- Hallingdal
Hallingdal is a
valley and traditional district inBuskerud county inNorway . It consists of the municipalities ofFlå , Nes, Gol,Hemsedal ,Ål andHol .Ancient routes went to
Vestlandet throughValdres and Hallingdal and downRøldal toOdda . Reflecting this route, Hallingdal and its neighboring valley of Valdres were originally populated by migrants from Vestlandet and spoke a westerndialect . In recognition of this, Cardinal Nicholas Breakespear, who was in Scandinavia aspapal legate in 1153, included these two valleys in theDiocese ofStavanger . [cite book|author=Stagg, Frank Noel|title=East Norway and its Frontier|publisher=George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.|year=1956|id=ISBN none]Hans Gude's parents lived in Hallingdal until 1852, and Gude painted many of his works there.cite book | last = Haverkamp | first = Frode | others = trans. Joan Fuglesang | title = Hans Fredrik Gude: From National Romanticism to Realism in Landscape | accessdate = 2008-01-07 | language = Norwegian]
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