Nome is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is a part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark and historically of Grenland region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ulefoss. The municipality of Nome was created on 1 January 1964 when the two former municipalities of Holla and Lunde were merged. Nome consists of a number of villages including Lunde, Ulefoss, Helgen, Flåbygd, and Svenseid. The area of the farmlands is 26.8 square kilometers (as of 2013); barley is farmed on 4.9 sq.kilometers. General information Name The municipality of Nome was created in 1964 and the name was taken from a lake in the river of Eidselva. The meaning of the name is unknown (maybe related to the first element in the name Numedal). Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1989. The arms are silver and blue and are divided party per bend sinister to look like steps. It is meant to represent the Telemark Canal which runs through the municipality. Romnes Church Romnes church (Romnes kirke) is a Romanesque stone church. It was built between 1150 and 1250. The church was constructed of stone joined with lime, while the corners consist of limestone. The apse and nave has a flat ceiling, while the choir has vaulted wood ceilings. The entrance portal to the west is of decorated stone. The church also had an entrance on the south wall in the choir. The pulpit and baroque altarpiece are from the 1700s. The square bell tower dates to the end of the 1800s. The church currently has curved red bricks on the roof. During the restoration in 1921, murals from the late Middle Ages were restored. Additional restoration was conducted between 1966-1967. Notable people Baron Herman Severin Løvenskiold (1815 in Ulefoss – 1870) a Norwegian composer August Cappelen (1827–1852) painter of melancholic, dramatic and romantic landscapes; brought up in Holla Gisle Straume (1917 in Holla – 1988) a Norwegian actor and theatre director Inge Grødum (born 1943 in Ulefoss) a Norwegian illustrator Knut Ragnar Mikkelsen (born 1951 in Lunde) a Norwegian police chief Odd Einar Haugen (born 1954 in Lunde) a Bergen professor of Old Norse philology Liv Mildrid Gjernes (born 1954 in Lunde) is a Norwegian artist, eponymn for a contemporary style of decoration, sculpture and furniture design - Gjernes Atle Skårdal (born 1966