Bruflat

Norwegian Bokmål no Bruflat thumb|Bruflat Church in the village of Bruflat. Etymology 1 nb non Brúarflǫt, formed from the genitive singular brúar of non brú bridge and non flǫt flat, level piece of land, literally “bridge flat”. 1317. The traditional local form nb Blåflat developed through assimilation of the initial consonant cluster. Historical sources record the farm and settlement as pronounced Blåflat, while nb Bruflat is now the usual name of the settlement. Alternative forms nb Blåflat traditional local form; now chiefly the farm name Pronunciation nb /ˈbrʉːˌflɑːt/ nb ɑːt 2 nb Bru flat Proper noun nb proper noun Bruflat; nb village mun:suf/Etnedal county/Innlandet c/Norway, the administrative centre of Etnedal Municipality in Valdres, situated in the valley of the river nb Etna north of Tonsåsen. nb Kommunesenteret i Etnedal ligger på Bruflat. The administrative centre of Etnedal is at Bruflat. nb 28 April 2026 Etnedal kommune Gang og sykkelveger på Bruflat Vegene rundt omsorgsboligene på Bruflat er fra og med i dag omgjort til gang-/sykkelveger. The roads around the assisted-living residences in Bruflat have as of today been converted into pedestrian and cycle paths. Usage notes The settlement normally takes the preposition nb på: på Bruflat (“in Bruflat”). nb Blåflat is the traditional dialectal form. The farm in the centre of the settlement is still called nb Blåflat, although its cadastral name is Bruflat Søndre. The dialectal use of nb Blåflat for the wider settlement has declined. Etymology 2 A habitational surname transferred from one or more Norwegian farms or localities named nb Bruflat. Because the place name occurs in more than one part of Norway, a single source locality should not be assumed for all bearers. Proper noun nb proper noun nb place names Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 43 people in Norway bore nb Bruflat as their surname in 2025. The same name search gives 14 people with nb Bruflat as a middle name/surname.Statistics Norway, “Navn”, updated 28 January 2026. References Mæhlum, Lars, “Bruflat”, in Store norske leksikon. “Bruflat”, Sentralt stadnamnregister, Kartverket. Christie, Sigrid; Ola Storsletten; Anne Marta Hoff, “Bruflat kirke”, Norges Kirker. Matrikkel over Etnedalen herred (1904), gnr. 140. Etnedal kommune (2019), Kulturminneplan for Etnedal 2019–2025, “Blåflat gard”.