Lunde is a former municipality in Telemark

Telemark

is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

 county, Norway. The municipality centre was Bjervamoen

Bjervamoen

Bjervamoen is part of Lunde in Nome municipality, Norway. It is located west of the municipality centre Ulefoss, and was itself the centre in the former municipality Lunde. Its population is 1,422 ....

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It was created by a split from Bø

Bø, Telemark

Bø is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bø i Telemark. The municipality of Bø was established on 1 January 1838...

 on 1 January 1867. At that time Lunde had a population of 2,257.

On 1 January 1964 the municipality was merged with Holla

Holla, Telemark

Holla was a parish district and former municipality now located in municipality of Nome the in Telemark county, Norway.-History:Holla is situated in the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. Holla parish included the churches at Holla and Helgen both in Telemark county. The parish of Holden was...

 municipality to form the new municipality Nome

Nome, Norway

Nome is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulefoss....

. Before the merger Lunde had a population of 3,080. At present certain interests in Lunde want to reunite with Bø.

Lunde was the production site of the Troll automobile

Troll (automobile)

The Troll was a small car made by Troll Plastik & Bilindustri of Lunde, Norway, from 1956 to 1958.It was one of few attempts at car production in Norway, but only five cars were ever built.-The Car:...

, and it is also known as the birthplace of Atle Skårdal

Atle Skårdal

Atle Skårdal is a former alpine ski racer in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G. He competed at the 1988 and 1994 Winter Olympics, with a 6th place in the 1994 Super G his best finish....

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The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Lunde (Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

 Lundr), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word lundr m 'grove

Grove (nature)

A grove is a small group of trees with minimal or no undergrowth, such as a sequoia grove, or a small orchard planted for the cultivation of fruits or nuts...

'. (The form Lunde is derived from the dative form lundi.)