Flesberg

Flesberg is a municipality in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lampeland.

Flesberg kommune
Municipality
Flesberg Council Offices at Lampeland
Coat of arms
Viken within
Norway
Flesberg within Viken
Coordinates: 59°50′52″N 9°28′56″E
CountryNorway
CountyViken
DistrictNumedal
Administrative centreLampeland
Government
 • Mayor (2003)Egil Langgård (Ap)
Area
 • Total562 km2 (217 sq mi)
 • Land538 km2 (208 sq mi)
Area rank190 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total2,512
 • Rank302 in Norway
 • Density5/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
0.2%
Demonym(s)Flesberging[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3050
Official language formBokmål[2]
Websitewww.flesberg.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

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

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".[3]

Coat-of-arms

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.[4]

History
Flesberg Stave Church

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.[5]

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.

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Flesberg by country of origin in 2017[6]
Ancestry Number
 Lithuania49
 Somalia46
 Poland35
 Eritrea34
 Latvia16

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:[7]

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Haugen, Einar (1967) Norwegian-English Dictionary (University of Wisconsin Press) ISBN 978-0-299-03874-8
  4. "Aktuelt" (in Norwegian). Flesberg kommune. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  5. "Flesberg stavkirke". Kunsthistorie. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  6. "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  7. "Flesbergs vennskapskommuner" (in Norwegian). Flesberg kommune. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
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