal

Brygga i Toensberg

Boe Sommarland

TusenFryd

Lardal was a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Svarstad. The parish of Laurdal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . The municipality was divided into the parishes of Svarstad, Styrvoll, and Hem. As a part of Norway's nationwide municipal reform, Lardal was merged into Larvik on 1 January 2018. Pikstein, the highest point in Lardal, is located in westernmost Lardal at the border to Buskerud County.
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Tourist Spot Attractions In Lardal Municipality

1. Svarstad Church Lardal Municipality
Svarstad is a village in Larvik, Norway. Its population is 566, and it is situated on the Numedalslågen river, approximately 46 kilometres north of urban Larvik and 11 kilometres south of Hvittingfoss in Kongsberg municipality. Svarstad Church was built in 1657 and is located here. Svarstad ski center ran 8 ski slopes for both children and adults until the start of winter 2015, when it closed due to bankruptcy. Holemyra is a fairly sizable forested area located in the midst of Svarstad, and this is also a popular picnic and hiking area with residents.
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2. The Fortified Town Fredrikstad
Sweden and Norway or Sweden–Norway , officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, or as the United Kingdoms, was a personal union of the separate kingdoms of Sweden and Norway under a common monarch and common foreign policy that lasted from 1814 until its amicable and peaceful dissolution in 1905.The two states kept separate constitutions, laws, legislatures, administrations, state churches, armed forces, and currencies; the kings mostly resided in Stockholm, where foreign diplomatic representations were located. The Norwegian government was presided over by viceroys: Swedes until 1829, Norwegians until 1856. That office was later vacant and then abolished in 1873. Foreign policy was conducted through the Swedish foreign ministry until the dissolution of the union in 1905. Norwa...
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Lardal Municipality Videos

Huldra, Folklore's Lady of the Forest

A huldra is a dangerous seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore.
She is a member of a family of very ancient beings that inhabit the forests, but remain hidden from humankind

Huldra, Folklore’s Lady in the Forest by Njord Kane
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The Hidden Hollow by Njord Kane

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