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is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

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in Akershus

Akershus

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and ?stfold; it has also a short border with Sweden . Akershus is the second largest county by population after Oslo, with more than half a million inhabitants....
county

Counties of Norway

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, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town

List of cities in Norway

This is a list of cities in Norway.The Norwegian name for city is by. Cities were formerly categorized as kj?pstad or ladested , each with special city rights....
of Sandvika

Sandvika

is the administrative centre of the municipality of B?rum in Norway. It was declared a List of cities in Norway by the municipal council in B?rum on 4 June 2003....
. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norway local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Charles XIV John of Sweden on 14 January 1837....
). A suburb of Oslo

Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
, Bærum is located on the coast west of the city. Bærum is noted for being the most affluent and expensive of Norwegian municipalities, the suburb west of Oslo has a very posh image, and residents are often stereotyped as upper class

Upper class

The upper class is a concept in sociology that refers to the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. Members of an upper class often have great power over the allocation of resources and governmental policy in their area....
.

name (Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Bergheimr) is composed of berg which means "mountain

Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
" and heim
Heim

Heim is the Germany equivalent of the English word home. It is a common German and Norwegian Affix in place names , and may refer to:* Heim, Norway, a village and former municipality in S?r-Tr?ndelag county...
r which means "homestead

Homestead

Homestead may refer to:...
" or "farm

Farm

A farm is an area of land, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibers and, increasingly, fuel....
".

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is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Akershus

Akershus

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

List of cities in Norway

This is a list of cities in Norway.The Norwegian name for city is by. Cities were formerly categorized as kj?pstad or ladested , each with special city rights....
of Sandvika

Sandvika

Formannskapsdistrikt

Oslo

Upper class

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Name

The name (Old Norse

Old Norse

Mountain

Homestead

Homestead may refer to:...
" or "farm

Farm

A farm is an area of land, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibers and, increasingly, fuel....
". It has probably originally belonged to a farm located at the base of the prominent mountain of Kolsås

Kolsås

Kols?s is a wooded mountain ridge in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Geologically, Kols?s belongs to the Oslo Graben area. Its two peaks consist of hard rhomb porphyry lava covering softer rocks, forming steep cliffs to the east, south and west....
. In Old Norse times, the municipality was often called Bergheimsherað meaning "the herað (parish/ district) of Bergheimr".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times. They were granted on 9 January 1976. The arms show an old silver-colored lime kiln on a green background. This was an important aspect of the local economy from the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
until around 1800. There are still some original ovens visible in the municipality.

History

The area known today as Bærum was a fertile agricultural area as far back as the Bronze Age

Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is, with respect to a given prehistory, the period in that society when the most advanced metalworking included smelting copper and tin from naturally-occurring outcroppings of copper and tin ores, creating a bronze alloy by melting those metals together, and casting them into bronze artifact s....
, and several archeological finds stem from the Iron Age

Iron Age

In archaeology, the Iron Age was the stage in the development of any people in which tools and weapons whose main ingredient was iron were prominent....
. The first mention of the name is from the saga

Saga

Saga may refer to:...
of Sverre of Norway

Sverre of Norway

Sverre Sigurdsson was king of Norway from 1184 to 1202. He married Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway, the daughter of the Swedish king Eric IX of Sweden, by whom he had the daughter Kristina of Norway....
, from about 1200. There are ruins of stone churches from the 1100s at Haslum

Haslum

Haslum is a district in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Its population is 6,041.It is served by the rail stations Gj?nnes , Haslum and Avl?s on the Kols?s Line....
and Tanum

Tanum, Norway

Tanum is a district in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Its population is 2,751.References...
.

The pilgrim road to Trondheim

Trondheim

is a city and Municipalities of Norway in S?r-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. The city of Trondheim was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ....
that was established after 1030 went through Bærum, and there is evidence that lime kilns were in use in the area in 850. There were shipping ports for the quicklime

Calcium oxide

Calcium oxide , commonly known as burnt lime, Lime or quicklime, is a widely used chemical compound. It is a white, Caustic and alkaline crystalline solid at room temperature....
at Slependen and Sandvika

Sandvika

is the administrative centre of the municipality of B?rum in Norway. It was declared a List of cities in Norway by the municipal council in B?rum on 4 June 2003....
. The lime kiln is the main motif for the municipality's coat of arms.

