A millennium site (Norwegian: tusenårssted) is a site selected by a Norwegian municipality or county municipality to mark the transition to the 2000s. In Norway it was decided that the counties and municipalities would choose one millennium site for each county and municipality.[1] [2]
The point of departure for the Ministry of Culture, which was behind the concept of the millennium sites, was that there should be a millennium site in each county, and that these should be designated by 2005. The millennium sites were also seen as connected with the centennial of the 1905 dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
The goal of the county millennium sites is to contribute to taking care of edifices, institutions, cultural environments, natural areas, and so on of great historical, cultural, and environmental value and marking them in a special way. The millennium sites were to have a national cultural and environmental significance that goes beyond the individual county. This goal was to say something about what makes a place a millennium site in the county, and why it was desired to give this place that status. The guidelines for selecting the county millennium sites were determined by the Ministry of Culture, and government support was provided for the millennium sites.
It was a condition for the county millennium sites that they should have some significance for the entire nation. For example, the royal seat of Avaldsnes in Rogaland at the Nordvegen History Center marks Harald Fairhair's gathering of the smaller chiefdoms and petty kingdoms into one kingdom. The Eidsvoll 1814 Political Center in Eidsvoll in Akershus marks democratic governance in the country. Sites such as Avaldsnes, Eidsvoll, and the Petter Dass Museum in Alstahaug are county millennium sites because they have significance beyond the local community and the county where they are located. People from all parts of the country recall details from historical times that create associations of something in common transcending the individual county when such places are mentioned.
The state emphasized two main measures in its goal for the millennium sites: conservation and marking. Conservation involves setting up buildings and cultural landscapes, making improvements, and making the site easily accessible to the public. The millennium sites should also be physically marked, such as with a plaque, sculpture, or building. Other marking methods could include activities and events.
County | Millennium site | Homepage | |
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Center homepage | |||
Ironworks museum's homepahe | |||
Veien Cultural Heritage Park | Veien Cultural Heritage Park website | ||
Hedmark Museum homepage | |||
The Hardanger district | |||
Center homepage | |||
Norveg Coastal Culture and Industry Center[3] | Center homepage | ||
Petter Dass Museum in Alstahaug[4] | |||
Information page at the Medieval Oslo Association | |||
Fredriksten Fortress | Millennium site homepage | ||
Homepage | |||
Homepage | |||
Homepage | |||
Homepage | |||
Homepage |
At the municipal level, the millennium sites were to be a physical manifestation the turn of the millennium and were to be chosen through a local selection process. The place could be a busy square used for trade, a promenade along a river, a well-known bridge or ferry quay, a monumental space, or a quiet place off the beaten track.
In an information circular from the Ministry of Culture from May 1999, Minister Anne Enger wrote that "the millennium sites will be a meeting place for various user groups linked to a new or existing building, facility, square, cultural environment, nature area, and so on. The funds should preferably be used to establish a new 'location', possibly upgrading an existing one beyond its usual maintenance. For those municipalities that for various reasons do not find it appropriate to establish a special millennium site, the subsidy may be used to improve public spaces in the municipality."
