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Buskerud (Urban East Norwegian pronunciation:[ˈbʉ̂skərʉː]ⓘ) is a county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest. The county administration was in modern times located in Drammen.[2] Buskerud was merged with Akershus and Østfold into the newly created Viken County on 1 January 2020.[3] On 23 February 2022, the Viken County Council voted in a 49 against 38 decision to submit an application to the Norwegian government for a county demerger.[4] Due to this, Buskerud (except the area forming the defunct municipalities of Røyken and Hurum) was re-established in 2024.
The county was named after the old manor Buskerud (Old Norse: Biskupsruð) (Biskopsrøysa) located on the west side of the Drammen River in Åmot, Modum municipality. The first element is the genitive case of biskup, 'bishop' (referring to the Bishop of Hamar), the last element is ruð n 'clearing, farm'. The farm was one of the largest in Buskerud, and the original name of the farm (before it became a benefice) was probably Modum. At the time of the Reformation (c. 1536–39) the farm became property of the Crown at which time the farm then served as the residence of the king's bailiffs until 1668.[5][6][7]
Geographyedit
Buskerud extended from Hurum at the Oslofjord to the Halling mountains and Hardanger. The county was conventionally divided into traditional districts. These were Hallingdal, Numedal, Ringerike, Lower Buskerud, which was originally part of Vestfold, and Western Vingulmark.
Buskerud's western part was a mountainous plateau with forested valleys and high, grassy pastures; its eastern part contains a lowland basin with many lakes and streams. Tyrifjorden and Krøderen were the biggest lakes. Numedalslågen, the third longest river in Norway, starting in Hordaland, ran through Buskerud unto Vestfold where it reached the sea, while river Begna sweeps into lake Sperillen.
Buskerud was separated from Akershus as an amt of its own in 1685, but the amt was smaller than today. It then consisted of the present districts Eiker, Hallingdal, and Ringerike. The area of the present municipalities of Flesberg, Hurum, Kongsberg, Lier, Nore og Uvdal, Rollag and Røyken were transferred from Akershus amt to Buskerud amt in 1760. The name Buskeruds amt was changed to Buskerud fylke in 1919. The municipality of Skoger was transferred from Vestfold to Buskerud in 1964.[16]
The area Ringerike may once have been a small kingdom. During the 10th century, Norway's kings Olaf Tryggvason and Olaf Haraldsson grew up at Bønsnes in Ringerike. In the valley of Numedal, silver was mined in Kongsberg from the 17th century until discontinued in 1957. Weapons industry had been developed in Kongsberg from 1814, and various high tech industry companies now represent the town's major employers. At Modum there was also Blaafarveværket, a cobaltpigment production works (Blue Colour Works).[17]
Today, agriculture, lumber, wood-pulp mills and other related industries are the county's main economic activities; ample hydroelectric power is produced by the rivers Begna (Begnaelva) and Rands (Randselva) . Buskerud has also a large forested area. Substantial income is derived from high tech industries located in Kongsberg. Other significant income comes from the cabin areas in northern Buskerud.[18][19]
Coat of armsedit
Buskerud's coat of arms were adopted in April 1966. It features a blue bear whose colours are symbolic of the blue colour works. The silver background of Buskerud's coat of arms represents the silver industry in Kongsberg.
Number of minorities (1st and 2nd gen.) in Buskerud by country of origin in 2017[20]
^Statistics Norway - Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. County. 2006-2010 November 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^Geir Thorsnæs. "Ringerike, Hallingdal, Eiker og Buskeruds amt". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
^Ingolf Jarle Rui. "Modum Blaafarveværk". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
^Geir Thorsnæs. "Begna". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
^Asbjørn Vinjar. "Randselva". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
^"Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^Statistisk Sentralbyrå (1 January 2010). "www.ssb.no".
