Lærdal

Norwegian Bokmål no Lærdal Etymology 1 nb gmq-mno Lærdall, attested in 1427, from nb non Læradalr, probably reduced from reconstructed non *Lærardalr. The latter consists of the genitive *Lærar of a lost river name non *Lærr and non dalr valley, dale, literally “valley of the Lærr”. 1323 in the dative forms Læradali and Lærdali. The river name is of uncertain origin. Magnus Olsen connected it with the element in the Norwegian place name nb Lesja and Old English ang læs pasture, interpreting *Lærr as approximately “the river flowing through grass-rich land”. An earlier proposal connecting the name with Old Norse non lær thigh and a root meaning “to be curved” was regarded by Rygh as unlikely. Old Norse non dalr valley, dale is from nb gem-pro *dalą valley, dale; its deeper origin is uncertain. Pronunciation nb /¹læːrˌdɑːl/ [ˈlæ̀ːˌɖɑ̌ːl] nb ɑːl 2 nb Lær dal thumb|A view across Lærdal from Ljøsne. Proper noun nb proper noun Lærdal; nb municipality county/Vestland c/Norway. nb Lærdal er en kommune i Vestland. Lærdal is a municipality in Vestland. nb 19 January 2014 Hans O. Torgersen, Christian Nicolaisen and Gerhard Flaathen Aftenposten 140 innbyggere evakuert - 52 er innlagt på sykehus Lærdalsøyri er et tettsted og administrasjonssenteret i Lærdal kommune i Sogn og Fjordane. Lærdalsøyri is a settlement and the administrative centre of Lærdal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane. Lærdal; nb district r/Indre Sogn county/Vestland c/Norway, the traditional rural district centred on nb Lærdalen and nb Lærdalsfjorden. nb Vi kjørte gjennom Lærdal på vei vestover. We drove through Lærdal on our way west. nb 10 June 2021 Landbruksdirektoratet Lærdal Lærdal ligger innerst i Sognefjorden og har til alle tider vært knutepunkt og ferdselsåre mellom Øst- og Vestlandet, både over Filefjell og Hemsedal. Lærdal lies at the head of the Sognefjord and has throughout history been a hub and route between Eastern and Western Norway, both across Filefjell and Hemsedal. Usage notes Historically, nb Lærdal is a district name rather than an original farm name. The valley itself is normally called nb Lærdalen in modern usage. Rygh also recorded a pronunciation with /eː/ in the first syllable, corresponding to historical forms in Ler- alongside Lær-. The formerly frequent spelling Leirdal is etymologically misleading; the name is unrelated to nb leire clay. Derived terms nb Lærdalen the Lærdal valley nb Lærdalselvi, nb Lærdalselva the Lærdal River nb Lærdalsfjorden the Lærdal Fjord nb Lærdalsøyri administrative centre of Lærdal nb Lærdalstunnelen the Lærdal Tunnel nb Lærdalsvassdraget the Lærdal river system nb lærdalsk of or relating to Lærdal; Lærdal dialect nb lærdøl person from Lærdal Etymology 2 A Norwegian surname, attested in Norwegian town records from 1680–1730. It is identical in form to the place name nb Lærdal. Proper noun nb proper noun nb nb Hun heter Lærdal til etternavn. Her surname is Lærdal. nb 29 July 2022 Ole Gunnar Onsøien Dagens Medisin Slik har han utviklet Laerdal Medical til å bli en norsk gigant innen medisinsk teknologi Det var først da Åsmund Lærdal (faren til Tore Lærdal) startet med Anne-dukkene på 1960-tallet, at den medisinske virksomheten tok av. It was only when Åsmund Lærdal (Tore Lærdal's father) started with the Anne dolls in the 1960s that the medical business took off. Usage notes The Lærdal family associated with Laerdal Medical spells the family name with ⟨æ⟩, whereas the company name uses ⟨ae⟩. Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 119 people in Norway had nb Lærdal as their surname as of 1 January 2026. An additional 23 people were returned in Statistics Norway's combined “middle name/surname” category.“Navn”, Statistics Norway, updated 28 January 2026. References Lærdal 12 60 https://runeberg.org/ngardnavne/12/0082.html “Lærdal kommune”, Kringom. Thorsnæs, Geir; Svein Askheim; Eirik Helleve, “Lærdal”, Store norske leksikon, updated 22 May 2026. “Lærdal”, Sentralt stadnamnregister, Norwegian Mapping Authority. “Norra nimed”, EKI teatmik. “Slektsnavn i de norske byene 1680–1730”, Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening. Hauge, Andreas Lie and Dan-Richard Knudsen (2017), Organizational Purpose in Management Control Systems: A case study on how two Norwegian organizations operationalize their purpose, SNF Report No. 03/17, Bergen: Centre for Applied Research at NHH, p. 40. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology From nn non Læradalr, from earlier non *Lærardalr. First part likely from non *Lærr, a now gone river name; last part from non dalr valley. Proper noun nn proper noun m definite Lærdalen nn valley/and/municipality co/Sogn og Fjordane c/Norway Derived terms nn Lærdalselvi the Lærdal River nn Lærdalsfjorden the Lærdal Fjord nn lærdalsk nn Lærdalsøyri