Kviteseid which is above sea level. Tokke Tokke is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dalen. The municipality of Tokke was created on 1 January 1964 upon the merger of the two older municipalities of Lårdal and Mo. Located in Lårdal, Eidsborg stave church is one of Norway's old stave churches. General information. Name. The name originally belongs to the river running through the municipality. The Old Norse form of the river name 	Tokke
2562580	Kviteseid Kviteseid Kviteseid is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kviteseid. The parish of Hvideseid" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Kviteseid Seminar was the first public school which started in 1819 and was in operation until 1889. Kviteseid Library ("Kviteseid Folkebibliotek") was founded in 1895. The library was first based on a book collection from Kviteseid Seminar. The main industries of the municipality are forestry , agriculture, tourism, and hydroelectric power. The Telemark Canal goes through Kviteseid. There are also several ski resorts in Kviteseid. Vrådal is one of them. Within the municipality of Kviteseid, one finds the little village of Morgedal, also known as the "Cradle of Modern Skiing" (""Skisportens vugge"") and home of Sondre Norheim. Here, the Olympic Flame was lit for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, and 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. General information. Name. The Old Norse form of the name was "Hvítiseið". The first element is the genitive case of "Hvítir" which means "the  white one" (probably an older name of Kviteseidvatn) and the last element is "eið" which means "path between two lakes". Prior to 1889, the name was written ""Hviteseid"". Coat-of-arms. The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1987. The arms show an old black-colored lock on a gold/yellow background. It was chosen to symbolize safety. Geography. The municipality borders Seljord to the northwest; Nome to the east; Drangedal, Nissedal, and Fyresdal to the south; and Tokke to the west. The highest point is Sveinsheia at above sea level. The small parish of  Åsgrend is within the boundaries of Kviteseid. Kviteseid Kviteseid is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kviteseid. The parish of "Hvideseid" was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Kviteseid Seminar was the first public school which started in 1819 and was in operation until 1889. Kviteseid Library ("Kviteseid Folkebibliotek") was founded in 1895. The library was first based on a book collection from Kviteseid Seminar. The