External linksedit
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Buskerud.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Norwegian July 2012 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Norwegian article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 332 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at no Buskerud see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated no Buskerud to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Parts of this article those related to population leadership and merger dissolution need to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information January 2024 Learn how and when to remove this message Buskerud Urban East Norwegian pronunciation ˈbʉ skerʉː is a county and a current electoral district in Norway bordering Akershus Oslo Innlandet Vestland Telemark and Vestfold The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest The county administration was in modern times located in Drammen 2 Buskerud was merged with Akershus and Ostfold into the newly created Viken County on 1 January 2020 3 On 23 February 2022 the Viken County Council voted in a 49 against 38 decision to submit an application to the Norwegian government for a county demerger 4 Due to this Buskerud except the area forming the defunct municipalities of Royken and Hurum was re established in 2024 BuskerudCountyBuskerud fylkeFlagCoat of armsBuskerud within NorwayCoordinates 60 30 00 N 09 30 00 E 60 50000 N 9 50000 E 60 50000 9 50000CountryNorwayRegionOstlandetCounty IDNO 33Administrative centreDrammenGovernment GovernorKirsti Kolle Grondahl Arbeiderpartiet 1999 2020 County mayorTore Opdal Hansen Conservative Party 2024 1 Area Total14 908 km2 5 756 sq mi Land13 794 km2 5 326 sq mi Rank 12 in Norway 4 53 of Norway s land areaPopulation 30 September 2019 Total284 955 Rank8 5 29 of country Density18 km2 50 sq mi Change 10 years 6 7 DemonymBuskerudfolkTime zoneUTC 01 CET Summer DST UTC 02 CEST Official language formNeutralIncome per capita 155 400 NOKGDP per capita 227 626 NOK 2001 GDP national rank7 3 57 of country Websitewww wbr bfk wbr noData from Statistics Norway Contents 1 Etymology 2 Geography 2 1 Mountains 3 History 4 Economy 5 Coat of arms 6 Notable people from Buskerud 6 1 Sports figures 6 2 Entertainers 6 3 Politicians 7 Municipalities 8 Districts 9 Cities 10 Parishes 11 Villages 12 Former Municipalities 13 Gallery 14 References 15 External linksEtymology editThe county was named after the old manor Buskerud Old Norse Biskupsrud Biskopsroysa located on the west side of the Drammen River in Amot Modum municipality The first element is the genitive case of biskup bishop referring to the Bishop of Hamar the last element is rud n clearing farm The farm was one of the largest in Buskerud and the original name of the farm before it became a benefice was probably Modum At the time of the Reformation c 1536 39 the farm became property of the Crown at which time the farm then served as the residence of the king s bailiffs until 1668 5 6 7 Geography editBuskerud extended from Hurum at the Oslofjord to the Halling mountains and Hardanger The county was conventionally divided into traditional districts These were Hallingdal Numedal Ringerike Lower Buskerud which was originally part of Vestfold and Western Vingulmark Hallingdal consisted of Fla Nes Gol Hemsedal Al and Hol 8 Numedal consisted of Flesberg Rollag and Nore og Uvdal 9 Ringerike consisted of Hole Krodsherad Modum Ringerike and Sigdal Western Vingulmark consisted of Hurum and Royken 10 11 Lower Buskerud consisted of Drammen Hurum Kongsberg Lier Nedre Eiker Royken and Ovre Eiker The district was merged from parts that belonged to Vestfold and Vingulmark 12 Buskerud s western part was a mountainous plateau with forested valleys and high grassy pastures its eastern part contains a lowland basin with many lakes and streams Tyrifjorden and Kroderen were the biggest lakes Numedalslagen the third longest river in Norway starting in Hordaland ran through Buskerud unto Vestfold where it reached the sea while river Begna sweeps into lake Sperillen Mountains edit Haukefjellet Hestebottnuten Julsennuten Kyrkjebonosi