Ringerike kommune

County	Buskerud
District	Ringerike
Municipality	NO-0605
Administrative centre	Hønefoss
Mayor (2003)	Kolbjørn Kværum (Ap)
Official language form	Bokmål
Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage	Ranked 47 1,552 km² 1,423 km² 0.48 %
Population  - Total (2004)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  - Density	Ranked 26 28,060 0.61 % 2.4 % 20/km²
Coordinates	60°12′N 10°9′E
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Ringerike is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway. The town of Hønefoss is the administrative center. Ringerike is bordered on the north by Sør-Aurdal and Søndre Land, on the east by Gran, Jevnaker, Lunner and Oslo, in the south by Bærum, Hole and Modum, and in the west by Krødsherad and Flå. Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke; until 1918 known as singular and plural- amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ... Hønefoss is a town in Norway, administratively part of, and also centre of, the municipality Ringerike. ... County Oppland District Valdres Municipality NO-0540 Administrative centre Bagn Mayor (2003) Knut Torgersen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 93 1,109 km² 1,071 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Land Municipality NO-0536 Administrative centre Hov Mayor (2003) Reidar Eriksen (Søndre Land Bygdeliste) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 150 728 km² 659 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Hadeland Municipality NO-0534 Administrative centre Jaren Mayor (2003) Rigmor Aasrud (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 143 758 km² 658 km² 0. ... County Oppland District Hadeland Municipality NO-0532 Administrative centre Jevnaker Mayor (2003) Hilde Brørby Fivelsdal (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 317 224 km² 195 km² 0. ... County Oppland Landscape Hadeland Municipality NO-0533 Administrative centre Roa Mayor (2003) Harald N. Nessjøen (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 281 292 km² 272 km² 0. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... View of most of Bærum from Holmenkollen in Oslo County Akershus District Viken Municipality NO-0209 Administrative centre Sandvika Mayor (2005) Odd Reinsfelt (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 334 192 km² 189 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Ringerike Municipality NO-0612 Administrative centre Røyse Mayor (2003) Per R. Berger (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 329 198 km² 134 km² 0. ... County Buskerud District Municipality NO-0623 Administrative centre Vikersund Mayor (2003) Odd Flattum (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 204 515 km² 463 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Municipality NO-0622 Administrative centre Noresund Mayor (2003) Olav Skinnes (Tverrpolitisk bygdeliste) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 248 375 km² 340 km² 0. ... County Buskerud District Hallingdal Municipality NO-0615 Administrative centre FlÃ¥ Mayor (2003) Hans Bekken (FlÃ¥ Bygdeliste) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 159 704 km² 670 km² 0. ...

The traditional district of Ringerike

The name Ringerike is also used to mean the whole traditional district of Ringerike. Historic Ringerike includes not just the modern municipality of Ringerike but also Hole and (sometimes) the eastern parts of Modum and Krødsherad. Norway may be divided into a number of traditional districts. ... County Buskerud Landscape Ringerike Municipality NO-0612 Administrative centre Røyse Mayor (2003) Per R. Berger (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 329 198 km² 134 km² 0. ... County Buskerud District Municipality NO-0623 Administrative centre Vikersund Mayor (2003) Odd Flattum (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 204 515 km² 463 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Municipality NO-0622 Administrative centre Noresund Mayor (2003) Olav Skinnes (Tverrpolitisk bygdeliste) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 248 375 km² 340 km² 0. ...

There are many archaeological remains in the area, dating from the earliest times as well as from the medieval period. Ringerike has been mentioned in Norwegian history since the earliest times. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ...

In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, the landscape was a petty kingdom, the Norwegian word rike meaning "kingdom". The Viking Age is the name of the period between 793 and 1066 AD in Scandinavia and Britain, following the Germanic Iron Age (and the Vendel Age in Sweden). ... Harald Fairhair or Harald Finehair (Old Norse:Haraldr hinn hárfagri, Icelandic:Haraldur hinn hárfagri, Norwegian:Harald Hårfagre) (c. ...

