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{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Rollag
| native_name        =
| native_name_lang   =
| other_name         =
| official_name      =
| idnumber           = 3336
| image_skyline      = File:Kroktjonn.JPG
| county             = Buskerud
| district           = Numedal
| capital            = Rollag
| language           = [[Norwegian language|Neutral]]
| coatofarms         = Rollag_komm.svg
| demonym            = Rølling
| munwebpage         = www.rollag.kommune.no
| mayor              = Steinar Berthelsen 
| mayor_party        = [[Norwegian Labour Party|Ap]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2003
| area_rank          = 225
| area_total_km2      = 449
| area_land_km2       = 430
| area_water_percent  = 0.14
| population_as_of   = 2021
| population_rank    = 369
| population_total   = 1369
| populationpercent  = 0.03
| population_density_km2= 3
| population_increase= -0.9
| coordinates        = {{coord|60|1|2|N|9|14|2|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6653369 | utm_easting = 0513047 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Rollag''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Buskerud]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]].  It is part of the [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]] of [[Numedal]].  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rollag, although the most populated area in the municipality is [[Veggli]].  Rollag is bordered in the north by Nore og Uvdal, in the east by [[Sigdal]], in the south by [[Flesberg]], and in the west by [[Tinn]] in [[Telemark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=    https://snl.no/Rollag|title= Rollag|publisher =  Store norske leksikon |author=    Geir Thorsnæs
|access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref>

==General information==
===History===
The municipality (originally the [[parish]]) is named after the old ''Rollag'' farm ([[Old Norse]]: ''Roll(u)lag''), since the first church was built here. The first element is probably (the [[genitive case]] of) a river name ''Rolla'' (now called the ''Troelva'' river) and the last element is ''lag'' which means "fishing place".<ref>{{cite web|url=    http://www.miljostatus.no/rollag
|title= Rollag. Rollag herad. Buskerud|publisher =  Matrikkelutkastet av 1950|date= May 21, 2012|access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref>

The municipality of Rollag was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]). [[Nore og Uvdal]] was separated from Rollag in 1858. 
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted in 1993.  The arms show two gold-colored lines on a red background.  The lines represent an old warning [[cairn]] made of timber.

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Rollag by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Somalia}}||31
|-
| {{flag|Eritrea}}||17
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||15
|}

==Geography==
The municipality lies in the heart of the [[Numedal]] [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]] and [[valley]], the westernmost valley in southeastern Norway. The river ''[[Numedalslågen]]'' flows through Rollag and into the [[Ytre Oslofjord]] at [[Larvik]].  In the northwest of the Rollag lie the [[Vegglifjell mountains]], which are an entryway into the [[Hardangervidda]]. The municipality's highest point is Storegrønut at {{convert|1289|m|ft}} located in the Vegglifjell mountains.<ref>{{cite web|url=    https://snl.no/Numedal|title= Numedal|publisher =  Store norske leksikon |author=    Geir Thorsnæs
|access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=    https://snl.no/Numedalsl%C3%A5gen|title= Numedalslågen|publisher =  Store norske leksikon 
|access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Rollag stavkirke TRS 2.jpg|thumb|290 px|Rollag stave church]]

==Rollag stave church==
[[Rollag stave church]] (''Rollag stavkirke'') was built around 1150–1200. It is located a few kilometres north of the centre of Rollag. It was extended and windows were added in 1652. A new [[Apse]] was added in 1666. The [[transept]] was constructed in 1697–1698. A gallery was added in 1702. The [[sacristy]] was built in 1739. A [[Baroque]] pulpit was added in 1763.<ref>{{cite web|url=    http://www.miljostatus.no/rollag|title= Rollag stavkirke|publisher =  Riksantikvaren|date= May 21, 2012|access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=    https://snl.no/Rollag_stavkirke|title= Rollag stavkirke
|publisher =  Store norske leksikon |author=    Nina Aldin Thune|access-date= September 15, 2016}}</ref>

==Sister cities==
The following cities are [[town twinning|twinned]] with Rollag:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.rollag.kommune.no/default.asp?Uid=4816|title=Jokioinen|publisher=Rollag kommune|access-date=2009-01-11|language=no}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|FIN}} '''[[Jokioinen]]''', [[Southern Finland]], [[Finland]]

== Notable people ==
[[File:Niels Andreas Vibe malt av Jacob Munch, Norsk Folkemuseum, NFT.1913-0036.jpg|140px|thumb|Niels Andreas Vibe]]
* [[Niels Andreas Vibe]] (1759 in Rollag – 1814) a Norwegian military officer, civil and royal servant
* [[Ole Knudsen Nattestad]] (1807 in Veggli – 1886) a Norwegian-American pioneer immigrant settler
* [[Christian Sparre]] (1859–1940) a Commanding Admiral and politician; brought up in Rollag
* [[Herbrand Lofthus]] (1889 in Veggli 1972) a lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler, competed at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Kittill Kristoffersen Berg]] (1903 in Rollag – 1983) a labourer, log driver, farmer and politician
* [[Halvor Kongsjorden]] (1911 in Veggli – 1990) a sport shooter, Olympic competitor in 1948 and a [[Norwegian resistance member]]
* [[Ragnar Tveiten]] (born 1938 in Veggli) a former Norwegian biathlete

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Rollag}}
{{wiktionary|Rollag}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110513235205/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0632 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Buskerud}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310213244/http://www.kulturnett.no/geografisknavigering/geografisknavigering_visning.jsp?fylke=T952798&kommune=T955191 Culture in Rollag on the map] from [[Kulturnett.no]]
*[http://193.75.93.79/numedal/Content/Main.asp?layout=numedal&vwr=&MapType=png Another map of Rollag]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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