Financial support amounting to NOK 119,500 was given to the municipalities by the organizing company Tusenårsskiftet-Norge 2000 AS. The organizing company was a fully state-owned company whose purpose was to prepare and carry out marking the new millennium and the centenary of the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905.[5]
Municipality | County | Millennium site | Website | |
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Dragseid prehistoric burial site[6] | Website | |||
Fjølåsen settlement[7] | Municipal website | |||
Buskerud | Hallingtunet stage in Ål Public Park[8] | |||
Molja Lighthouse and Molovegen (Mole Street)[9] | ||||
Nordland | Old Sandnes | |||
Finnmark | No site | |||
Hedmark | Aukrust Center[10] | Center homepage | ||
Aust-Agder | Municipal website | |||
Hedmark | Nesvangen, a plain | |||
Vestfold | Downtown park | |||
Nordland | The harbor | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | ||||
The Furulund area | ||||
Aust-Agder | ||||
Akershus | Town hall neighborhood | |||
Vest-Agder | No site | |||
Akershus | Semsvannet and vicinity[11] | |||
Pool website | ||||
Hordaland | Center website | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | Askvoll parsonage garden | |||
Hedmark | Utsikten Park[12] | |||
Vest-Agder | No site | |||
Square in downtown Falkhytten near the municipal office | ||||
Aure Church and town | Municipal website | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | Site where the old stave church stood | |||
Akershus | Millennium Site Park | |||
Hordaland | ||||
Hordaland | Ambient street and central area in Årås/Sætre | |||
Kvernes cultural area[13] | ||||
Akershus | Høvikodden, a headland[14] | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | Balehaugen, a Viking burial site | |||
Nordland | Husvannet, a lake | |||
Troms | Fjord Museum in Storsteinnes | |||
Telemark | Krogshavn, a park[15] | |||
Troms | Bardu Church, church park and river park[16] | |||
Finnmark | Båtsfjord Recreation Center | |||
Nordland | ||||
Troms | ||||
Hordaland | Fana Church and surrounding landscape | |||
Nordland | Kjeldeide, an isthmus | |||
Aust-Agder | Tobias Jorde, a performance venue | |||
Troms | Folkvang, Fredvang, and Trudvang (youth clubs) | |||
Rogaland | Central square in Bjerkreim | |||
Mølnargården, an open-air museum[17] | Homepage | |||
Finnmark | Park by the Second World War monument | |||
Nordland | Area near the primary schools | |||
Telemark | Kvennøya, an open-air museum | |||
Nordland | ||||
Rogaland | Site with a stream driving a horizontal mill | |||
Hordaland | Moster Amfi (an amphitheater) and church history center | Moster Amfi homepage | ||
Sogn og Fjordane | The Gloføyke Farm, a Stone Age site | |||
Nordland | Brønnøy Church and Brønnøysund's old church site | |||
Aust-Agder | ||||
Aust-Agder | Hegni, a former settlement and recreation area | |||
Nordland | ||||
Oppland | Dombås Cinema and Cultural Center[18] | |||
Buskerud | Bragernes Square[19] | |||
Telemark | A beach on Lake Toke[20] | |||
Troms | The Elvetun Farm[21] | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | Homepage | |||
Solvang youth center in Lyngstad with outdoor facilities | ||||
Hordaland | Park near the municipal office | |||
The northern part of David Blid Street (David Blidsgate) | ||||
Hedmark | ||||
Akershus | ||||
Rogaland | Culture School | Homepage | ||
Hedmark | Rådhusplassen (Town Hall Square)[22] | |||
Akershus | ||||
Hedmark | Outdoor area at Engerdal Hall | Municipal website | ||
Hordaland | Farm and church at Stødle | |||
Oppland | ||||
Nordland | ||||
Aust-Agder | A place at Hornnes Auxiliary Prison and one at Verksmoen | |||
Vest-Agder | Farsund Square with a pavilion | |||