In the 1600s, iron ore

Iron ore

Iron ores are Rock and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in colour from dark grey, bright yellow, deep purple, to rusty red....
was discovered in Bærum and the ironworks

Ironworks

An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelting and where heavy iron and/or steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e....
at Bærums Verk

Bærums Verk

B?rums Verk is a village in B?rum in Akershus, Norway, with a population of about 8000. It is located on both sides of the river Lomma. It was named after the iron foundry that was built by Paul Smelter during the 1700s to produce cannon shells....
were founded. Industries such as paper mill

Paper mill

A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from Wood_pulp and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier Machine or similar apparatus. It is a common misconception that paper mills are sources of odors....
s, nail factories, sawmill

Sawmill

A sawmill is a facility where logging are cut into lumbers....
s, glasswork

Glassblowing

Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating the molten glass into a bubble, or parison, with the aid of the blowpipe, or blow tube....
s, and brickworks

Brickworks

A brickworks also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock often with a quarry for clay on site....
were established along the rivers Lysakerelven

Lysakerelven

Lysakerelven is a river in Norway that forms the boundary between the municipalities of the capital city of Oslo and B?rum.The river by this name has its source in Bogstadvannet, though the source is further up, at Langlivann, and S?ndre and Nordre Heggelivann in Oslomarka, the forests surrounding Oslo....
and Sandvikselva

Sandvikselva

Sandvikselva, formerly known as L?xa, is a river in B?rum, Norway, originating at the intersection of the two rivers Lomma and Isielva at W?yen....
in the following centuries. There were orchard

Orchard

An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs maintained for food agriculture. Orchards comprise fruit tree or nut -producing trees grown for commercial production....
s and other agricultural concerns throughout the area, remnants of which still exist today.

A number of artists established themselves in Bærum, particularly around the art school run by Johan Fredrik Eckersberg. Among the artists who did much of their work in Bærum are Frits Thaulow

Frits Thaulow

Frits Thaulow was a Norwegian impressionist painter.Born in Christiania, Thaulow was educated at the Academy of Art in Copenhagen in 1870-72, and in the following years 1873-75 he was under the tuition of Hans Gude at the Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe....
, Christian Skredsvig

Christian Skredsvig

Christian Skredsvig was a Norwegian painter and writer.Christian Skredsvig was born in Modum, Buskerud in 1854. When he was 15 years old he became a pupil at the Eckersberg drawing and paint school in Christiania ....
, Harriet Backer

Harriet Backer

Harriet Backer was a Norway Painting who achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally....
, Kitty Lange Kielland

Kitty Lange Kielland

Kitty Lange Kielland was a Norwegian landscape painter....
, Otto Sinding

Otto Sinding

Otto Ludvig Sinding was a Norway Painting and the older brother of the sculptor Stephan Sinding and the composer Christian Sinding.Otto Sinding went to art school in Oslo and continued his studies under Hans Gude at the Baden School of Art in Karlsruhe, Germany....
, Eilif Pettersen, Gerhardt Munthe, and Erik Werenskiold

Erik Werenskiold

Erik Theodor Werenskiold was a Norway Painting and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for thePeter Christen Asbj?rnsen and J?rgen Engebretsen Moe collection of Norske Folkeeventyr, and his illustrations for the Norwegian edition of the Snorri Sturlason Heimskringla....
.

Starting in the mid-20th century, Bærum's agricultural base gradually gave way to residential construction. Still, only a third of the area, , is built up for residential use; over half is productive forestry; and nearly is still agricultural.

Geography

The physical geography of Bærum is dominated by a craggy coastline along the Oslofjord

Oslofjord

The Oslofjord is a bay in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbj?rnskj?r fyrstasjon and F?rder lighthouses and down to Langesund in the south to Oslo in the north....
and inland, hilly areas rising to the north and east, where there are large forested areas. The mountain of Kolsås

Kolsås

Kols?s is a wooded mountain ridge in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Geologically, Kols?s belongs to the Oslo Graben area. Its two peaks consist of hard rhomb porphyry lava covering softer rocks, forming steep cliffs to the east, south and west....
forms a natural center, but the municipality also includes the secluded valley of Lommedalen

Lommedalen

Lommedalen is a picturesque, rural community in a small valley in B?rum municipality, in the county of Akershus, Norway. The population is about 3000 people....
. Four major rivers flow through the municipality: Lysakerelven

Lysakerelven

Sandvikselva

Sandvikselva, formerly known as L?xa, is a river in B?rum, Norway, originating at the intersection of the two rivers Lomma and Isielva at W?yen....
, Lomma, and Øverlandselva

Øverlandselva

?verlandselva is a river that flows through B?rum, Norway. It flows into the eastern side of Engervannet in Blommenholm....
, and there are numerous lakes, both in residential and forested areas. The official municipality flower is Anemone ranunculoides
Anemone ranunculoides

Anemone ranunculoides, the yellow anemone, yellow wood anemone or buttercup anemone, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant that grows in forests across most of Continental Europe, and less frequently in the Mediterranean region....
.

