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is a 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....
and 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 Buskerud

Buskerud

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen....
county

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

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is located at the southern end of the traditional region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
of Numedal

Numedal

Numedal is a traditional district in south-eastern Norway. Numedal, running mainly north-to-south, extends from Kongsberg in the south to R?dberg in the north....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsberg.

The town was founded in 1624 under the name Konings Bierg by Danish-Norwegian king Christian IV

Christian IV of Denmark

Christian IV was the king of Denmark and Norway from 1588 until his death. He is sometimes referred to as Christian Firtal in Denmark and Christian Kvart or Quart in Norway....
as a mining

Mining

Mining is the extraction of value minerals or other geology materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, Sodium chloride and potash....
community. It was granted its royal charter

Royal Charter

A royal charter is a charter granted by a Monarch to create institutions or other forms of incorporated bodies . In the United Kingdom legal tradition a royal charter is in the form of letters patent....
of trade—amounting to official township

Market town

Market town or market right is a law term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host Market, distinguishing them from villages and city....
—in 1802. The municipality of Kongsberg was established 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....
).

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is a 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....
and 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 Buskerud

Buskerud

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen....
county

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

Districts of Norway

Numedal

Christian IV of Denmark

Christian IV was the king of Denmark and Norway from 1588 until his death. He is sometimes referred to as Christian Firtal in Denmark and Christian Kvart or Quart in Norway....
as a mining

Mining

Royal Charter

Market town

Formannskapsdistrikt

Ytre Sandsvær

Ytre Sandsv?r is a former municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.It was created when Sandsv?r was split into Ytre and ?vre Sandsv?r on 1 January 1908....
and Øvre Sandsvær

Øvre Sandsvær

?vre Sandsv?r is a former municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.It was created when Sandsv?r was split into ?vre and Ytre Sandsv?r on 1 January 1908....
were merged into the municipality of Kongsberg on 1 January 1964.

Today, Kongsberg is perhaps best known for being the home of Norway's major defense contractor

Defense contractor

A defense contractor is a business organization or individual that provides Product s or Service to a defense department of a government. Products typically include military aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and Electronic Systems....
, Kongsberg Gruppen

Kongsberg Gruppen

Kongsberg Gruppen is Norway's major defence contractor and maritime automation supplier, located in and named after former mining town Kongsberg....
, formerly Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk. One of its products was the Kongsberg Colt

Kongsberg Colt

The Kongsberg Colt is a name used for Colt's Manufacturing Company M1911 Colt pistol pistols produced under license by the Norwegian factory Kongsberg Gruppen....
.

General information

Name

The name Konings Bierg, a modern form Kongsberg, is based on the following two elements: the genitive case

Genitive case

In grammar, the genitive case or possessive case is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun but it can also indicate various relationships other than possession; certain verbs may take argument in the genitive case; and it may have adverbial uses ....
of konge which means "king

King

King is a title for a head of state.King may also refer to:...
" (referring to king Christian IV) and 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....
".

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 and was designed by Hallvard Tretteberg. They were granted on 25 August 1972. They are based upon the old seal for the city from 1689 which shows the Roman god

Roman mythology

Roman mythology, or more appropriately, Latin mythology, refers to the mythology beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Rome....
Janus

Janus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Janus was the God of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings and endings. His most prominent remnants in modern culture are his namesakes: the month of January, which begins the new year, and the janitor, who is a caretaker of doors and halls....
dressed as an emperor

Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
(to represent the king); the sword

Sword

A sword is a long, edged piece of metal, used as a cutting, thrusting, and clubbing weapon in many civilizations throughout the world. The word sword comes from the Old English language wikt:sweord, cognate to Old High German swert, Middle Dutch swaert, Old Norse sver? Old Frisian and Old Saxon swerd and Dutch langua...
and the pair of scales represents justice

Justice

Justice is the concept of morality rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, fairness and equity."...
. The color green represents the forests, silver represents the mountains, and gold represents wealth.

History

Kongsberg is particularly known for its old silver

Silver

Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal....
mines, from which roughly of silver was extracted between the discovery of silver ore

Ore

An ore is a type of Rock that contains minerals such as gemstones and metals that can be extracted through mining and refined for use. Samples of ore in the form of exceptionally beautiful crystals, exotic layering visible when sectioned or polished or metallic presentations such as large nuggets or crystalline formations of metals suc...
seams in 1623, and the last year of mining

Mining

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway, with a population of 252 051 as of January 1st, 2009. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county....
(and thus larger than today's capital, 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....
).