Nordland | Museum website | |||
Hordaland | Waiting room at the ferry station | |||
Akershus | ||||
Rogaland | Teigen Amphitheater | |||
Hordaland | Håkon Park in central Fitjar | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | Millennium Park, sexton's farm | |||
Hordaland | Center homepage | |||
Nordland | ||||
Meeting place at Stranda | ||||
Vest-Agder | Cultural center in the cinema block[23] | |||
Buskerud | Stevningsmogen Recreation Park | Municipal website | ||
Sogn og Fjordane | Square | |||
Buskerud | Home of the actor Kolbjørn Buøen at Grønvold | |||
Hedmark | Mine website | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | Area in the town park | |||
Rogaland | ||||
Three separate sites | ||||
Site in the park near the town hall | ||||
Rastarkalv, a medieval battle site | ||||
Akershus | Swimming park[24] | |||
Aust-Agder | Frolands Verk Cultural Center | Center homepage | ||
No site | ||||
Kya, a former fishing village[25] | ||||
Hordaland | ||||
Telemark | Museum website | |||
Finnmark | No site | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | The Osen Farm[26] | |||
Oppland | Gausdal Cultural Center | |||
Nordland | ||||
Giske Church and surrounding area | ||||
Rådhusplassen (Town Hall Square) | ||||
Akershus | Square outside the cultural center | |||
Aust-Agder | Surrounding area | |||
Rogaland | Veveritorget (Weaver Square) | |||
Oppland | The Gjøvik Farm | Museum website | ||
Sogn og Fjordane | Heradsplassen (Village Square)[27] | |||
Buskerud | Gol Community Center, with outdoor area by school and Sentrumsparken (Central Park) | |||
Oppland | ||||
Nordland | Grane Open Air Museum | Museum website | ||
Hordaland | Trudvang Youth Center | |||
Troms | ||||
Aust-Agder | ||||
Fiskum Falls, Formo Falls, and Tømmerås Falls[28] | ||||
Hedmark | ||||
Sogn og Fjordane | Gulating (shared with the county)[29] | Homepage | ||
Rogaland | ||||
Nordland | ||||
Vest-Agder | Snartemo Stone Monument Park | |||
Fredriksten fortress | ||||
Halsa Center[30] | Municipal website | |||
Hedmark | Museum homepage | |||
Nordland | ||||
Finnmark | Museum of Reconstruction for Finnmark and North Troms | Museum homepage | ||
Central square | ||||
Troms | ||||
Finnmark | Sandvika recreation area | Municipal website | ||
Nordland | Fjellfolkets hus, a multipurpose community center | Homepage | ||
Rogaland | ||||
Nerøra, square in front of the town hall | ||||
Nordland | Lapphella neighborhood in Hemnesberget[31] | |||
Buskerud | Klokkarsteinen, a rock formation | |||
The Herøy Farm | ||||
Nordland | Herøy Church and Open Air Museum | |||
Sør-Trøndelag Coastal Museum[32] | Museum website | |||
Telemark | Heddal Mill[33] | |||
Rogaland | ||||
Vestre Bråte Open Air Museum[34] | Municipal website | |||
Vestfold | Solvang, a park | |||
Buskerud | Hallingskarvet Mountains[35] | |||
Buskerud | Vik Square | |||
Vestfold | Dr. Graaruds plass (Dr. Graarud Square) with extension of Nysgjerrig Square | Homepage | ||
Old farm with Haltdalen Stave Church[36] | ||||
Sogn og Fjordane | Laurapromenaden (Laura Promenade) | |||
Vestfold | Cultural center at Storgata 37 | Website | ||
Sogn og Fjordane | Town square in Høyanger[37] | Municipal website | ||
Humoristen, a stone monument | ||||
Akershus | Dahle Center | |||
Buskerud | Hovtun municipal building, Hurum Church, and surrounding area | |||
Hvaler Church and surrounding area | ||||
Sogn og Fjordane | Homepage | |||
Troms | ||||
Website | ||||
Aust-Agder | The area around Birketveittjønna, a lake | |||
Oppland | Glass works homepage | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | ||||
Hordaland | Hereiane, a natural mountain area | |||
Troms | ||||
Finnmark | ||||