History

Ringerike was, according to Norse tradition, named for the Hringari tribe^{[citation needed]}. It was located to the north of modern Oslo. Sigurd Hjort Helgasson, a king of Ringerike, was the father of Ragnhild, the mother of Harald Harfargr, unifier of Norway. Following Harald's consolodation of Norway in the late 800s, the kingdom appears to have been ruled by a series of local jarls and client kings. One, Harald's son Halfdan Haleg, met his end in Orkney at the hands of Jarl Turf-Einar, who reputedly performed the blood-eagle on him. A later subking of Ringerike, Sigurd Syr, was the father of Harald Hardråde. The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... Sigurd Hart or Sigurd Hjort was a legendary king of Ringerike in Norway, who appears in Ragnarssona þáttr and in Halfdan the Blacks saga. ... Harald Fairhair or Harald Finehair (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri, Norwegian: Harald HÃ¥rfagre), (c. ... Jarl is the Scandinavian language cognate of Earl. ... Einar Ragnvaldson, Turf-Einar (d. ... The Blood Eagle was reportedly a method of torture and execution that is sometimes mentioned in old Icelandic Viking sagas. ... Sigurd Syr Halfdansson (c. ... Harald III Sigurdsson (1015 - 1066), later surnamed Harald Hardraada (Norse: Harald Harðráði, roughly translated as Harald the ruthless) was the king of Norway from 1046 until 1066, and the half brother of Olaf II. He shared power with the son of Olaf II, Magnus I, until after King...

Ringerike is famous for two agriculture products; Ringerike potato (Ringerikspotet) and Ringerike pea (Ringeriksert). Ringerike pea has obtained PDO (protected designation of origin). The Ringerike potato has applied for the same protection, and is waiting for the result from the Agriculture department.

Born in Ringerike

 Jens Aabel, started production of Ringerike potato ca. 1867. 

• Lars Berger, Norwegian biathlete
• Frode Andresen, Norwegian biathlete
• Erik Hagen, Norwegian soccer player

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Municipalities of Buskerud

Drammen | Flesberg | Flå | Gol | Hemsedal | Hol | Hole | Hurum | Kongsberg | Krødsherad | Lier | Modum | Nedre Eiker | Nes | Nore og Uvdal | Ringerike | Rollag | Røyken | Sigdal | Øvre Eiker | Ål Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... Buskerud is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... County Buskerud District Municipality NO-0602 Administrative centre Drammen Mayor (2003) Tore Opdal Hansen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 366 137 km² 135 km² 0. ... County Buskerud District Numedal Municipality NO-0631 Administrative centre Lampeland Mayor (2003) Egil LanggÃ¥rd (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 190 562 km² 538 km² 0. ... County Buskerud District Hallingdal Municipality NO-0615 Administrative centre FlÃ¥ Mayor (2003) Hans Bekken (FlÃ¥ Bygdeliste) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 159 704 km² 670 km² 0. ... The municipality Gol in the county of Buskerud, Norway, has 4,415 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... County Buskerud District Hallingdal Municipality NO-0618 Administrative centre Hemsedal Mayor (2003) Oddvar Grøthe (Sp) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 145 753 km² 711 km² 0. ... Hol is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway, has 4,578 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... County Buskerud Landscape Ringerike Municipality NO-0612 Administrative centre Røyse Mayor (2003) Per R. Berger (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 329 198 km² 134 km² 0. ... County Buskerud District Municipality NO-0628 Administrative centre Klokkarstua Mayor (2003) Roger Ryberg (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 354 163 km² 156 km² 0. ... Kongsberg (lit. ... County Buskerud Landscape Municipality NO-0622 Administrative centre Noresund Mayor (2003) Olav Skinnes (Tverrpolitisk bygdeliste) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 248 375 km² 340 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Municipality NO-0626 Administrative centre Lier Mayor (2003) Ulla Nævestad (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 277 301 km² 281 km² 0. ... County Buskerud District Municipality NO-0623 Administrative centre Vikersund Mayor (2003) Odd Flattum (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 204 515 km² 463 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Eiker Municipality NO-0625 Administrative centre Mjøndalen Mayor (2003) Rolf Bergersen (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 369 122 km² 114 km² 0. ... The municipality Nes in the county of Buskerud, Norway, has 3,479 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Nore og Uvdal in the county of Buskerud, Norway, has 2,754 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... The municipality Rollag in the county of Buskerud, Norway, has 1,477 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ... County Buskerud Landscape Municipality NO-0627 Administrative centre Røyken Mayor (2003) Rune Kjølstad (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 378 113 km² 111 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Municipality NO-0621 Administrative centre Prestfoss Mayor (2003) Knut Tore Eidal (Sp) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 130 842 km² 811 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Eiker Municipality NO-0624 Administrative centre Hokksund Mayor (2003) Anders B. Werp (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 223 457 km² 418 km² 0. ... County Buskerud Landscape Hallingdal Municipality NO-0619 Administrative centre Ã…l Mayor (2003) Torleif T. Dalseide (V) Official language form Nynorsk Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 85 1,171 km² 1,081 km² 0. ...