Ringerike is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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 ...

. It is part of the traditional region of Ringerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Hønefoss __NOTOC__ Hønefoss is a town and the administrative center of the municipality of Ringerike in Buskerud county, Norway. Hønefoss is an industrial center of inner Østlandet, containing several factories and other industry. As of 1 January 2008, ...

. The municipality of Ringerike was created on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the town of

and the rural municipalities of

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 ...

, Norderhov,

Tyristrand Tyristrand is a village in Ringerike municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. Background Tyristrand parish was designated a municipality following a split from Hole on 1 July 1916. The municipality of Hole made been established on 1 January 1 ...

, and

Ådal Ådal is a valley in the municipality of Ringerike (municipality), Ringerike and was a former municipality in Buskerud County, Norway. The municipality was created in 1857 by a split from Norderhov. At that time Ådal had a population of 2,382. O ...

. However, the area of Hole was removed from the municipality of Ringerike on 1 January 1977 to become a separate municipality once again. The historic area of Ringerike included not just the modern municipality of Ringerike but also Hole and Krødsherad,

Modum Modum is a municipality in Buskerud in Viken 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 tr ...

and Sigdal.

General information

Etymology

The Old Norse form of this name was ''Hringaríki''. The first element is (probably) the

genitive In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can al ...

plural The plural (sometimes abbreviated pl., pl, or ), in many languages, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number. The plural of a noun typically denotes a quantity greater than the default quantity represented by that noun. This de ...

of ''hringir'', the name of an old Germanic tribe. The last element is ''ríki'' n 'kingdom, reich'. (See also Romerike.)

Coat of arms

The

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...

were granted on 16 June 1967. The arms show a gold

ring Ring may refer to: * Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry * To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell :(hence) to initiate a telephone connection Arts, entertainment and media Film and ...

on a red background. The colours

red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondar ...

and

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...

represent royalty and are the royal colors of Norway. The ring is a canting symbol and at the same time symbolises the unity of the area, which has been a separate entity (even considered a

petty kingdom A petty kingdom is a monarchy, kingdom described as minor or "petty" (from the French 'petit' meaning small) by contrast to an empire or unified kingdom that either preceded or succeeded it (e.g. the Heptarchy#List of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, numerou ...

) since medieval times. Honefoss flyfoto3

Geography

The municipality of Ringerike is bordered on the north by the municipalities of

Sør-Aurdal Sør-Aurdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bagn. Other villages in the municipality include Begna, Hedalen, an ...

and

Søndre Land Søndre Land is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hov. Other villages in the municipality include Fluberg and Odnes. Th ...

; on the east by Gran,

Jevnaker Jevnaker is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302. The parish of ''Jævnaker'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formann ...

Lunner Lunner is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Roa. Lunner was established when it was separated from the municipality of Jevnake ...

, and

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 ...

; in the south by

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 ...

, and

; and in the west by Krødsherad and Flå. Lakes in the region include: * Samsjøen * Øyangen * Sperillen * Ullerentjernet * Vestre Bjonevatnet It is also home to mountain ranges, including Ådalsfjella. Ringerikspoteter

Climate

Ringerike has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

( Dfb) with relatively warm summers and cold winters, often with snow on the ground lasting for weeks. The all-time high was recorded July 2018. The all-time low was recorded January 2010.

Economy

Billions of Norwegian kroner has been invested (as of 2022) in infrastructure, as a result of a government order (''oppdragsbrev'') in 2015; the municipality had to do their part in regard to the project "

Ringerike Line The Ringerike Line ( no, Ringeriksbanen or ''Ringeriksbana'') is a proposed extension of the Bergen Line from Jong, Sandvika to Hønefoss, Norway. In 2022, the project was postponed; the government has no commitment to any timeframe (as of Q4 2 ...

"; the national budget is not final yet (as of October 2022) and government money for the project has not yet been allocated. Ringerike is famous for two

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

products; Ringerike

potato The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...

(''Ringerikspotet'') and Ringerike

pea The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the flowering plant species ''Pisum sativum''. Each pod contains several peas, which can be green or yellow. Botanically, pea pods are fruit, since they contain seeds and d ...

(''Ringeriksert''). Jens Aabel first started production of Ringerike potato around 1867. The Ringerike pea has obtained PDO (

protected designation of origin The protected designation of origin (PDO) is a type of geographical indication of the European Union and the United Kingdom aimed at preserving the designations of origin of food-related products. The designation was created in 1992 and its main ...

