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Gvarv

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Country
  
Elevation
  
26 m (85 ft)

Population
  
943 (2009)

Municipality
  
County
  
Area
  
140 ha

Local time
  
Sunday 9:56 AM

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 90% Humidity

Gvarv is a village in Sauherad, Telemark, Norway.

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Map of 3810 Gvarv, Norway

Gvarv is famous for its apples, sweet cherries and sour cherries (as is the whole Sauherad municipality).

The Norwegian painter Erik Werenskiold painted a number of his famous rustic landscapes, such as Telemarksjenter ("Girls from Telemark"), in the vicinity of Gvarv.

Gvarv is also the host for the music festival Kartfestivalen and the apple festival Eplefest. Kartfestivalen is an award winning pop/rock festival in the middle of August.

Sagavoll folkehøgskole (folk high school) is located in Gvarv.

The name

The Norse form of the name was Hvarf, the name is identical with the word hvarf, 'bend, bow' (here referring to the lower part of Bøelva River (Bø River) ).

References

Gvarv Wikipedia


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