Buskerud

Buskerud is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn OG Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vest fold. The county extends from the Oslo fjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardangervidda mountain variety within the northwest. The county administration is positioned in Drammen. Together with Akershus and Ostfold, Buskerud will form the new, larger county Viken, from 1 January 2020. Buskerud changed into separated from Akershus as an act of its very own in 1685, but the amt changed into smaller than nowadays. It then consisted of the prevailing districts Eiker, Hallingdal, and Ringerike. The area of the prevailing municipalities of Flesberg, Hurum, Kongsberg, Lire, Nore OG Uvdal, Rollag and Royken were transferred from

Akershus amt to Buskerud amt in 1760. The call Buskeruds amt became changed to Buskerud fylke in 1919. The municipality of Skoger become transferred from Vest fold to Buskerud in 1964. The region Ringerike may additionally as soon as had been a small nation. During the tenth 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 evolved in Kongsberg from 1814, and diverse excessive tech enterprise organizations now represent the town's fundamental employers.