Everything about Odda totally explained
is a
municipality and town in the
county of
Hordaland, Norway.
Odda was separated from
Ullensvang July 1, 1913.
Røldal was merged with Odda January 1, 1964.
The town of Odda is the centre of the landscape of
Hardanger, located at the end of the
Hardangerfjord.
In
1927,
Erling Johnson, working at
Odda Smelteverk, invented a process to produce fertilizers. This process is now known as the
Odda process.
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Odda (
Norse Oddi), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word
oddi m 'headland'.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from 1982, and shows an
arrowhead (
Norwegian:
pil-odd).
History
Røldal stave church was built around
1200 -
1250 in
Røldal.
Further Information
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