Nystolsvarden Oljunuten Raggsteinnuten Storegronut Tyrvlesnuten VargebreenHistory editHistorical populationYearPop 1951156 220 1961168 351 7 8 1971198 852 18 1 1981214 571 7 9 1991225 261 5 0 2001238 833 6 0 2011261 110 9 3 2021 300 142 14 9 2031 332 808 10 9 Source Statistics Norway 13 Religion in Buskerud 14 15 religion percent Christianity 83 01 Islam 3 14 Buddhism 0 31 Other 13 54 Buskerud was separated from Akershus as an amt of its own in 1685 but the amt was smaller than today It then consisted of the present districts Eiker Hallingdal and Ringerike The area of the present municipalities of Flesberg Hurum Kongsberg Lier Nore og Uvdal Rollag and Royken were transferred from Akershus amt to Buskerud amt in 1760 The name Buskeruds amt was changed to Buskerud fylke in 1919 The municipality of Skoger was transferred from Vestfold to Buskerud in 1964 16 The area Ringerike may once have been a small kingdom During the 10th century Norway s kings Olaf Tryggvason and Olaf Haraldsson grew up at Bonsnes in Ringerike In the valley of Numedal silver was mined in Kongsberg from the 17th century until discontinued in 1957 Weapons industry had been developed in Kongsberg from 1814 and various high tech industry companies now represent the town s major employers At Modum there was also Blaafarvevaerket a cobalt pigment production works Blue Colour Works 17 Economy edit nbsp Winter in Blefjell Today agriculture lumber wood pulp mills and other related industries are the county s main economic activities ample hydroelectric power is produced by the rivers Begna Begnaelva and Rands Randselva Buskerud has also a large forested area Substantial income is derived from high tech industries located in Kongsberg Other significant income comes from the cabin areas in northern Buskerud 18 19 Coat of arms editBuskerud s coat of arms were adopted in April 1966 It features a blue bear whose colours are symbolic of the blue colour works The silver background of Buskerud s coat of arms represents the silver industry in Kongsberg Number of minorities 1st and 2nd gen in Buskerud by country of origin in 2017 20 Nationality Population 2017 nbsp Poland 8 259 nbsp Turkey 2 975 nbsp Lithuania 2 961 nbsp Iraq 2 293 nbsp Afghanistan 1 928 nbsp Somalia 1 874 nbsp Sweden 1 842 nbsp India 1 662 nbsp Pakistan 1 641 nbsp Denmark 1 638 nbsp Kosovo 1 499 nbsp Germany 1 482 nbsp Iran 1 327 nbsp Eritrea 1 211 nbsp Bosnia Herzegovina 1 206 nbsp Vietnam 1 193 nbsp Thailand 1 095 nbsp Syria 1 043 nbsp Russia 1 040 nbsp Philippines 956Notable people from Buskerud editSports figures edit Frode Andresen Ringerike Christer Basma Royken Dag Bjorndalen Modum Ole Einar Bjorndalen Modum Havard Bokko Hol Kim Christiansen Drammen Ole Gunnar Fidjestol Modum Tord Asle Gjerdalen Hole Erik Hagen Ringerike Anders Jacobsen Ringerike Jorre Kjemperud Modum Pal Gunnar Mikkelsplass Nes Borre Naess Kongsberg Sigurd Pettersen Rollag Steinar Pettersen Drammen Asbjorn Ruud Kongsberg Birger Ruud Kongsberg Sigmund Ruud Kongsberg Stromsgodset Gulskogen Drammen Adne Sondral Hol Entertainers edit Saebjorn Buttedahl Lier Karin Fossum Lier Morten Harket Kongsberg Theodor Kittelsen Sigdal Jonas Lie Modum Jorgen Moe Hole Anne Marie Ottersen Kongsberg Olav Thon Al Christian Skredsvig Sigdal Jonas Fjeld Drammen Elin Sogn Kongsberg Politicians edit Thorbjorn Jagland DrammenMunicipalities edit nbsp Municipalities in Buskerud Rank Name Inhabitants 21 Area km2 1 nbsp Drammen 62 566 136 2 nbsp Ringerike 28 806 1 437 3 nbsp Kongsberg 27 817 761 4 nbsp Lier 23 267 283 5 nbsp Nedre Eiker 22 687 116 6 nbsp Royken 18 894 112 7 nbsp Ovre Eiker 16 616 421 8 nbsp Modum 12 911 468 9 nbsp Hurum 9 045 156 10 nbsp Hole 5 976 135 11 nbsp Al 4 672 1 083 12 nbsp Gol 4 479 517 13 nbsp Hol 4 422 1 669 14 nbsp Sigdal 3 514 813 15 nbsp Nes 3 420 776 16 nbsp Flesberg 2 578 542 17 nbsp Nore og Uvdal 2 514 2 281 18 nbsp Krodsherad 2 117 341 19 nbsp Hemsedal 2 087 715 20 nbsp Rollag 1 390 484 21 nbsp Fla 998 674 Total nbsp Buskerud 257 673 12 336Districts editMain page Category Districts of Buskerud Eiker Eggedal Hallingdal Hurumlandet Jondalen Numedal Ringerike Lower Buskerud Kjenner KlokkarstuaCities editMain article list