Troms | Square and park at the ferry port in Hansnes | |||
Rogaland | Website | |||
Finnmark | Durkkihanvárri (a hill) | |||
Old festival hall at Seminarplassen | ||||
Rogaland | Kleppevarden (a hill)[38] | |||
Buskerud | ||||
Hedmark | ||||
Telemark | Beach promenade along Blindtarmen Marina | |||
Vest-Agder | ||||
Reconstructed town[39] | Website | |||
Buskerud | Bjørøya, an islet | |||
Troms | Hemmestad wharf and Trastad Collections | Museum wharf, Museum collection | ||
Troms | Vapsgieddi/Noaidegieddi cultural landscape | |||
Finnmark | No site | |||
Hordaland | Museum website | |||
Vest-Agder | Fjotland Open Air Museum | Museum website | ||
Hordaland | ||||
Telemark | The village of Kviteseid | |||
Rogaland | ||||
Sogn og Fjordane | Old Lærdalsøyri, a heritage village | Website | ||
Vestfold | Kjærra Bridge | Kjærra Park website | ||
Vestfold | inner harbor | |||
Troms | ||||
Finnmark | ||||
Sogn og Fjordane | No site | |||
Nordland | Cultural center in Leland | |||
Herlaughallen cultural center and sports hall | ||||
Square next to the Leksvik municipal office | ||||
Troms | Lake Finnsnes and Arvid Hanssens plass (Arvid Hanssen Square) | |||
Oppland | Museum website | |||
Buskerud | Lier Open Air Museum[40] [41] | |||
Sørli museum[42] | Museum website | |||
Oppland | Stortorget (Big Square) | |||
Aust-Agder | Havnetomta park and recreation center | |||
Hordaland | Haakon the Good's burial mound (Håkonshaugen) at Seim[43] [44] | Website | ||
Vest-Agder | Kråkevika beach and theater[45] | |||
Nordland | Hjertholmen, an islet | |||
Oppland | ||||
Finnmark | Multipurpose center in Øksfjord | |||
Akershus | Square in the new Lørenskog downtown | |||
Hedmark | Løten Arena | |||
Rogaland | ||||
Oppland | Frøystad School | |||
Nordland | ||||
Sogn og Fjordane | Park in Gaupne | |||
Vest-Agder | Lyngdal cultural center | |||
Troms | No site | |||
Troms | Mål River watercourse[46] | |||
Vest-Agder | Museum website | |||
Tangen receational area | ||||
Vest-Agder | Høgtun cultural center | |||
Hordaland | The fjord | |||
Finnmark | Havøysund Square | |||
Hordaland | Frekhaug Torg (Frekhaug Square) | |||
No site | ||||
Gimse, Rimol, and Sagastien history park[47] | ||||
Nordland | The Meløy Farm, Meløy Church and memorial stones next to the church[48] | Municipal website | ||
Internet café | ||||
Area around Krabbevikbua, the marina in the downtown area | ||||
Buosen, a recreation area | ||||
Hordaland | ||||
Buskerud | ||||
Rådhustaket: the area west of the cathedral, town hall square, and square with canal front | ||||
Nordland | Amphitheater | Website | ||
Directorate for Cultural Heritage website | ||||
Nærøya, an island | ||||
Sjøåsen recreation area | ||||
Museum website | ||||
No site | ||||
Akershus | No site | |||
Nordland | Geology Museum | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | ||||
Buskerud | ||||
Akershus | ||||
Buskerud | Eidal General Store in the Rukke Valley | Eidal General Store at DigitaltMuseum | ||
Nordland | Zahl Bridge | |||
Akershus | Vanntårnet Gallery and the surrounding area | Gallery website | ||
Finnmark | Museum website | |||
Nesset Parsonage[49] | ||||
Telemark | Old engine shed with surrounding area, known as "Sommarsletta" | |||
Akershus | Site on the north side of the town hall | |||
Telemark | Nome beach | |||
Oppland | Skiferplassen (Slate Square) in Fagernes | |||
Sylte, the municipal center in Valldal | ||||
Oppland | ||||
Finnmark | Steps | |||
Hedmark | Sandfossen, an old industrial area | |||
Troms | Halti Kven Cultural and National Park Center | |||
Oppland | Museum homepage | |||
Buskerud | Square between the Nore Power Plant and Rødberg Train Station | |||
Vestfold | Fagertun lensmann's farm[50] | Website | ||