). In June 2007, the Ringerike potato got "protected geographical indication" (PGI) under the name ''Ringerikspotet fra Ringerike.'' Six farmers are now producing and packing this special potato at Ask in Ringerike. Most of the potatoes are sold in the Oslo area. The town was also home to the commercial operations of the Norwegian Mapping Authority which in 2004 divested these to the then Ugland IT Group, later renamed

Nordeca Nordeca (formerly Ugland IT Group), headquartered in Lysaker, near Oslo, Norway, is one of the leading geographic information services companies in the Nordic area. The company is one of the largest providers of geographical data in Norway. Its ...

. The offices were closed in 2010 with all operations moving to Lysaker due to increasing computerization of map-making.

Notable residents

Covers people in the wider Municipality, *

Helge Ellingsen Waagaard Helge Ellingsen Waagaard (27 January 1781 – 25 March 1817) was a Norwegian farmer and non-commissioned military officer. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Helge Ellingsen Waagaard was born at Vågård ...

(1781 in Norderhov – 1817) a farmer and non-commissioned military officer, a rep. at the

Norwegian Constituent Assembly The Norwegian Constituent Assembly (in Norwegian ''Grunnlovsforsamlingen'', also known as ''Riksforsamlingen'') is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in Norway, that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised th ...

* Michael Færden (1836 in Norderhov – 1912) a Norwegian priest and author * Andrea Gram (1853 in Ask – 1927) a Norwegian painter of landscapes and portraits *

Rolf Bull-Hansen Rolf Bull-Hansen (29 February 18888 October 1970) was a Norwegian educator and author. Biography He was born at Norderhov in Buskerud, Norway. He was a son of headmaster and parish priest Fredrik Vilhelm Bull Hansen (1852-1923) and Caroline Stee ...

(1888 in Norderhov – 1970) a Norwegian educator and author * Elling M. Solheim (1905 in Norderhov – 1971) a poet, playwright and short story writer * Olav Brænden (1919 in Norderhov – 1989) a Norwegian pharmacist, drug expert and inventor * Olav Aspheim (1921 in Ringerike – 1948) a member of the WWII fascist party Nasjonal Samling * Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen (1922 in Ringerike – 2013) a Norwegian

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

Arild Hiim Arild Hiim (born 17 August 1945 in Ringerike) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously served in the position of ...

(born 1945 in Ringerike) politician and former member of parliament *

Bjørn Kjos Bjørn Kjos (born 18 July 1946) is a Norwegian aviator, lawyer, and business magnate. He is best known as the founder and CEO of Norwegian Air Shuttle, briefly Scandinavia's largest airline, and Europe's third largest low-cost airline. Early ...

(born 1946 in Sokna) founder and CEO of Norwegian Air Shuttle. * Bjørn Skogmo, (Norwegian Wiki) (1948 in Jevnaker - 2020) writer * Kjell B. Hansen (1957–2020) a politician, Mayor of Ringerike 2007-2019 * Bård frydenlund (born 1972 in Ringerike) an author and historian, CEO at Eidsvoll 1814

Sport

Randi Thorvaldsen Randi Thorvaldsen (4 March 1925, in Øvre Eiker – 10 February 2011) was a Norwegian speedskater, silver medalist from the allround World Championship, and a previous World Record holder in 1,500 metres. She was the dominating female speedskater ...

(1925 in Øvre Eiker – 2011)

speedskater 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skating marathon, ...

* Erik Hagen (born 1975 in Veme) footballer with 360 club caps and 28 for

* Rune Hagen (born 1975 in Veme) a Norwegian former footballer with 280 club caps * Tor Øyvind Hovda (born 1989 in Ringerike) a Norwegian footballer with 250 club caps

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Ringerike: * Aabenraa, Region of Southern Denmark,

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* Lohja,

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Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

Emmeloord Emmeloord is the administrative centre of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands. In 2019, it had a population of 26,055. Overview At the heart of the Noordoostpolder, where the three main drainage canals Lemstervaart, Urk ...

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* Växjö,

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in 1989

Gallery

File:Ringerike rådhus 01.jpg, Ringerike Town Hall File:Ringerikes museum på Ringerike.JPG, Ringerikes Museum File:EiendomsMegler1 00.jpg, Tandberggården in Hønefoss File:Ringerike tingrett.jpg, Ringerike District Court File:Skøiengården 00.jpg, Skøiengården at Søndre Torv in Hønefoss File:Honefoss-stasjon-1tb.jpg, Hønefoss Railway Station

References

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every yea ...

Ringerike Kommune

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Ringerike Sports councils

The Norwegian Church in Ringerike

Ringerikes Tourist Information

Ringerikes Museum

Buskerud and Ringerikes millennium

Ringerike Historical Society
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