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Norwegian National Road 23
National Road 23 ( no, Riksvei 23), also known as the Oslofjord Link (Norwegian: ), was the name of a largely limited-access road which connects the municipalities of Lier, Norway, Lier, Røyken, Hurum and Frogn in Norway. The Oslofjord Tunnel causes the road to acts as the only fixed link crossing of the Oslofjord and makes that section subject to toll road, tolls. In 2018 the road was renamed into European route E134. History Planning National Road 23 is the result of the need for an auxiliary road to support a fixed link crossing of the Oslofjord. Since 1939 this crossing was carried out by the Drøbak–Storsand Ferry, a service operated by Ferjeselskapet Drøbak–Hurum–Svelvik, Bilferjen Drøbak–Hurum. The ferry had a daily traffic of 320 vehicles in 1980. A fixed crossing of Hurumlandet and the Oslofjord was first proposed by Anton Grønsand in 1958.Messel (2004): 429 It was followed up in a regional transport plan published in 1963, with a horizon of forty years. R ...
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Svelvik
Svelvik is a town in Drammen municipality, Viken county. It is also a former municipality, which was a part of former Vestfold county. The town of Svelvik was separated from the rural municipality of Strømm to become a municipality of its own in 1845. The two municipalities were merged back together on 1 January 1964. General information Name The Old Norse form of the name was ''Sverðvík''. The first element is ''sverð'' n 'sword', the last element is ''vík'' f 'cove, wick'. A neighbouring farm has the name Sverstad (Norse ''Sverðstaðir''). The word ''sverð'' probably refers to the promontory ridge ''Ryggen'' ('the back') in Hurum: This ridge lies right opposite Svelvik and Sverstad, and is almost (like a sword) cutting the Drammensfjord in two parts. Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 September 1964. The arms show a gold-colored trident on a red background, as a symbol for the sea. Geography The narrow Svelvikstrømmen sound ...
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Norwegian County Road 154
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian * Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. *Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County ...
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Sande, Vestfold
Sande is a former municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. Its administrative centre is the village of Sande i Vestfold. The municipality of Sande was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Sande is located in a beautiful area by the sea about south of Oslo (50 minutes driving time). In recent years the administrative center of Sande has grown significantly due to many new apartments and stores. Portions of the 1973 '' Olsenbanden'' movie ''Olsenbanden tar gull'' from were filmed in Sande. Another portion was filmed Stavern. General information Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Sande'' farm (Old Norse: ''Sandvin'') because the first church was built there. The first element in the name, ''sandr,'' means "sand", and the last element, ''vin,'' means "meadow" or "pasture". Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern times. It was granted on 19 December 1986, and it represents silver-colored ''Sandebukta bay'', with its typ ...
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Drammensfjord
Drammensfjord ( en, Drammen Fjord) is a fjord in Norway that connects to Ytre Oslofjord on the west side. It stretches to the north and northeast. The Drammenselva river discharges into the head of the fjord. The municipality and city of Drammen which is named after the fjord is also found there. The majority of the fjord is within the county of Buskerud, but in the west and southwest it lies in Vestfold county. The land on the east side of the fjord is called ''Hurumhalvøya'' or the Hurum peninsula; it separates the Drammensfjord from the Oslofjord. The fjord narrows to a strait at Svelvik in Vestfold on the west side and Verket in Hurum on the east side. The strait is crossed by an automobile ferry. This narrowing, some 200 meters broad and 10 meters deep, combined with the large freshwater inflow from the Drammenselva (one of Norway's largest rivers) and from Lierelva (river), results in the water north of the strait being brackish water. On the surface the water is fairly ...
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Drammen
Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such as Konnerud, Svelvik, Mjøndalen and Skoger. Location Drammen is located west of the Oslofjord and is situated approximately 44 km South-west of Oslo. There are more than 101 000 inhabitants in the municipality, but the city is the regional capital of an area with 82 000 inhabitants. Drammen and the surrounding communities are growing more than ever before. The city makes good use of the river and inland waterway called Drammensfjord, both for recreation, activities and housing. Name and coat of arms The Old Norse form of the city's name was ''Drafn'', and this was originally the name of the inner part of Drammensfjord. The fjord is, however, probably named after the river Drammenselva (Norse ''DrÇ«fn''), and this again is der ...
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Riksvei 23 I Røyken Fra Katrineåsveiens Bro - 2011-08-10 - J
Norwegian national roads (Norwegian: Riksvei/Riksveg abbr. Rv; literally: road of the rike/realm), are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) which also maintains them. In 2007 there were of this class of Norwegian roads, which constituted 29.4% of public roads in Norway.Statistisk sentralbyrå: Table 416: Offentlige veier etter fylke 1. januar 2007
(public roads by county as of January 1, 2007) from
Note: The numbers encompass city streets. For municipal roads not all municipalities are up to date. From 2010, after an administrative reform, most of the national roads wer ...
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Tofte Cellulosefabrikk
Tofte is a surname of Norwegian origin which may refer to: People * Andreas Tofte (1794–1851), Norwegian businessman and Mayor of Oslo * Arthur Tofte (1902–1980), American science fiction and fantasy author * Britt Pettersen Tofte (born 1961), Norwegian cross country skier * Jørg Tofte Jebsen (1888–1922), Norwegian physicist * Jørgen Tofte Nielsen (born 1971), Danish former football goalkeeper * Mads Tofte (born 1959), Danish computer scientist * Robert Tofte (1562–1620), English translator and poet * Tracy Tofte (Tracy Wells, born 1971), American actress * Valdemar Tofte (1832–1907), Danish violinist and teacher * Ørnulf Tofte (1922–2020), Norwegian police officer Places * Tofte, Norway, village in the municipality of Asker, Norway **Södra Cell Tofte, a pulp mill located in Tofte, Norway * Tofte Township, Cook County, Minnesota, an American township ** Tofte, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Tofte Township * Tofte Glacier, on Peter I Island near Antarctica ...
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Østfold
Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side of Oslofjord. The county's administrative seat was Sarpsborg. The county controversially became part of the newly established Viken County on 1 January 2020. Many manufacturing facilities are situated here, such as the world's most advanced biorefinery, Borregaard in Sarpsborg. Fredrikstad has shipyards. There are granite mines in Østfold and stone from these were used by Gustav Vigeland. The county slogan is "The heartland of Scandinavia". The local dialects are characterized by their geographical proximity to Sweden. The name The old name of the Oslofjord was ''Fold''; ''Østfold'' means 'the region east of the Fold' (see also Vestfold). The name was first recorded in 1543; in the Middle Ages the name of the county was ''Borgarsysla'' ...
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Hobøl
Hobøl was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Elvestad. Hobøl is situated about southeast of Oslo. The parish of ''Haabøl'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The largest village in Hobøl was Tomter, whose railway station is served by Eastern Østfold Line. Other villages in the municipality were Knapstad, Ringvoll, and the middle part of the municipality which is called Hobøl. Hobøl was suggested as the replacement site for a new airport to replace Fornebu, and in 1972 the Norwegian parliament voted to build it there. The 1973 oil crisis postponed that plan, and the new airport was finally built at Gardermoen, north of Oslo. General information Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Hobøl'' farm (Old Norse: ''Hóbœli''), since the first church was built here. The first element is ''hór'' or ''hár'' meaning "high" ...
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