Telemark | Bok- og Blueshuset cultural center | Center website | ||
Hordaland | ||||
Nordland | ||||
Hordaland and Rogaland | Joa-Kari park in downtown Ølen | |||
Outdoor area at the cultural center | ||||
Akershus | The Østre Greverud Farm[51] | Municipal website | ||
Station area at Fannrem[52] | Website | |||
The Austrått Farm | ||||
Lerkelunden, a moor[53] | ||||
The Svendsen Farm (Svendsengarden), a property in downtown Ørsta[54] [55] | ||||
Hedmark | Os community center | |||
Hordaland | Kyrkjeflaten, a park | |||
Pavilion in the downtown area | ||||
Oslo | ||||
Hordaland | Hamre Church and the area around the town hall and sports hall | |||
Oppland | Hoff Field (Hoffsvangen)[56] | |||
Buskerud | Old district judge's residence and park in Hokksund[57] | |||
Oppland | Stav, a marketplace | |||
Hordaland | Øygarden Coastal Museum area | Museum website | ||
Oppland | Public library | |||
Finnmark | Børselv and Kven culture and language center | |||
Telemark | Area between the town hall and the river with Rådhusplass (Town Hall Square) and parts of the Østre Brygge area | |||
Karlshusbakken recreation area[58] | ||||
Hordaland | ||||
Akershus | Bjønnåsen, a hill[59] | |||
Municipal website | ||||
Vestfold | Millpond and surrounding area[60] | |||
Nordland | ||||
Rogaland | Center | |||
Square at the train station | ||||
Hedmark | The Pilgrim Stone (or Åkre Stone) at Fagertun School in Åkre | |||
Outdoor stage between Berkåk School and Rennebu Hall[61] | ||||
Rogaland | Site associated with a gravestone near downtown Vikevåg | |||
Vestfold | ||||
Rindal Open Air Museum and new ski museum[62] | Museum website | |||
Oppland | Ringebu Stave Church with surrounding area, Ringebu Parsonage, and Gildesvolden (a former rampart)[63] | |||
Buskerud | ||||
Hedmark | The Mo Farm[64] [65] | Municipal website | ||
Aust-Agder | Square | |||
Roan Church, a.k.a. Fosen cathedral[66] | ||||
Nordland | ||||
Buskerud | ||||
Malmplassen (Malm Square) | ||||
Nordland | ||||
Buskerud | ||||
Two assembly buildings: Gudøyvangen and the municipal building in Røyrvik | ||||
Rygge Open Air Museum[67] | ||||
Troms | Lundbrygga Museum | Museum website | ||
Nordland | Rognan wharves | |||
Hordaland | Ytre Tysse activity trail[68] | |||
Vestfold | Jernbanealleen (Railroad Street) | |||
Vestfold | Sande Square[69] | |||
Rogaland | Millennium logo at the train station and Millennium Park | |||
Center development project, not carried out | ||||
Sarpsborg torg (Sarpsborg Square)[70] | ||||
Rogaland | Rådhusplassen (Town Hall Square) | |||
Telemark | Patmos Sculpture Park[71] | Website | ||
Music pavilion and square in downtown Selbu | ||||
Sogn og Fjordane | Website | |||
Telemark | ||||
Oppland | ||||
Buskerud | Museum homepage | |||
Telemark | Former coal depot (now a performance venue) at Moholt Ironworks[72] | |||
Vest-Agder | ||||
Troms | Skånland Multipurpose Center | |||
Directorate for Cultural Heritage website | ||||
Akershus | Sag Park | |||
Akershus | Park area next to the town hall | |||
Telemark | The Morild project: lighting and fountains along the Skien River | |||
Local history archive | ||||
Oppland | Old drying house at Skamsar Bridge | |||
Nordland | Graddholm, an islet | |||
Troms | ||||
Millennium Park around Jentekolonien, a girls' camp | Website | |||
Snåsa Church and surrounding area | ||||
Sogn og Fjordane | Square in front of the Sogndal Cultural Center | |||
Vest-Agder | Old Søgne Parsonage Cultural Center | |||
Rogaland | Old Hauge School Cultural Center | |||
Rogaland | Tananger Church and park at the cultural center | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | Coastal arboretum at Hardbakke | |||
Nordland | Kirkehaugen, a hill in Vik[73] | |||
