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4 unusual facts about Buskerud


Hege Bøkko

Hege was born in Hønefoss in Buskerud county, Norway in 1991, but she has been living in Hovet, Buskerud her whole life.

Lier Line

Among the villages the line served were Egge, Sjåstad and Sylling, in addition to two branch lines, from Iledalen to Tronstad Bruk, and from Egge to Egge Gravel Pit.

Sætre

Sætre, Buskerud, a village in Hurum municipality, Buskerud county, Norway

Willy Rasmussen

Willy Lorang Rasmussen (born 3 December 1937 in Kongsberg, Buskerud) is a former Norwegian javelin thrower.


Bjørn-Inge Larsen

From 1990 to 2000, Larsen served as the county chief physician in Buskerud, Finnmark and Vestfold.

Christopher Borgersen Hoen

He represented Buskerud at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814, together with Frederik Schmidt who was vicar of Eger and Johan Collett who was County Governor of Buskerud.

Gulbrand Hagen

Hagen was born in Sigdal, Buskerud, Norway, immigrated to the United States as a young man and settled in Crookston, Minnesota.

Hallingdalselva

Hallingdalselva (Hallingdal river) is a river which flows through the valley and traditional district of Hallingdal in Buskerud County, Norway.

Halvor Kongsjorden

Towards the end of World War II he was one of the local Milorg leaders in Buskerud (second-in-command in the D16 north district 1612, and leader of the Veggli-Rollag group).

Kongsjorden was born in Veggli in Buskerud, and was affiliated with the club Oslo Østre Skytterlag.

Lierskogen

Lierskogen is the easternmost village in Lier county, in Buskerud county, Norway.

Vassfaret

Vassfaret is a desolate mountain valley in southern Norway, bordering Flå, Nes, Ringerike and Sør-Aurdal municipalities and Oppland and Buskerud counties.

Vestfold Line

The Vestfold Line runs from Drammen Station to Eidanger Station, through three counties, Buskerud, Vestfold and Telemark, and nine municipalities, Drammen Sande, Holmestrand, Re, Horten, Tønsberg, Stokke, Larvik and Porsgrunn.


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