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Noresund is a small village in

Krødsherad Krødsherad (''Krødsherad kommune'') is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Noresund. The municipality of Krødsherad was established when it was separated from the municipality ...

in the county of

Buskerud Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardan ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Noresund is located on Lake Krøderen. Highway 7 (''Riksvei 7'') passes through the village.

Norefjell Norefjell is a mountain range in the Scandes Mountains system in Norway. It stretches between the valleys of Eggedal (west) and Hallingdal (east). It covers parts of the municipalities Flå, Sigdal, and Krødsherad, all in the county Buskerud. ...

Ski Area is located 3 kilometers northwest of Noresund. The population of Noresund is 331 (2006). Noresund is perhaps best known for with association with the Krødsherad Rectory Natural Monument (''Krødsherad prestegård naturminne''). This is the site of the

oak tree An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' ...

known as The Old Master. This tree was made famous by the poetry of clergyman and poet

Jørgen Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe (22 April 1813–27 March 1882) was a Norwegian folklorist, bishop, poet, and author. He is best known for the ''Norske Folkeeventyr'', a collection of Norwegian folk tales which he edited in collaboration with Peter ...

. In 1853 Moe became a resident chaplain in

Sigdal Sigdal is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestfoss. The municipality of Sigdal was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Krødsherad was sepa ...

and

, a position he held for ten years. At Noresund he found inspiration for one of his most famous poems, "The Old Master" (''den gamle Mester'').

The name

The first element is the name of the farm Nore ( Norse ''Nórar''), the last element is ''sund'' n 'sound,

strait A strait is an oceanic landform connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. The surface water generally flows at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in either direction. Most commonly, it is a narrow ocean channe ...

'. The name of the farm is the plural of ''nór'' n 'narrow strait' - so the meaning of the name ''Noresund'' is 'strait-strait'. The actual strait divides Lake Krøderen in two parts (Upper K. and Lower K.). The farm Nore has also given name to the mountain

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Den gamle Mester
Villages in Buskerud {{Buskerud-geo-stub