Official Name: | Hoslemo |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Agder#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Agder |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Setesdal |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Bykle |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4754 Bykle |
Coordinates: | 59.4326°N 7.3946°W |
Elevation M: | 731 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Hoslemo is a village in Bykle municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Setesdalen valley, along the river Otra and the Norwegian National Road 9. It is about north of the village of Bykle and about south of the village of Hovden. The small village of Berdalen lies about northeast of Hoslemo. The lake Vatndalsvatnet lies about to the north of the village. The mountains Kvervetjønnuten and Snjoheinuten lie to the west of the village.
The small village grew up around two farms that have been in use since before the year, possibly back to the Viking Age. The village gained many new homesteads during the 20th century and by 1988, there were at least 18 farms and residences in the small village.[2]