Sollihøgda is a village in

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 ...

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 Ha ...

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 the ...

. It is situated near the border with the municipality of

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 ...

, in the county of Akershus, 28 km from

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 ...

European route E16 European route E16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Sweden, from Derry to Gävle, via Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, previously by ferry to Bergen, Voss, through the Gudvanga Tunnel and th ...

passes through the village. Sollihøgda is a popular base for skiing at

Krokskogen Krokskogen is a forested area which located outside of Oslo, Norway. It is a part of Oslomarka and is situated between Bærumsmarka, Vestmarka and Nordmarka. The wooded and hilly area of around 300 square kilometres is bordered by Oslo and by ...

north of the road and in

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 ...

on the south side in the

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 ...

area in Oslo. Vestmarka is the southern continuation of Krokskogen.

Sollihøgda Chapel Sollihøgda Chapel ( no, Sollihøgda kapell) is " long church" ( no, langkirke) dating from 1911 in Sollihøgda in the municipality of Hole in Viken county, Norway. The church is part of the Church of Norway and it belongs to the deanery of Ring ...

(''Sollihøgda kapell'') dates from 1911. The wooden church has 100 seats. It was designed by the architect Herman Major Backer (1856–1932).

Notable residents

Olav Thon Olav Thon (born 29 June 1923) is a Norwegian real estate developer and listed in the ''Forbes'' list of billionaires as the 198th richest person in the world with a net worth of $6 billion as of March 2013. He is Norway's richest person a ...

- Norwegian real estate developer

References

External links

Sollihøgda kapell
Villages in Buskerud Hole, Norway {{buskerud-geo-stub