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    Eiker is a traditional district in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Eiker consists of the municipalities of Nedre Eiker and Øvre Eiker. The area is located...
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    village of Hokksund. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into Øvre Eiker (upper Eiker) and Nedre Eiker (lower) on 1 July 1885. As of 2015, more employees...
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    the parishes of Nedre Eiker, Øvre Eiker, Modum, and Sigdal were transferred out of the Drammen prosti and moved to the new Eiker prosti. In 1999, the parishes...
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    village of Mjøndalen. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into Nedre Eiker (lower Eiker) and Øvre Eiker (upper) on 1 July 1885. The Old Norse form...
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    Buskerud consisted of Drammen, Hurum, Kongsberg, Lier, Nedre Eiker, Røyken and Øvre Eiker. The district was merged from parts that belonged to Vestfold...
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    and area, by municipality". Also includes parts of the neighboring Øvre Eiker Municipality, Lier Municipality and Asker Municipality. Also includes parts...
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    rocks = strength. On January 1, 2020, the municipalities of Svelvik, Nedre Eiker and Drammen merged to form «The New Drammen Municipality». The new municipality...
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    Hokksund (category Øvre Eiker)
    municipality of Øvre Eiker in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Hokksund is the administrative centre, and largest town in Øvre Eiker, with a population of...
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  • Eiker, Modum og Sigdal District Court (Norwegian: Eiker, Modum og Sigdal tingrett) is a district court located in Hokksund, Norway. It covers the municipalities...
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    Consto Arena (until 2012 known as Nedre Eiker Stadion, between 2012 and 2015 as Mjøndalen Stadion and between 2015 and 2018 as Isachsen Stadion) is a...
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  • Eikerbladet (The Eiker Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Mjøndalen in Buskerud county. The newspaper appears on Tuesdays and Fridays...
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  • initial investor. In 1821, the company was moved to Solbergelva in Nedre Eiker. The Solberg spinning mill (Solberg Spinderi) harnessed the power of Solberg...
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    Norway, and the aegirine variety in 1835 for an occurrence in Rundemyr, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway. Aegirine was named after Ægir, the Norse god of the sea...
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    in Trøndelag), and tried to make an iron plant with limited success in Eiker. In 1647 he gave the crown privileges of the Røros Copper Works to his banker...
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  • police district covers the municipalities of Drammen, Kongsberg, Øvre Eiker, Nedre Eiker, Lier, Røyken, Hurum, Flesberg, Rollag in Buskerud and Svelvik and...
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    Johansen, Øystein Klock (1994). Fra fangstmann til viking. Hokksund: Øvre Eiker kommune. Telemark. Oslo: Gyldendal. 1975. ISBN 8205068445. Norge sett fra...
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    Krokstadelva (category Nedre Eiker)
    Nedre Eiker kommune (2006). "Nedre Eiker Kommune: Krokstad skole". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Nedre Eiker kommune (2006). "Nedre Eiker Kommune:...
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    Jonas Lie (writer) (category People from Øvre Eiker)
    19th century Norwegian literature. Jonas Lie was born at Hokksund in Øvre Eiker, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. His parents were Pauline Christine Tiller...
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    Municipalities in Buskerud Eiker (1838-1885) Gol og Hemsedal (1838-1897) Hurum (1838-2020) Hønefoss (1852-1964) Nedre Eiker (1885-2020) Norderhov (1838-1964)...
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    (page 5)" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 7 February 1915. Eiker Arkiv: Kulturminneåret 2009 på Eiker: Vikkollen (2. januar 2009) Arne Thoresen: Lengst gjennom...
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    Krødsherad and Ringerike, in the east by Hole and Lier, in the south by Øvre Eiker, and in the west by Sigdal. The municipality has three main villages: Åmot...
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    Municipalities in Buskerud Eiker (1838-1885) Gol og Hemsedal (1838-1897) Hurum (1838-2020) Hønefoss (1852-1964) Nedre Eiker (1885-2020) Norderhov (1838-1964)...
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    Anders Jensen Horgen (category People from Øvre Eiker)
    commencing merchantry in his homedistrict Øvre Eiker in 1898. In 1902 he moved to the farm Horgen in Nedre Eiker, running it for the rest of his life. He was...
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  • operates electricity retailing, operates the power grid in Drammen, Nedre Eiker and Kongsberg and provides services within broadband. Glitre Energi serves...
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    Mjøndalen (category Nedre Eiker)
    from Eiker prosti to Drammen Prosti, which is a part of the Diocese of Tunsberg. This happened as a result of the municipal merger between Nedre Eiker and...
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    was born at the Skjelbred farm in the parish of Fiskum in the district of Eiker in Buskerud, Norway. She was the only child of the Danish noble Hartvig...
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    Municipality Lierbyen Buskerud 28,470 301.83 Bokmål Kjetil Kivle H 3314 Øvre Eiker Municipality Hokksund Buskerud 20,779 456.76 Bokmål Adrian Kjølø Tollefsen...
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    Municipalities in Buskerud Eiker (1838-1885) Gol og Hemsedal (1838-1897) Hurum (1838-2020) Hønefoss (1852-1964) Nedre Eiker (1885-2020) Norderhov (1838-1964)...
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    Steinberg is a small village in Nedre Eiker municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The village lies next to the municipal centre and town of Mjøndalen...
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    neighbouring municipalities of Kongsberg are Flesberg to the north; Øvre Eiker and Hof to the east; Lardal, Siljan, and Skien to the south; and Sauherad...
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