Odda

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Odda kommune

County

Hordaland

District

Hardanger

Municipality

[[ISO 3166-2:NO>NO-1228]]

Administrative centre

Odda

Mayor (2003)

Toralv Mikkelsen (Ap)

Official language form

Neutral

Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage

1,616 Square kilometre>km²
1,478 km²
0.50 %

Population
- Total (as of 2004>2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density

Ranked 131
7,468
0.16 %
-8.0 %
5/km²

Coordinates

[www.odda.kommune.no]
[Data from Statistics Norway]

Coordinates: Odda is a municipality and town in the county of Hordaland, Norway. It is the centre of the landscape of Hardanger, located at the end of the Hardanger Fjord.

In 1927 Erling Johnson, working at a company called "Odda Smelteverk", invented a process to produce fertilizers. This process is now known as the "Odda Process".

Odda in february 2004

History

Røldal stave church (built around 1200 - 1250) in Røldal

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Odda was also the name of the commander who defeated a viking raid in the Battle of Cannington, England, in 878 AD.

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