Nedstrand is a village and a former municipality in Rogaland

Rogaland

is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...

 county, Norway

Norway

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The village is located on the south-eastern coast of Nedstrandhalvøya, and its population is 241 (2008).

Nærstrand was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

), which encompassed the parishes Hinderaa (Hinderå) and Sjærnerø

Sjernarøy

Sjernarøy is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.Sjernarøy was separated from Nedstrand January 1, 1868. At that point Sjernarøy had 922 inhabitants....

, located on the northern (mainland) and southern (islands) bank of Nedstrandfjorden, respectively. The districts split in 1868 to create two separate municipalities, with a population of 1,680 in Hinderaa and 922 in Sjærnerø. In 1881 the name of Hinderaa was changed to Nerstrand, and between 1910 and 1920 it was changed to Nedstrand.

Together with parts of Avaldsnes

Avaldsnes

Avaldsnes was an ancient centre of power on the west coast of Norway and is the site of one of Norway’s more important areas of cultural history...

, Skjold

Skjold, Rogaland

Skjold is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.It was created as Skjold formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. The district Tysvær was separated from Skjold in 1849 to constitute a municipality of its own, and the same thing happened to Vats in 1891...

, Vats

Vats

Vats is a village in the municipality of Vindafjord, in Rogaland county, Norway. Vats is located in the traditional district of Haugaland.An important industrial location, the oil platforms Statfjord, Gullfaks and Troll were built here. The Norwegian computer and software company Hatteland Group is...

 and Vikedal

Vikedal

Vikedal is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.It was created as Vikedal formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. On 1 January 1923 the municipality was divided in three, creating the new municipalities Imsland and Sandeid. The split left Vikedal with a population of 924.On 1 January 1965 the...

, Nedstrand (pop

Population

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: 1,200) was merged into Tysvær

Tysvær

Tysvær is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Haugaland. The municipality is located at the northern side of Boknafjord, east of Karmøy. Tysvær has a population of 9,349 and an area of 419 km². Aksdalsvatnet is a lake in this municipality.Local...

 on January 1, 1965.

Famous residents

Osmund Osmundson, the founder of Nerstrand, Minnesota

Nerstrand, Minnesota

Nerstrand is a small town in Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 295 at the 2010 census.Minnesota State Highway 246 serves as a main route in the community. Minnesota State Highways 56 and 60 are nearby.- History :...

Rudi "Njål" London

Rudi London

Rudi London, an American citizen, was born Njål Helle, July 7, 1949 in Nedstrand, Norway. As both a singer/musician and a writer, his artistic career spans over three decades, and two continents...

, Recording artist

Singer-songwriter

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/Photo journalist/Author

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, born July 7, 1949 at Nedre Helle, Nedstrand, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, moved to Nashville, Tennessee

Tennessee

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, U.S.A., in 1980 and became an U.S. citizen in 1988.