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Telemark


Telemark is a county in the south of Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder....

The county’s administrative center is in Skien. The modern county of Telemark consists of several historically distinct regions. It took its name from the largest of them, which is now called Upper Telemark. Both in medieval times and after, Telemark was the region of Norway with the most farmers. It retained Norse culture to a larger degree than any other region in Norway, with respect to its more egalitarian organisation of society, religion, traditional values and language. Thus the people of Telemark were often described during the middle ages and early modern era as the most violent in Norway.