Kolbu is a village in Østre Toten

Østre Toten

Østre Toten is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lena.-Name:...

 municipality, Oppland

Oppland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....

 county, Norway. It is located in the traditional region

Districts of Norway

The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords,...

 of Toten

Toten

Toten is a traditional district in Oppland county in the eastern part of Norway. It consists of the municipalities Østre Toten, Vestre Toten, and Gjøvik.Toten was a petty kingdom in the early Viking Ages, with Halfdan Hvitbeinn as the most notable king....

. Kolbu is situated about six kilometers southwest of the municipal center of Lena

Lena, Norway

Lena is the administrative centre of Østre Toten municipality, Norway.Lena is the trading center for the municipality and is surrounded by mostly farmland. Its population is 1,092. Located here are five schools and Toten folk high school. Lena is a quite small place even for Norway...

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Kolbu was a municipality for 56 years. The municipality of Kolbu was created by a split from Vestre Toten

Vestre Toten

Vestre Toten is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Raufoss.-Name:...

 on 1 January 1908. At that time Kolbu had a population of 2,412. On 1 January 1964, the majority of Kolbu with 2,906 inhabitants was incorporated into Østre Toten

Østre Toten

Østre Toten is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lena.-Name:...

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Kolbu church is a cruciform church from 1730. It was built of timber and has 400 seats.

The name

The Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

 form of the name was Kolabú. The first element is the genitive plural case of kol n 'coal

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

', the last element is bú n 'rural district'. The first element is referring to the practice of making coal by burning wood.

Schools

In 2008, the Smeby, Lund and Moen primary schools merged together under the name Kolbu School (Kolbu Skole) . Students graduating from this school usually have to continue their education in Lena

Lena, Norway

Lena is the administrative centre of Østre Toten municipality, Norway.Lena is the trading center for the municipality and is surrounded by mostly farmland. Its population is 1,092. Located here are five schools and Toten folk high school. Lena is a quite small place even for Norway...

secondary school.