of towns and cities in Norway Drammen Honefoss Kongsberg HokksundParishes editBakke Bragernes Dagali Drammen Eftelot Eggedal Eiker Fiskum Flesberg Fla Frogner Gol Haug see Eiker Haug i Norderhov Hedenstad Heggen Hemsedal Hol Hole Holmen Holmsbu Hurum Hval Honefoss Jondalen Komnes Kongsberg Krodsherad Krydsherred Lier Lunder Lyngdal Modum Nedre Eiker Nes i Hallingdal Nes i Adal Norderhov Nore Nykirke Opdal Rollag Royken Sandsvaer Sigdal Holem Snarum Sollihogda Stromso Svene Sylling Tangen Torpo Tranby Tuft Tyristrand Uvdal Veggli Viker Ytre Adal Adal Al Drammen Branch LDS 1854 1952 Drammen Den Katolske Apostoliske Menighet 1877 1935 Drammen and Oslo Den Katolske Apostoliske Menighet 1872 1932 Hurum Branch LDS 1855 1867 Kongsberg Branch LDS 1939 1948 Villages editMain article list of villages in Buskerud Ask Askgrenda Burud Bodalen Batsto Dagali Dagslett Darbu Dramdal Drolsum Eftelot Egge Filtvet Gardnos Geilo Geithus Gomnes Gulsvik Hagafoss Hallingby Haugastol Haugsbygd Helgelandsmoen Hen Hennummarka Holmsbu Hovet Honefoss Hval Hvittingfoss Hyggen Kjenner Klokkarstua Konnerud Krokstadelva Kroksund Kroderen Kvisla Lahell Lampeland Lierbyen Lierskogen Lierstranda Mjondalen Midtbygda Nakkerud Nedre Eggedal Nes Adal Nesbyen Nore Noresund Naersnes Oddevall Ormasen Ovenstadlia Prestfoss Reistad Rollag Rodberg Sjastad Skoger Skollenborg Skotselv Slemmestad Sokna Solbergelva Sollihogda Spikkestad Steinberg Steinsasen Storsand Sundvollen Svene Sylling Sysle Saetre Tofte Torpo Tronstad Tyristrand Ustaoset Uvdal Veggli Vestbygda Vestfossen Vik Vikersund Amot Aros Asa AsbygdaFormer Municipalities editMain article list of former municipalities of Norway Eiker Gol og Hemsedal Honefoss Norderhov Nore Sandsvaer Skoger Stromm Stromsgodset Tyristrand Uvdal Ytre Sandsvaer Ovre Sandsvaer AdalGallery edit nbsp Blaafarvevaerket in Modum nbsp Hokksund Station nbsp Frogner Rectory in Lier nbsp Honefoss Church in Ringerike burned down 2007 References edit Fylkesordforer Buskerud fylkeskommune Buskerud August 23 2023 Retrieved January 6 2024 Geir Thorsnaes Buskerud Store norske leksikon Retrieved February 5 2016 Prop 84 S Norwegian Government 5 April 2017 Retrieved 22 January 2018 Fylkestinget har vedtatt soknad om fylkesdeling Viken County Retrieved 23 February 2022 Einar Sorensen Buskerud gard pa Modum historieboka Archived from the original on March 7 2016 Retrieved February 5 2016 Geir Thorsnaes Buskerud hovedgard Store norske leksikon Retrieved February 5 2016 Buskerud Modum herad Matrikkelutkastet av 1950 Retrieved February 5 2016 Geir Thorsnaes Hallingdal Store norske leksikon Retrieved February 5 2016 Geir Thorsnaes Numedal Store norske leksikon Retrieved February 5 2016 Per G Norseng Vestfold gammelt navn Store norske leksikon Archived from the original on October 18 2016 Retrieved February 5 2016 Svein Askheim Vingulmark Store norske leksikon Retrieved February 5 2016 Munch Peter Andreas 1849 Historisk geographisk beskrivelse over kongeriget Norge Noregsveldi i middelalderen W Gram pp 5 7 Projected population Statistics Norway Statistics Norway Church of Norway Statistics Norway Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway by religion life stance County 2006 2010 Archived November 2 2011 at the Wayback Machine Geir Thorsnaes Ringerike Hallingdal Eiker og Buskeruds amt Store norske leksikon Retrieved February 5 2016 Ingolf Jarle Rui Modum Blaafarvevaerk Store norske leksikon Retrieved February 5 2016 Geir Thorsnaes Begna Store norske leksikon Retrieved February 5 2016 Asbjorn Vinjar Randselva Store norske leksikon Retrieved February 5 2016 Immigrants and Norwegian born to immigrant parents by immigration category country background and percentages of the population ssb no Retrieved 3 August 2017 Statistisk Sentralbyra 1 January 2010 www ssb no External links edit nbsp Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Buskerud nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Buskerud Buskerud fylkeskommune Hallingdal Ringerikes region Drammens region Vest region Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Buskerud amp oldid 1217620844 Coat of arms, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
