Grøntjernkollen
Grøntjernkollen is a mountain on the border of Holmestrand Municipality in Vestfold county and Kongsberg Municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The tall mountain is located about northwest of the village of Hof, Vestfold, Hof, about southwest of the village of Eidsfoss, and about north of the village of Hvittingfoss. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Skibergfjellet and Vestfjellet to the northeast and Buaren to the southeast. The lake Hajeren surrounds the mountain to the west and south. See also *List of mountains of Norway by height References

Mountains of Buskerud Mountains of Vestfold Holmestrand Kongsberg {{Vestfold-mountain-stub ...
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Hof, Vestfold
Hof is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It merged into Holmestrand on Jan. 1, 2018. The administrative centre of the former municipality was the village of Hof. The municipality of Hof was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Hof had 3,031 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. General information Name The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old ''Hof'' farm (Old Norse: ''Hof''), since the first church was built here. The name is identical with the word '' hof'' which means "pagan temple (for the Norse Gods)". Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 17 July 1992. The arms show three gold-colored water lily leaves on a red background. This was chosen to represent the many small lakes in the municipality. There are three to represent the three church parishes in the municipality. It was designed by Geir Helgen from Buskerud. Geography The former municipality of Hof covered , o ...
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