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::''For the [[Role Playing Game]] of the same name, see [[Hol (role-playing game)]].''
{{Infobox_Kommune|
name=Hol|
idnumber=0620|
county=Buskerud|
landscape=Hallingdal|
capital=[[Geilo]]|
governor=Erik Kaupang ([[Arbeiderpartiet|Ap]])|
governor_as_of=2003|
arearank=36|
area=1858|
arealand=1664|
areapercent=0.57|
population_as_of=2004|
populationrank=211|
population=4,556|
populationpercent=0.10|
populationdensity=3|
populationincrease=-1.5|
language=[[Norwegian language|Neutral]]|
lat_deg=60| lat_min=34| lat_sec=18| lon_deg=8| lon_min=4| lon_sec=18|
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6715453 |utm_easting=0449127| geo_cat=adm2nd|
coatofarms=Hol komm.png|
map=[[Image:Hol kart.png|140px]]||
munwebpage=www.hol.kommune.no|
}}
[[Image:Hol old church 17may2006.jpg|thumb|left|Hol old church]]
[[Image:Hol church jan2006.jpg|thumb|left|Hol church]]
'''Hol''' is a municipality in the county of [[Buskerud]], Norway.
Hol was separated from [[Ål]] in 1877. The area of [[Dagali]] was transferred from [[Uvdal]] to Hol in 1944.
==The name==
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Hol ([[Old Norse language|Norse]] ''Hóll''), since the first church was built here. The name is identical with the word ''hóll'' m 'round (and isolated) hill'.
==Coat-of-arms==
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1991). It shows three [[anvil]]s. (To represent the many [[forge]]s that have been in the municipality.)
==Culture==
[[Hol Bygdemuseum]], along the road from [[Ål]] to [[Geilo]] in the small village of [[Hagafoss]]. The museum is built as an old farm, — ''holingsgard'', with buildings of the local type. A total of 17 buildings. Two of them, Nestegardsstugu and Raunsgardsstugu, have decorative paintings on the walls.
[[Dagali Museum]], in the middle of [[Dagali]], on the brink of [[Hardangervidda]]. A museum with 10 buildings. The oldest building dates back to 18th century, and they come from [[Dagali]], [[Skurdalen]], [[Tunhovd]] and [[Uvdal]].
==What to do==
Hol offers a great deal of both summer and winter activities. Check [[Geilo]] for some of them.
In and around the village of Dagali there are lots of things to do. At the airport, you can engage in the following summer activities: [[go carts]], [[paintballing]], [[white water rafting]], [[rallying]], off-road rallying, [[rapelling]] and more. [[Dagali]] also offers winter activities, like [[paintballing]], ice/snow rallying, and snow mobile racing. There is also an alpine resort in Dagali, [[Dagali Skisenter]] (also offering sled-racing, with one of Norway's longest sled-racing hills).
==Useful links==
* [http://www.dagaliopplevelser.no/ Dagali Opplevelser - offering a great deal of activities in and around Dagali]
* [http://www.dagaliskisenter.no/ Dagali Skisenter - The alpine resort in Dagali]
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