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UNESCO - World Heritage list

Notodden - Rjukan

Presentation Krakow 2011

One site

 Rjukan  Notodden

 The modern industrialisation of Norway

started in Notodden – Rjukan in 1905.

 The starting point for development of the

Scandinavian welfare model.

 The invention of artificial fertilizer saved

the world from famine.

What is it all about?

• 1. Electric power production
• 2. The Fertilizer Factories
• 3. Company towns
• 4. Transport system

The four elements in the UNESCO application

• 1. Electric power production

 The water falls (1000 meters)  Electric Power Plants  The industries had to be located close to

the power source.

• 2. The Fertilizer Factories

 The new invention made it possible to

extract nitrogen from air with electric power

 Nitrogen is the main ingredient in artificial

fertilizer

 Started in Notodden 1905  The need for more power brought it to

Rjukan in 1911

• 3. Company towns

 Rural societies were transformed to

industrial cities.

 The Company built it all:– Houses, roads,

schools, hospitals, churches and sport arenas

 Everything has to be done quick, and

most of it is well conserved.

 This is interesting for UNESCO

• 4. Notodden – Rjukan:

The transport system

 Opened August 9th 1909 by King Haakon  The first electric railway in Norway (1911)  16 + 30 km railway  Two railway ferries  Two harbours  The last load of fertilizer rolled out of Rjukan in

1991

The railroad from Notodden to Rjukan

 The ferries D/F ”Ammonia” and M/F ”Storegut”

protected by the Norwegian Government on August 9th 2009

Where do we go from here?

 2007 – Rjukan - Notodden nominated as

candidates to the World Heritage List

 2009 – Rjukan - Notodden on the

tentative list

 2010 UNESCO Nomination process  2014 UNESCO decision

The Power Station Gudjon Sigurdsson (PLDA/IS)

The Museum Square Cinzia Ferrara, PLDA/I

The Villa Peter List/D