Following several hard years with reduced silver output from the mines, the war of 1807–1814, and a severe town fire in 1810 where 56 houses on the west side were destroyed, mining was complemented by the government establishing a defense industry

Defense industry

The defense industry, also called the military industry, comprises government and commerce industry involved in research, development, production, and service of military equipment and facilities....
in 1814. During peaceful times, the defense industry gradually evolved into many other kinds of high tech

High tech

High tech is technology that is at the state of the art?the most advanced technology currently available. The adjective form is hyphenated: high-tech or high-technology....
activities as well, now dominating the town's employment.

In 1987, however, the state-owned Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk

Kongsberg Gruppen

Kongsberg Gruppen is Norway's major defence contractor and maritime automation supplier, located in and named after former mining town Kongsberg....
suffered a major financial crisis as well as accusations of breaching the CoCom

CoCom

CoCom is an acronym for Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls. CoCom was established in 1947, during the Cold War, to put an embargo on Western exports to East Bloc countries....
rules by selling sensitive technology to the Soviet bloc

Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact was an organization of communist states in Central Europe and Eastern Europe. The treaty was signed in Warsaw, Poland on May 14, 1955 and official copies were made in Russian language, Polish language, Czech language and German language....
. As a result the company was split into several smaller units and partly sold to private investors. Today, the separate firms thrive as one of Norway's main high-tech industrial clusters, centering on the defence and maritime company Kongsberg Gruppen

Kongsberg Gruppen

Kongsberg Gruppen is Norway's major defence contractor and maritime automation supplier, located in and named after former mining town Kongsberg....
which is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange

Oslo Stock Exchange

The Oslo Stock Exchange serves as the main market for trading in the shares of Norwegian company . It opens at 9:00am and closes 5:30pm local time ....
.

Kongsberg is also home to the Mint

Mint (coin)

A mint is an industrial facility which manufacturing coins for currency.The history of mints correlates closely with the history of coins. One difference is that the history of the mint is normally related in a fashion that more closely ties to the political situation of an era....
of Norway , which exclusively makes Norwegian coins. It was established in 1686, and was renamed from the Royal Norwegian Mint in 2004 after having been sold to private investors (the Mint of 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....
and Norwegian company Samlerhuset) in 2003.

Geography

The neighbouring municipalities of Kongsberg are Flesberg

Flesberg

Flesberg is a Municipalities of Norway in Buskerud Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lampeland....
to the north; Øvre Eiker

Øvre Eiker

?vre Eiker is a Municipalities of Norway in Buskerud Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hokksund....
and Hof

Hof

Hof means "courtyard" but also "farm" or "Royal court" in German. In architecture, the word "Hof" denotes an area that is surrounded by buildings or walls....
to the east; Lardal

Lardal

Lardal is a Municipalities of Norway in Vestfold Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Svarstad....
, Siljan

Siljan, Norway

Siljan is a Municipalities of Norway in Telemark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Siljan....
, and Skien

Skien

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Telemark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Grenland....
to the south; and Sauherad

Sauherad

Sauherad is a Municipalities of Norway in Telemark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Akkerhaugen....
and Notodden

Notodden

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Telemark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of ?st-Telemark....
to the west. Of these, the two first lie in Buskerud county like Kongsberg, while Hof and Lardal lie in Vestfold

Vestfold

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in T?nsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates....
, and the others lie in Telemark

Telemark

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien.The county is located in southeastern Norway, extending from Hardangervidda to the Skagerrak coast....
. The town is divided by the river Numedalslågen

Numedalslågen

Numedalsl?gen is a river located in southeastern Norway. It stretches for over 250 kilometres through the counties of Vestfold and Buskerud, beginning at the Hardangervidda plateau and meeting the ocean at Larvik in Vestfold....
, which has three waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is usually a geology geologic formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a nickpoint, or sudden break in elevation....
s in the town itself.

Transportation

The main highways are the E134

European route E134

European highway E 134 goes through Norway, westwards from Haugesund, over the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. With the highest point at 1085 meters above sea level, the road is sensitive to snow conditions and foul weather during the winter season, during which the mountainous sections may be closed in short periods....
, crossing Kongsberg east to west (and connected to the 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....
to Oslo

Oslo

Norwegian national road

Norwegian national road , are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration which also maintains them. In 2007 there were 27,343 km of this class of Norwegian roads, which constituted 29.4% of public roads in Norway....
40 (Riksvei 40), going north to south. Sørlandsbanen railway line stops at Kongsberg station

Kongsberg Station

Kongsberg is a railway station located in downtown Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway located on S?rlandsbanen. The station is served by express trains to Kristiansand and is the terminal station of the local trains from Oslo and Eidsvoll....
, with connection to local and regional bus lines.

