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Flesberg is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lampeland.
The economy of Flesberg is dominated by forestry and agriculture, as well as the cluster of high-tech industries in neighbouring Kongsberg.




General information






= Etymology

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The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Flesberg farm (Old Norse: Flesberg), since the first church was built here. The first element is fles which means "rock" and the last element is berg which means "mountain".




= Coat-of-arms

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The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 10 March 1989. The arms show two tømmerklaver to represent forestry – and also the letter F.




History



Flesberg Stave Church was built around the year 1250. After reconstruction in 1735, the church conformed with cruciform plan. The municipality of Flesberg was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area of Jondalen was transferred from Flesberg to the neighboring municipality of Kongsberg on 1 January 1964.




Geography


The municipality is divided into the parishes Flesberg, Lyngdal, and Svene. Most of the population lives in the four villages of Svene, Lampeland, Flesberg, and Lyngdal. The municipal area is 560 square kilometres (220 sq mi).
In the western part of Flesberg, the landscape rises steeply to the mountain area of Blefjell, a popular tourist destination.




Demographics






Notable people


Finn Qvale (1873–1955) a military officer, cartographer and sports official
Jul Låg (1915-2000) a scientist and soil researcher
Hallvard Bakke (born 1943) a Norwegian politician




Sister cities


The following cities are twinned with Flesberg:

- Falkenberg, Halland County, Sweden
- Fosston, Minnesota, United States
- Lejre, Region Sjælland, Denmark
- Savitaipale, Etelä-Suomi, Finland




References






External links



Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Buskerud travel guide from Wikivoyage

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Øvre Eiker
• Buskerud
• Flesberg
• Flesberg Stave Church
• Numedal
• Buskerud
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• Rollag
• Sigdal
• List of churches in Tunsberg
• Numedalslågen
• Fantoft Stave Church