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Telemark
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Vest-Telemark
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Kviteseid
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Torstein Tveito ( Sp )
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is a
Municipal ity in the county of
Telemark ,
Norway .
Kviteseid was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
Formannskapsdistrikt ).
The borders of the municipality are in the northwest to
Seljord , east to
Nome , south to
Drangedal ,
Nissedal and
Fyresdal and west to
Tokke . The highest point is Sveinsheia, 1,141 meters above sea level.
The industries are
Forestry ,
Agriculture ,
Tourism and
Hydroelectric Power .
Within the municipality of Kviteseid one finds the little village of
Morgedal , also known as "The Cradle of Modern Skiing" ("Skisportens vugge"), home of
Sondre Norheim . Here, the olympic fire was lit for the
Olympic Games in 1952 (
Oslo ), 1960 (
Squaw Valley ) and 1994 (
Lillehammer ).
Kviteseid is also known for being a stop in the
Telemark Canal .
There are several
Ski Resort s in Kviteseid.
Vrådal is one of them.
- Hvítir'' 'the white one' (probably an older name of Kviteseidvatn ), the last element is ''eið'' n 'path between two lakes'.
Until 1889 the name was written "Hviteseid".
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows an old
Lock . (To symbolize safety.)
