Eidsborg

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title: "Eidsborg" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["tokke", "villages-in-telemark"] description: "Village in Tokke, Norway" topic_path: "general/tokke" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidsborg" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Tokke, Norway ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Eidsborg
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Eidsborg stavkirke 2000.jpg
image_caption	View of the Eidsborg Stave Church in the village
pushpin_map	Telemark#Norway
pushpin_label_position	top
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the village
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Norway
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Eastern Norway
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Telemark
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Vest-Telemark
subdivision_type4	Municipality
subdivision_name4	Tokke Municipality
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+01:00
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+02:00
postal_code_type	Post Code
postal_code	3891 Høydalsmo
coordinates
elevation_m	515
elevation_footnotes
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Eidsborg is a village in Tokke Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located about 3 km north of the village of Dalen and the lake Bandak. The village lies in a bowl-shaped valley, surrounded by forests.

The 13th-century Eidsborg Stave Church is located in the village. The village is also the site of the Vest-Telemark Museum. Vindlausloftet was built around 1167 and it was originally located on the Vindlaus farm. It is now located the museum and it is the oldest secular wooden building in Norway.

For hundreds of years, there was a quarry at Eidsborg. Stones were turned into whetstones and then they were transported to Skien on the ice during the winter and then loaded on ships to send to other markets.

Anne Lillegaard's version of the visionary poem Draumkvedet was written down by folklorist Jørgen Moe during a visit to Eidsborg in 1847. Lillegaard also contributed a large number of traditional songs.

Vindlausloftet and Ljosdalburet.jpg|Vindlausloftet – oldest secular building in Norway Eidsborgbryner.jpg|Whetstones from Eidsborg Eidsborg Museum 2022.jpg|Building at the Vest-Telemark Museum

References

References

1. "Eidsborg, Tokke". [[yr.no]].
2. (2020-12-21). "Eidsborg". [[Kunnskapsforlaget]].
3. "Vindlausloftet". Norsk nettleksikon.
4. (2010). "[[NAF Veibok]] 2010 – 2012". Norges Automobil-Forbund.

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