Krokskogen is a forested area which located outside of

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

, Norway. It is a part of

Oslomarka Marka is the name of the forested and hilly areas surrounding Oslo, Norway. It includes areas within the municipality of Oslo, but also large areas in Hole, Ringerike, Jevnaker, Lunner, Nittedal, Bærum, Asker, and other municipalities in Viken ...

and is situated between

Bærumsmarka Bærumsmarka is a forested recreational area located outside Oslo, Norway. The area constitutes part of Oslomarka and is bordered by Krokskogen and Nordmarka. Bærumsmarka is in the Bærum municipality of Viken Viken may refer to: *Viken, Scand ...

Vestmarka Vestmarka is a forested and hilly area in Asker, Bærum and Lier, Norway, Lier which constitutes part of Marka, Oslo, Oslomarka, Norway. The land is owned by Løvenskiold Vækerø and is a popular recreational area. It was the site of Braathens S ...

and

Nordmarka Nordmarka is the mostly forested region which makes up the northern part of Oslo, Norway. Nordmarka is the largest and most central part of Oslomarka. The area called Nordmarka also extends into the municipalities of Hole, Ringerike, Lunner, Je ...

. The wooded and hilly area of around 300 square kilometres is bordered by Oslo and by the municipalities of Ringerike,

Hole A hole is an opening in or through a particular medium, usually a solid body. Holes occur through natural and artificial processes, and may be useful for various purposes, or may represent a problem needing to be addressed in many fields of en ...

and

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

. The highest points in the landscape are Oppkuven (704 m.), Ringkollen (702 m) and Gyrihaugen (682 m). The old road through Krokskogen which opened in 1805 was part of the King's Road (''Ringeriksveien'') from Oslo to

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. It is now mostly used as a hiking and bridal trail in season and for timber transport during the winter.

References

Other sources

*Grimstad, Sverre (2007) ''Krokskogen på kryss og tvers'' (topografisk forl) Forests and woodlands of Norway Geography of Bærum Geography of Oslo Geography of Viken (county) {{Viken-geo-stub