Buskerud is a county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, 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. Buskerud was merged with Akershus and Østfold into the newly created Viken County on 1 January 2020. On the 23 February 2022 Viken County Council voted in a 49 against 38 decision to submit an application to the Norwegian government for a county demerger. Due to this, Buskerud was re-established in 2024.
Nore og Uvdal is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rødberg.
Sigdal is a municipality in Buskerud County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestfoss.
Krødsherad is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Noresund. The municipality of Krødsherad was established when it was separated from the municipality of Sigdal on 1 January 1901.
Norefjell is a mountain range in the Scandes Mountains system in Norway. It stretches between the valleys of Eggedal (west) and Hallingdal (east). It covers parts of the municipalities Flå, Sigdal, and Krødsherad, all in the county Buskerud.
Arne Næss Jr. was a Norwegian businessman and the second husband of Diana Ross.
Theodor Severin Kittelsen was a Norwegian artist. He is one of the most popular artists in Norway. Kittelsen became famous for his nature paintings, as well as for his illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls.
Christian Skredsvig was a Norwegian painter and writer. He employed an artistic style reflecting naturalism. He is especially well known for his picturesque and lyrical depictions of the landscape.
Prestfoss is the administrative center of Sigdal municipality in Buskerud, Norway. Highway Fv287 passes through Prestfoss. Both Fv132 and Fv133 start from here.
Nedre Eggedal is a village in Sigdal municipality, Buskerud, Norway. The village is located on RV287 in the lower part of Eggedal valley, near the southern end of the Lake Solevatn and the Solevatn Nature Reserve.
Eggedal is a valley and parish in Viken county, Norway. It consisting of the northwestern half of the municipality of Sigdal.
Lauvnesvatnet is a fishing lake in the municipalities of Sigdal and Flesberg in Viken county, Norway. It is located at an elevation of 366 meters above sea level. It forms part of the Drammensvassdraget watershed.
Trillemarka is a 147 km2 (57 sq mi) nature reserve located in Buskerud, Norway. It was created on December 13, 2002, and is located in the hill- and mountain areas between Nore in Numedal and Solevann in Sigdal, partially in the municipalities of Sigdal, Nore og Uvdal, and Rollag. The nature reserve consists of one of the largest natural forest areas in central Østlandet and includes virgin forest and 93 red list species.
Simoa is the name of a river which flows through the municipalities of Sigdal and Modum in Buskerud County, Norway.
Holmen or Holmens means a small island or islet in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, and may refer to:
Hans Andersen Foss was a Norwegian-American author, newspaper editor and temperance leader. Foss is most noted for his Norwegian language novel, Husmands-gutte (1885) which was translated into English as The Cotter's Son. A story from Sigdal.
Bjarne Skard was a Norwegian bishop.
Holmen Church is the principal parish church for Sigdal municipality in the Diocese of Tunsberg. It is located at Prestfoss in Sigdal municipality, Viken county, Norway. Holmen Church is situated on a rocky mound with deciduous forest on the north side of the river Simoa. Access to the church is via Fv133 and Rv287.
Ringerike is a traditional district in Norway, commonly consisting of the municipalities Hole and Ringerike in Buskerud county. In older times, Ringerike had a larger range which went westward to the municipalities Krødsherad, Modum, and Sigdal, also in Buskerud.
Eiker, Modum og Sigdal District Court is a district court located in Hokksund, Norway. It covers the municipalities of Krødsherad, Modum, Nedre Eiker, Sigdal and Øvre Eiker and is subordinate Borgarting Court of Appeal.
