Jevnaker

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Jevnaker farm (Old Norse: Jafnakr), since the first church was built here. The first element is jafn which means "even" or "flat" and the last element is akr which means "field" or "acre". Prior to 1889, the name was written "Jævnaker".

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The coat-of-arms is from modern times, granted in 1983. The arms show three silver-colored glasses, since glassblowing has been a long tradition and industry in the municipality (see Hadeland Glassverk). The red colour of the background was also chosen as the colour of the glass when hot.{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/j/jevnaker.htm|access-date=2009-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715090641/http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/j/jevnaker.htm|archive-date=2007-07-15|url-status = dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jevnaker.kommune.no/Toppmeny/Om-Jevnaker/Kortfattet-informasjon/ |title=Kortfattet informasjon |publisher=Jevnaker kommune |access-date=2009-01-01 |language=no |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327135749/http://www.jevnaker.kommune.no/Toppmeny/Om-Jevnaker/Kortfattet-informasjon/ |archive-date=2009-03-27 }}

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Jevnaker is situated at the southern end of the Randsfjorden. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Gran, to the east by Lunner, and to the southwest by Ringerike (in Buskerud county).

Jevnaker municipality has an area of {{convert|224|km2|mi2}}, measuring {{convert|25.5|km|mi|1}} on a north–south axis and {{convert|21|km|mi|1}} on an east–west axis. The municipality lies in the extreme south of Oppland county.

The highest point is Svarttjernshøgda with a height of {{convert|717|m|ft}}.

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Jevnaker is home to Hadeland Glassverk, an old glassblowing factory with over 600,000 visitors each year, ranking it as the third most popular tourist destination in Norway.

The Kistefos Træsliberi, an industrial museum with a very impressive Art collection, is also located in Jevnaker

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In 2015, 96 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 66 had Lithuanian parents and/or were Lithuanian.{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population |language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=29 June 2015 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}

• Ulrik Frederik Lange (1808 in Jevnaker – 1878) educator and Mayor of Lillehammer, 1850s and 60s
• Carl M. Rynning-Tønnesen (1924 in Jevnaker – 2013) police chief of Kristiansand 1979 to 1992
• Kjell Knudsen (born 1931 in Jevnaker) civil servant and county mayor of Akershus, 1969 to 1975
• Tor Bomann-Larsen (born 1951 in Jevnaker) a children's writer, non-fiction writer and novelist
• Jonas Rønning (born 1970 in Jevnaker) a Norwegian comedian, actor and cabaret artist[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0754044/ IMDb Database] retrieved 20 February 2021
• Leonardo Pereira (1997 in Jevnaker) a famously unemployed man[https://www.nrk.no/norge/_-kjipt-a-ga-arbeidsledig-i-fire-ar-1.13461796] retrieved 20 August 2024

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001021111/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0532 Municipal fact sheet] from Statistics Norway
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• [http://www.jevnaker.no Official website]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|no}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20181129224534/http://roenland.no/ Gallery Roenland] {{in lang|no}}

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