The geology

Geology

Geology is the science and study of the solid and liquid matter that constitute the Earth. The field of geology encompasses the study of the composition, structural geology, physical properties, dynamics, and History of the Earth of Earth materials, and the processes by which they are formed, moved, and changed....
of Bærum also offers some of the best examples of the distinct diversity of the Oslo region's rocks, formations, and fossil finds.

Bærum's forested surroundings offer great opportunities for outdoor activities, such as skiing

Skiing

Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
, hiking

Hiking

Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often on trail. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous :Category:Hiking organizations worldwide....
, and fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
. Inhabitants are generally eager to use "Marka

Marka, Oslo

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, Norway, Ringerike, Jevnaker, Lunner, Nittedal, B?rum, Asker, and other municipalities in Oppland and Akershus counties....
", a popular name for the forest belt which starts at Vestmarka, continues through Kroksskogen, Bærumsmarka, Nordmarka, and Lillomarka and ends up at Østmarka

Østmarka

?stmarka is a forested area to the east of Oslo and part of the congregation of woodland areas known as Oslomarka. The area is situated within the municipalities Oslo, L?renskog, R?lingen and Enebakk....
. Lillomarka, Østmarka and parts of Nordmarka belongs to Oslo

Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
. Marka is an area where cars and motorized vehicles are not allowed. The gravel roads through Marka is closed with gates, but there are large car parking areas outside the gates. These car parks are often very full during the weekends.

Economy

Bærum's industrial base has since the 1950s given way to service industries, including retailing, engineering, public services, etc. It derives much of its tax base by being a bedroom community

Commuter town

A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commuting out to earn their livelihood. Many commuter towns act as Suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns....
to Oslo. It is one of the most affluent areas in Norway.

Two of Norway's busiest highways (E18

European route E18

File:Blank map of Europe cropped - E18.svgEuropean route E18 runs from Craigavon in the United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg in Russia, passing through Norway, Sweden, and Finland....
and E16

European route E16

E 16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland and Norway, from Derry to Oslo, via Glasgow, Edinburgh, by ferry to Bergen, Norway, Voss, L?rdal, through the L?rdalstunnelen, over Filefjell to Fagernes, H?nefoss and ends in Sandvika, just outside Oslo....
) and one railroad traverse the municipality. There has been considerable development of office parks along E18, especially around Lysaker

Lysaker

Lysaker is a section of and a postal code area of the Norway Municipalities of Norway of B?rum, just west of Oslo.Geographically, it is bordered by Lysakerelven on the east, which also forms the border to Oslo; Fornebu to the south; Stabekk to the west; and Jar, Norway to the north....
in the last 20-30 years, reducing some of the pressure on downtown areas of Oslo.

Demographics

Bærum is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Norway. Along the E18 highway, the residential area is continuous

Conurbation

A conurbation is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area....
with Oslo and continues with some interruption through to the neighboring municipality of Asker

Asker

Asker is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Viken Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Asker....
.

Bærum is also the most affluent of Norwegian municipalities, with average per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
(2002 figures) of NOK

Norwegian krone

The krone is the currency of Norway. The plural form is kroner. It is subdivided into 100 ?re . The ISO 4217 code is NOK, although the common local abbreviation is kr....
370,800; compared with the national average of NOK 262,800. It also has the highest level of education nationwide.

Administratively, Bærum is divided into 22 sections. The population for each section on 1 January 2005 was:

Østerås-Eiksmarka
Eiksmarka

Eiksmarka is a suburb of the Norwegian municipality of B?rum with ca. 4.000 inhabitants, just west of Oslo. It is served by Eiksmarka .It is an affluent area in the most expensive part of B?rum, north of the borough of Jar ....
: 3927
Hosle
Hosle

Hosle is a district in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Its population is 5,713.References...
north : 2973
Voll : 4896
Grav
Grav

Grav is a district in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Mainly a residential area, the population is 4,463.References...
: 5624
Hosle
Hosle

Hosle is a district in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Its population is 5,713.References...
south : 4677
Jar
Jar, Norway

Jar is a district in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Its population is 4,868.It is served by the rail station Jar on the Kols?s Line....
: 5793
Lysaker
Lysaker

