Gvarv
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Gvarv is a village in the municipality Midt-Telemark in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located along the river Gvarvelva, just Template:Convert from where the river empties into the large lake Norsjø. The village of Bø lies about Template:Convert to the northwest, the village of Akkerhaugen lies about Template:Convert to the east, and the village of Ulefoss lies about Template:Convert to the southeast.
The Template:Convert village has a population (2022) of 1,109 and a population density of Template:Convert.[1]
Gvarv is a farming area, noted for its apples, sweet cherries, and sour cherries (as is the whole Sauherad area). It is also notable for growing grapes and producing wine (which is unusual in Norway).[2]
Gvarv also hosts the apple festival Eplefest and used to host the music festival Kartfestivalen.
The Norwegian painter Erik Werenskiold painted a number of his famous rustic landscapes, such as Telemarksjenter ("Girls from Telemark"), in the vicinity of Gvarv.
Sagavoll folkehøgskole (folk high school) is located in Gvarv and the Nes Church lies about Template:Convert to the southeast of the village on the Nes peninsula.
Name
The village is named after the old Gvarv farm (Template:Langx). The name is identical to the word Script error: No such module "Lang". which means "bend" or "bow" (here referring to the turn in the lower part of the river Gvarvelva.[3]