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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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    Øvre Eiker) The municipality is located in the southern part of Buskerud county. It borders the municipalities of Lier, Drammen, Hof, and Øvre Eiker....
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    It was divided into Nedre Eiker and Øvre Eiker on 1 July 1885. Fiskum Old Church (Fiskum gamle kirke) is located in Øvre Eiker near the village of Darbu...
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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...
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    has common borders with the municipalities of Flå, Krødsherad, Modum, Øvre Eiker, Flesberg, Rollag, and Nore og Uvdal. The Old Norse form of the name was...
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    Modum, Sigdal and Øvre Eiker. The deanery is headquartered at the Haug Church in the town of Hokksund in Øvre Eiker Municipality. Eiker prosti was established...
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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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    Population and area, by municipality". Also includes parts of the neighboring Øvre Eiker Municipality, Lier Municipality and Asker Municipality. Also includes...
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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:...
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  • Tuesdays and Fridays, and it covers events in the municipalities of Øvre Eiker and Nedre Eiker. The paper's editor is Knut Bråthen. According to the Norwegian...
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    Vestfossen (category Øvre Eiker)
    Elektrisiteten på Øvre Eiker (Øvre Eiker Energi) ISBN 82-303-0583-8 Øystein Kock Johansen; Bjarnar Moseng (1994) Eikers historie (Øvre Eiker kommune) ISBN 82-993165-0-2...
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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...
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    Masud Gharahkhani (category People from Øvre Eiker)
    emigrated to Norway with his family in 1987 and grew up in Skotselv in Øvre Eiker. His father is politician and trade unionist Bijan Gharakhani. After attending...
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    The 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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    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...
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    meadow") - name of old farms in Hole, Oslo, Ullensaker, Sør-Odal and Øvre Eiker. Ullinsakr ("Ullin's field") - name of two old farms in Hemsedal and Torpa...
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    beyond the municipal boundaries; into the municipalities of Lier, Asker, Øvre Eiker and Holmestrand. The total population of the settlement is 110,236 inhabitants...
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    Vestland county Pålsbufjorden – in the municipalities of Hol and Nore og Uvdal Øvre Hein – in the municipalities of Hol and Nore og Uvdal Djupsvatnet – in the...
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    author and historian, CEO at Eidsvoll 1814 Randi Thorvaldsen (1925 in Øvre Eiker – 2011) speedskater Erik Hagen (born 1975 in Veme) footballer with 360...
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  • newspaper covers the municipalities of Modum, Sigdal, Krødsherad and Øvre Eiker. https://www.proff.no/selskap/bygdeposten-as/vikersund/aviser-fagblad...
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    Hassel Iron Works (category Øvre Eiker)
    mining and iron works company located near the village of Skotselv in Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway, that existed from 1649 until 1854. Hassel Iron Works...
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    Party. Ihlen was a farmer who owned and operated the Ulleren farm in Øvre Eiker. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1889, representing the...
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    is a Norwegian politician of the Conservative Party. He was mayor of Øvre Eiker from 1999 until he was elected to the Stortinget from Buskerud in 2009...
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  • Burud (category Øvre Eiker)
    Burud is a village in Øvre Eiker municipality in Buskerud, Norway. Burud is located on the western bank of Drammenselva, 75 kilometers from Oslo. It had...
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  • a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and former mayor of Øvre Eiker. She ran as mayor from 2009 to 2019. Before Ann Sire Fjerdingstad became...
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    Hammarbybacken in Sweden. Hemsedal Bygdetun is located at Øvre Løkji in the village of Ulsåk. Øvre Løkji is a museum farm from which there are several trails...
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    Johansen, Øystein Klock (1994). Fra fangstmann til viking. Hokksund: Øvre Eiker kommune. Telemark. Oslo: Gyldendal. 1975. ISBN 8205068445. Norge sett...
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    Municipality Rogaland 1854 1866 Ladested Kjøpstad Oscar I Karl IV Hokksund Øvre Eiker Municipality Buskerud 2002 By Kommunestyre Holmestrand Holmestrand Municipality...
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  • Dramdal (category Øvre Eiker)
    Dramdal is a small village in Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway. It is situated on the eastern bank of Drammenselva, opposite the village of Skotselv on the...
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    Darbu Station (category Railway stations in Øvre Eiker)
    Darbu stasjon) is a railway station located in the village of Darbu in Øvre Eiker, Norway, on the Sørlandet Line. The station is served by local train line...
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