Lysaker is a section of and a postal code area of the Norway Municipalities of Norway of B?rum, just west of Oslo.Geographically, it is bordered by Lysakerelven on the east, which also forms the border to Oslo; Fornebu to the south; Stabekk to the west; and Jar, Norway to the north....
: 3439
Snarøya
Snarøya

Snar?ya is a populated peninsula in the inner Oslofjord in Norway. A suburb of Oslo, administratively and geographically it belongs to B?rum municipality in Akershus county....
: 2807
Stabekk
Stabekk

Stabekk is a suburban centre in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Mainly a residential area, the population is 6,261.Stabekk has a commercial district, roughly divided into ?vre Stabekk and Nedre Stabekk, separated by a hill....
: 6261
Høvik
Høvik

H?vik is a suburban centre in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Mainly a residential area, the population is 4,172.H?vik has a church, a small shopping area and a train station served by Drammensbanen....
: 4172
Løkeberg
Løkeberg

L?keberg is a district in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Its population is 4,568.References...
-Blommenholm
Blommenholm

Blommenholm is a district in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Its population is 2,936.It is served by the train station Blommenholm Station on the Drammen Line....
: 6863
Haslum
Haslum

Haslum is a district in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Its population is 6,041.It is served by the rail stations Gj?nnes , Haslum and Avl?s on the Kols?s Line....
: 5286

East Bærumsmarka : 1936

Sandvika

is the administrative centre of the municipality of B?rum in Norway. It was declared a List of cities in Norway by the municipal council in B?rum on 4 June 2003....
-Valler : 4742

Jong

Jong, Norway

Jong is a district in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Mainly a residential area, the population is 4,778.This residential area is located west of the city Sandvika, on top of the hill Jongs?sen....
: 2762

Slependen-Tanum

Tanum, Norway

Tanum is a district in the municipality of B?rum, Norway. Its population is 2,751.References...
: 7005

Dønski-Rud : 3186

Kolsås

Rykkinn

Rykkinn is a dormitory town in the north-west of B?rum with about 10,000-15,000 inhabitants. It is located between Kols?s and the area of Skui and V?yenenga....
: 8971

Kirkerud-Sollihøgda

Sollihøgda

Sollih?gda is a village in Hole, Norway municipality, Norway.The European route E16 passes here. From Sollih?gda go several routes of skiing into the wooden area....
: 3449

Bærums Verk

Lommedalen

Lommedalen is a picturesque, rural community in a small valley in B?rum municipality, in the county of Akershus, Norway. The population is about 3000 people....
: 3064

N/A : 107

Notable residents

Finn Alnæs
Finn Alnæs

Finn Aln?s was a Norway novelist. He made his literary debut with the novel Koloss .Aln?s was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1968 for the novel Gemini....
(1932–1991), writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
Harriet Backer
Harriet Backer

Harriet Backer was a Norway Painting who achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally....
(1845–1932), painter
Herman Bang
Herman Bang

Herman Joachim Bang was a Danish writer and one of the men of the Modern Break-Through.Bang was born of a noble family on the small Danish island of Als Island, the son of a South Jutlandic vicar , but his family history was struck by insanity and diseases....
(1857–1912), Danish writer
List of Danish authors

Notable Danish authors*Hans Christian Andersen*Herman Bang*Karen Blixen *Anders Bodelsen*Georg Brandes*Stig Dalager*Karl Gjellerup*Me?r Aron Goldschmidt...
Jo Benkow
Jo Benkow

Jo Benkow is a Norway politician and writer, notable for being an important person in the Conservative Party of Norway, and the President of the Parliament 1985-1993....
(born 1924), politician
Politician

A politician is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed....
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Gro Harlem Brundtland

is a Norway politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She is a former Prime Minister of Norway, and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization....
(born 1939), politician and former prime minister
Hans Petter Buraas
Hans Petter Buraas

Hans Petter Buraas is a Norway Alpine skiing. He won the slalom gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He has raced 10 seasons in the Alpine skiing World Cup , and he obtained one victory in a Alpine skiing World Cup competition....
(born 1975), Alpine skier
Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long skis attached to each foot. Alpine skiing takes place at specially developed ski resorts where trees are cut, slopes are manipulated, snow is groomed & avalanches controlled to facilitate the activity....
Ivo Caprino
Ivo Caprino

Ivo Caprino was a Norway film director and writer, best known for his puppet films. His most famous film is Fl?klypa Grand Prix , made in 1975....
(1920–2001), filmmaker
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen

