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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
Municipality in Buskerud, Norway
Modum City Hall at Vikersund
Modum is a municipality in Buskerud county , Norway . The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund . The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt ).
The area has a long tradition of skiing with several famous skiers. Modum is home to one of the largest ski jumping hills in the world, Vikersundbakken which is situated in Heggen, outside Geithus . The hill record, established in 2017 is a jump of 253.5 metres (832 ft ).
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Name
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The municipality (originally the parish ) is named after the old Modum farm (Old Norse : Móðheimr ), since the first church was built here. The first element is móða which means "river " (here the Drammenselva river) and the last element is heimr which means "home ", "homestead ", or "farm ". The name of the farm was later changed to Buskerud .
Coat-of-arms
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The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 15 March 1985. The arms show three wavy silver lines “party per bend sinister ” on a blue background. They represent the three main rivers in the municipality: Drammenselva , Snarumselva , and Simoa and the colour blue represents Blaafarveværket .[4]
Geography
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The municipality is bordered in the north by Krødsherad and Ringerike , in the east by Hole and Lier , in the south by Øvre Eiker , and in the west by Sigdal .
Communities
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The municipality has three main villages: Åmot , Geithus , and Vikersund .
Åmot is the starting point of Kunstnerdalen, which was frequently visited by of several Norwegian 19th and 19th century painters: Christian Krohg , Adolph Tidemand and Hans Gude . It also was home to Theodor Kittelsen and Christian Skredsvig . Edvard Munch also painted in Modum. This is also the site of Blaafarveværket whichnow includes a museum and art gallery.[6]
Geithus is the location of two hydroelectric powerplants; Geithusfoss kraftverk and Gravfoss kraftverk.[7]
Vikersund is the municipality administrative center of Modum and the site of the Modum City Hall. It is also the site of Vikersundbakken .
Notable residents
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Public service & business
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Christopher Hornsrud, ca.1930
Maurits Hansen
The Arts
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1934 baseball card of Arndt "Art" Jorgens
Sport
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Sister cities
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The following cities are twinned with Modum:[8]
Gallery
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References
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^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer" . Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget .
^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden" . Retrieved 2009-01-10 .
^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents" . ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017 .
^ "Kunstnerdalen" . gonorway.com. Retrieved January 1, 2018 .
^ Geir Thorsnæs. "Geithus" . Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2018 .
^ "Nordiske vennskapskommuner" (in Norwegian). Modum kommune. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2009-01-10 .
^ "Om Gulsrud Kirke" . Modum Fellesraad. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
^ "Om Heggen kirke" . Modum Fellesraad. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
^ "Om Nykirke kirke" . Modum Fellesraad. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
^ "Om Rud Kirke" . Modum Fellesraad. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
^ "Om Snarum kirke" . Modum Fellesraad. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
^ "Om Vestre Spone kirke" . Modum Fellesraad. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
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