Folldal
Folldal is a municipality in the county of Hedmark,
Norway. It is bordered in the north by
Oppdal and
Tynset, in the east by
Alvdal, in the south by
Stor-Elvdal,
Sør-Fron and
Sel, and in the west by
Dovre.
Folldal is a great
hunting place.
1748 - The Folldal works,
Folldal Verk is founded. Folldal's main copper mine, Gammelgruva, opened in
1748. The mines were closed in
1941.
1751 - The church in Folldal was a satellite church of that in
Lesja, as was the church at the iron mines at
Lesjaverk (Lesja Iron Works). Per Berg reports, "When the sexton Ola Kring died in Lesja in 1751, Frederik Wiborg was appointed sexton there and was presented to the congregation on the third Sunday following Trinity. There certainly wasn't anything very special about being a teacher in
Ringsaker, if he was willing to change that for being a sexton. No house or land went with the post and the work was hard. In the Lesja parish there were three satellite churches - Lesjeverk,
Dovre and
Folldal. The travel distances were great and it could be very difficult in the winter."
References
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Ei Wiborg-ættegrein pÃ¥ Lesja 1751 â€" 1900 by Per Berg
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Folldal Verk 
