Flesberg

Municipality in Buskerud, Norway

Flesberg Municipality

Flesberg kommune

Municipality

Flesberg Council Offices at Lampeland

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Coat of arms

Buskerud within Norway

Flesberg within Buskerud

Coordinates: 59°50′52″N 9°28′56″E﻿ / ﻿59.84778°N 9.48222°E﻿ / 59.84778; 9.48222
Country| Norway
County| Buskerud
District| Numedal
Administrative centre| Lampeland
Government

• Mayor (2003)| Egil Langgård (Ap)
Area

• Total

| 562 km2 (217 sq mi)
• Land| 538 km2 (208 sq mi)
• Rank| #190 in Norway
Population

(2004)

• Total

| 2,512
• Rank| #302 in Norway
• Density| 5/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)

|  +0.2%
Demonym| Flesberging[1]
Official language

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• Norwegian form| Bokmål
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code| NO-3334[3]
Website| Official website

Data from Statistics Norway

Flesberg 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 Lampeland.

The economy of Flesberg is dominated by forestry and agriculture, as well as the cluster of high-tech industries in neighbouring Kongsberg.

## General information

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### Etymology

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The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Flesberg farm (Old Norse: Flesberg), since the first church was built here. The first element is fles which means "rock" and the last element is berg which means "mountain".[4]

### Coat-of-arms

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The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 10 March 1989. The arms show two tømmerklaver to represent forestry – and also the letter F.[5]

## History

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Flesberg Stave Church

Flesberg Stave Church was built around the year 1250. After reconstruction in 1735, the church conformed with cruciform plan. The municipality of Flesberg was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Jondalen was transferred from Flesberg to the neighboring municipality of Kongsberg on 1 January 1964.[6]

## Geography

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The municipality is divided into the parishes Flesberg, Lyngdal, and Svene. Most of the population lives in the four villages of Svene, Lampeland, Flesberg, and Lyngdal. The municipal area is 560 square kilometres (220 sq mi). In the western part of Flesberg, the landscape rises steeply to the mountain area of Blefjell, a popular tourist destination.

Further information: Fagerfjell

## Demographics

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Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Flesberg by country of origin in 2017[7] Ancestry  | Number

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Lithuania | 49
Somalia | 46
Poland | 35
Eritrea | 34
Latvia | 16

## Notable people

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* Finn Qvale (1873–1955) a military officer, cartographer and sports official
* Jul Låg (1915-2000) a scientist and soil researcher
* Hallvard Bakke (born 1943) a Norwegian politician

## Sister cities

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The following cities are twinned with Flesberg:[8]

* \- Falkenberg, Halland County, Sweden
* \- Fosston, Minnesota, United States
* \- Lejre, Region Sjælland, Denmark
* \- Savitaipale, Etelä-Suomi, Finland

## References

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1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
4. ^ Haugen, Einar (1967) Norwegian-English Dictionary (University of Wisconsin Press) ISBN 978-0-299-03874-8
5. ^ "Aktuelt" (in Norwegian). Flesberg kommune. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
6. ^ "Flesberg stavkirke". Kunsthistorie. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
7. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
8. ^ "Flesbergs vennskapskommuner" (in Norwegian). Flesberg kommune. Retrieved 6 January 2009.[permanent dead link]

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flesberg.

Look up flesberg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

* Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
* Buskerud travel guide from Wikivoyage

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Buskerud county, Norway

* Main article: Buskerud
* Capital: Drammen
* County government: Buskerud County Municipality
* County lists:
* County Governors
* Villages
* Churches

| Towns and cities|

* Kongsberg (1624)
* Drammen (1811)
* Svelvik (1845)
* Hønefoss (1852)
* Hokksund (2002)

Municipalities|

| Hallingdal|

* Flå
* Gol
* Hemsedal
* Hol
* Nesbyen
* Ål

|

Numedal|

* Flesberg
* Kongsberg
* Nore og Uvdal
* Rollag

Drammen|

* Drammen
* Lier
* Øvre Eiker

Ringerike|

* Hole
* Krødsherad
* Modum
* Ringerike
* Sigdal

Former Municipalities in Buskerud

* Eiker (1838-1885)
* Gol og Hemsedal (1838-1897)
* Hurum (1838-2020)
* Hønefoss (1852-1964)
* Nedre Eiker (1885-2020)
* Norderhov (1838-1964)
* Nore (1858-1961)
* Røyken (1838-2020)
* Sandsvær (1838-1908)
* Skoger (1838-1964)
* Strømm (1838-1964)
* Strømsgodset (1838-1844)
* Tyristrand (1916-1964)
* Uvdal (1901-1962)
* Ytre Sandsvær (1908-1964)
* Øvre Sandsvær (1908-1964)
* Ådal (1857-1964)

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