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Stadig flere tester positiv... Oct 31, 2009 16:39:54
60 prosent av 446 svineinfluensatestede i Buskerud har avgitt positive prøver denne uka. Økningen de siste ukene er voldsom. ...View Full Article |
Varetekstfengslet i fire uk... Oct 31, 2009 16:39:54
... to av ukene må de sitte i full isolasjon med brev-og besøkskontroll, sier politiadvokat Monica Hanø i Søndre Buskerud politidistrikt. ...View F... |
Youth Sports: Volleyball si... Oct 31, 2009 16:39:53
First Grade Soccer: Dave's Pizza (Hillcrest JB), coached by Jeff Buskerud. Second Grade Soccer: South Coast Orthopaedic (Lighthouse EO), coached by... |
Dakota Contracting Corp. aw... Oct 31, 2009 16:39:52
Other bidders were Buskerud Construction of Dell Rapids ($1346756.55), Runge Enterprises of Sioux Falls ($1291250.34), D&G Concrete Construction of... |
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Buskerud (help·info) is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen.
Buskerud fylke is named after the old Biskopsrud farm in Åmot in Modum kommune (municipality) - a pearl in the central part of Norway. The name of the farm is derived from Biskop (bishop) and rud (clearing), so Buskerud means "the bishop's clearing". The area of the original farm is today the site of an agricultural college.
Buskerud fylke stretches from the Oslo fjord to the Hardangervidda mountains in the northeast. The southeastern part of the county is flat, with fertile farmland, while in the northeast the mountains and valleys dominate: Eggedal, Hallingdal, Hemsedal, Numedal, Sigdal, Ustedalen, and Uvdalen are some of these valleys.
In 1623 silver was discovered at Kongsberg, giving rise to Norway's largest mining industry. From 1623 to 1957 a total of 1,350,000 kilograms of ore was mined at Kongsberg! The mining operations also gave rise to industries such as the Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk (a weapons manufacturer), Norway's first institution of higher learning - Bergseminaret - and the Royal Mint. Another important mining operation was the cobalt mines in Modum. During the 1830's these mines produced great quantities of cobalt, a blue pigment widely used in the glass and porcelain industry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buskerud
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