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Dale of Norway is a Norwegian clothing brand known for their production of high quality pure wool knitwear. The textile factory for the company is located at the village of Dale in Vaksdal Municipality , about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway .
Dale (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈdɑːɫə]) [tone?] or Dalekvam is the administrative centre of Vaksdal municipality, in Vestland county, Norway.The village lies at the western end of the Bergsdalen valley, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of the village of Stanghelle on the shore of the Veafjorden.
In 1878, he started a factory at the village of Dale in Hordaland. The site offered an ideal place to establish a premium textile production facility utilizing the valley’s natural hydro power. The textile facility, Dale Fabrikker (now known as Dale of Norway) was completed in 1879 and has remained active ever since. [6]
There are several brands of Norwegian yarn available today for knitters, including Dale of Norway and Rauma Garn. Dale of Norway has been a manufacturer of ready-wear sweaters, which have been worn by Norway's Olympic athletes since 1956. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Dale and Vaksdal are industrial villages that arose around factories utilising the hydro-electric power resources provided by the mountainous terrain and rainy climate. The Bergensbanen railway line between Norway's two largest cities Oslo and Bergen , and the main road between the same two cities, European route E16 , run through Vaksdal ...
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