Magnus ?en Carlsen is a Norway chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy.On 26 April 2004 Carlsen became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 27 days, the third Chess prodigy#List of youngest grandmasters in history....
(born 1990), chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
player
Harald Eia
Harald Eia

'Harald Meldal Eia' is a Norway comedian. Together with B?rd Tufte Johansen, he has been author of, and participated in, several successful Norsk Rikskringkasting comedy TV series, such as Lille L?rdag , ?pen Post , Uti v?r hage , Team Antonsen and Tre br?dre som ikke er br?dre , as well as the radio comedy shows Herreav...
(born 1966), comedian
Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
Kjell Hallbing
Kjell Hallbing

Kjell Hallbing was a Norway author of Western .Under the pseudonym Louis Masterson, he wrote a series of books about the fictitious Texas Ranger Morgan Kane during 1966-1978....
(1934–2004), writer
Arnold Haukeland, sculptor
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
Kitty Lange Kielland
Kitty Lange Kielland

Kitty Lange Kielland was a Norwegian landscape painter....
(1845–1932), painter
Claude Monet
Claude Monet

Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet was a founder of French impressionism painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting....
(1840–1926), painter, stayed in Sandvika for two months in the winter of 1895. His most famous painting from his stay is probably one of Sandvika featuring the Løkke bridge, with Kolsås in the background.
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norway explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner....
(1861–1930), zoologist
Zoology

Zoology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of animals. The most common pronunciation of "zoology" is ; however, an alternative pronunciation is ....
, polar explorer, humanist
Eilif Peterssen (1852–1928), painter
Vebjørn Sand
Vebjørn Sand

Vebj?rn Sand is a Norway painter and artist. He is known for his paintings as well as his public arts projects, such as the Vebj?rn Sand Da Vinci Project, and the Kepler star monument at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen....
(born 1966), artist
Jan Tore Sanner
Jan Tore Sanner

Jan Tore Sanner is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party of Norway.He was elected to the Storting from Akershus in 1993, and was re-elected on three occasions....
(born 1965), politician
Anita Skorgan
Anita Skorgan

Anita Skorgan is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was once married to Jahn Teigen, another successful Norwegian singer-songwriter. Together they have a daughter....
(born 1958), singer
Bjørn Einar Romøren
Bjørn Einar Romøren

Bj?rn Einar Rom?ren is a Norwegian people ski jumper representing Hosle I.L. in B?rum. His first World Cup victory came in Bischofshofen, Austria during the Four Hills Tournament in January 2003....
(born 1981), ski jumper
Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down an "inrun" with a take-off ramp , attempting to go as far as possible. In addition to the length that skiers jump, judges give points for style....

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned

Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
with Bærum: - Frederiksberg, Region Hovedstaden

Region Hovedstaden

Region Hovedstaden is an administrative Regions of Denmark of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties of Denmark with five larger regions....
, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
- Hafnarfjörður

Hafnarfjörður

Hafnarfj?r?ur or Hafnarfjordur is a port city located on the south-west coast of Iceland, about 10 km south of Reykjav?k. It is the third most populous city in Iceland, after Reykjav?k and K?pavogur, with a population of 25,434....
, Iceland

Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
- Hämeenlinna

Hämeenlinna

H?meenlinna is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia in the south of Finland....
, Etelä-Suomi

Southern Finland

The Province of Southern Finland is a Provinces of Finland of Finland. It borders the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also borders the Gulf of Finland and Russia....
, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
- Tartu

Tartu

For the French captain, see Jean-Fran?ois TartuTartu is the second largest city of Estonia. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural hub, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned University of Tartu....
, Tartu County, Estonia

Estonia

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- Uppsala

Uppsala

Uppsala is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth largest Cities of Sweden of Sweden with 128,409 inhabitants.Located about 70 km north of the capital Stockholm, it is also the seat of the Uppsala municipality ....
, Uppsala län

Uppsala County

Uppsala County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Stockholm County, S?dermanland County, V?stmanland County, G?vleborg County, and the Baltic Sea....
, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....

External links

from Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway is the Norway statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1000, Statistics Norway releases more than 800 Norwegian statistical publications every year on its web site....
[https://www.baerum.kommune.no/Documents/Administrasjon%20og%20st%C3%B8tte/Informasjonsavdelingen/Brosjyrer/baerumbrosjyre%20engelsk.pdf Tourist information from the municipality of Bærum]
(local newspaper for Asker and Bærum)