Oppland | Fall River[74] | |||
Vest-Agder | Paal-Helge Haugen Park | |||
Oppland | Bagnsmoen trading post[75] with Vangen (a mountain farm) and Ulekyrkjetomta (a former stave church site) | Website | ||
Oppland | Dale-Gudbrand's farm in Hundorp[76] | |||
Hedmark | Lyshuset Gallery[77] | |||
Finnmark | Malmklang Cultural Center | |||
Nordland | No site | |||
Troms | Kramvig Wharf,[78] a former commercial building | |||
Nordland | Minnelunden (the old cemetery site)[79] [80] | |||
Akershus | ||||
Nesparken (Headland Park)[81] | ||||
Hedmark | ||||
Rogaland | Square, Blue Promenade, and city park | |||
Nordland | Allhus (a sports hall) | |||
Steinkjer Torg (Steinkjer Square) | ||||
Square | ||||
Vestfold | Bokemoa, a moor | |||
Ytste Skotet, a historical farm | Museum website | |||
Hordaland | Leirvik Torg (Leirvik Square)[82] | |||
Hedmark | Center, marked with sculpture | |||
Troms | Old marketplace in Skibotn[83] | |||
Four sites selected by the district councils | ||||
Rogaland | Park in Grahamshagen | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | Per Bolstad plass (Per Bolstad Square) | |||
Downtown park | ||||
Rogaland | Square and amphitheater behind the cultural center | |||
Hordaland | Glesvær Trading Post | |||
Øratorget (Øra Square) | ||||
Surnadal Cultural Center | Homepage | |||
Hordaland | ||||
Vestfold | Northern part of Batteriøya, an island[84] | |||
Auremarka, a museum site | ||||
Finnmark | No site | |||
Rogaland | ||||
Tingvoll Church and surrounding area[85] | ||||
Telemark | Vemork hydroelectric plant | |||
Nordland | Tjeldsund Museum | |||
Vestfold | Square at Verdens Ende[86] | |||
Telemark | Vest-Telemark Museum in Eidsborg | |||
Hedmark | Tolgen cabin site | |||
Vestfold | Slottsfjellet, a hill | |||
Troms | Grunnfarnes Inlet[87] | |||
Troms | Tranøya, an island | |||
Nordland | Træna Hall[88] | |||
Skjønhaug torv (Skjønhaug Square)[89] | ||||
Troms | Skansen, a redoubt[90] [91] | |||
Five different sites in the town | ||||
Hedmark | Royal Park (Kongeparken) in Nybergsund[92] | |||
Møre og Romsdal | Kråksund Fishing Museum | |||
Aust-Agder | Town hall and pier | |||
Hedmark | Rambu leisure club | |||
Nordland | Korsnes historical site | |||
Hordaland | Olav Society settlement at Onarheim | |||
Rogaland | ||||
Akershus | ||||
Hordaland | Utne, a village | |||
Town hall lawn | ||||
Hordaland | ||||
Rogaland | The commons in Nordevågen | |||
Finnmark | No site | |||
Nordland | Schoolyard at Værøy School | |||
Oppland | Vågå Cultural Center | |||
Nordland | Vágamot/Storvågan project | Museum homepage | ||
Sogn og Fjordane | Moldøen, an island[93] | |||
Hordaland | Skipshelleren, a rock overhang[94] | |||
Vestfold | Våle Parsonage[95] | |||
Hedmark | Meeting place at the Sparebanken Hedmark premises | |||
Aust-Agder | School area | |||
Oppland | Høre Stave Church and surrounding area | |||
No site | ||||
Finnmark | No site | |||
Nordland | Dolstad Open Air Museum | |||
Nordland | Vega Open Air Museum | |||
Aust-Agder | Myra Park | |||
Vest-Agder | ||||
National Cultural Center website | ||||
No site | ||||
Akershus | Vestby Parsonage | Municipal website | ||
Area between Kataholmen (a former islet) and the Lars Hammeraas statue on Sjøgata in the village of Helland | ||||
Oppland | ||||
Oppland | ||||
Nordland | Museum website | |||
Nordland | Open air museum with surrounding area | |||
Norveg coastal culture center[96] | Museum website | |||
Sogn og Fjordane | ||||
Rogaland | Park facility in Sandeid and Joa-Kari Park in Ølen | |||
Telemark | Mjonøy cabins[97] | Website | ||
Uppheimsplassen (Uppheim Park) in downtown Volda[98] | ||||
Hordaland | Voss Church and Prestegardslandet, the adjacent parsonage farm |