Culture

With the population increase during the town's silver mining heyday of the mid-sixteenth century came the need for a new church, which was built over a period 21 years and inaugurated in 1761. It has an austere red brick

Brick

A brick is a block of ceramic material used in masonry construction, usually laid using mortar ....
exterior, but a richly decorated baroque

Baroque

In the the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural Epoch , starting roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in Baroque sculpture, Baroque painting, literature, Baroque dance, and Baroque music....
interior including one-of-a-kind chandelier

Chandelier

A chandelier is a branched decorative ceiling-mounted light fixture with two or more arms bearing lights. Chandeliers are often ornate, containing dozens of lamp s and complex arrays of glass or crystal prisms to illuminate a room with refraction light....
s made at Nøstetangen Glass Works in neighbouring Hokksund

Hokksund

Hokksund is a town in the municipalities of Norway of ?vre Eiker in the counties of Norway of Buskerud in Norway. It is the administrative centre, and largest town in ?vre Eiker, with a population of around 8,000....
. Kongsberg Church remains one of the largest in Norway with a seating capacity

Seating capacity

Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, either in terms of the space available, or in terms of limitations set by law....
of 2,400.

The church's original baroque-era pipe organ

Pipe organ

The pipe organ is a keyboard musical instrument that produces sound by venting mechanically compressed air through resonant Organ pipe. Each pipe produces sound at one fixed pitch, so they are provided in sets or "ranks" with one pipe or more per note, each rank having a common timbre and loudness throughout....
, made by renowned German organ

Organ (music)

The organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard played either Manual or Pedal clavier. The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the European classical music....
builder Gottfried Heinrich Gloger in 1760–65, was fully restored by Jürgen Ahrend

Jürgen Ahrend

J?rgen Ahrend is a German organ builder famous for restoring instruments such as the Rysum organ and the Arp Schnitger organ in St. Jacobi, Hamburg as well as building original instruments....
in 1999–2000 and reopened to great fanfare in January 2001. With its 42 voices, it is the largest baroque organ in Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a historical and geographical subregion in northern Europe that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities also include Finland and some might even include Iceland....
. At the end of January each year, the Gloger Music Festival now draws a select crowd of artists and music lovers from all over the world.

Since 1964, Kongsberg has hosted Kongsberg Jazzfestival

Kongsberg Jazzfestival

Kongsberg Jazzfestival is an international jazz festival held annually in Kongsberg, Norway since 1964....
, an annual international jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
festival. Heavily sponsored by the local industry, prominent world acts such as BB King, Diana Krall

Diana Krall

Diana Jean Krall, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. She is known for her graceful contralto vocals....
, Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman is an United States saxophoneist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1950s and 1960s....
, Joshua Redman

Joshua Redman

Joshua Redman is an American jazz saxophone and composer who records for Nonesuch Records. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991....
and John Scofield

John Scofield

John Scofield is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham, Medeski Martin & Wood, George Duke, Jaco Pastorius, John Mayer , and many other important artists....
have played at the festival in recent years.

Kongsberg's most famous son is a-ha

A-ha

a-ha is a band from Norway. They initially rose to fame during the 1980s and have had continued success in the 1990s and 2000s.a-ha achieved their biggest success with their debut album and single in 1985....
singer, Morten Harket

Morten Harket

Morten Harket is the lead singer of the Norway synthpop band a-ha, who have released eight studio albums and topped the charts in several countries after their breakthrough hit "Take on Me" in 1985....
born in 1959. Morten partly grew up here. Kongsberg is also the hometown of composers and pianists Christian Sinding

Christian Sinding

Christian August Sinding was a Norway composer and the brother of the painter Otto Ludvig Sinding and the sculptor Stephan Sinding.He was born in Kongsberg and studied music first in Oslo before going to Germany, where he studied at the conservatory in Leipzig under Salomon Jadassohn and fell under the musical influences of Richard Wagne...
and Halfdan Cleve

Halfdan Cleve

Halfdan Cleve was a Norway composer, born and raised in Kongsberg. He lived some time in Germany. Some examples on his output as a composer are piano concertos, other piano works, and some chamber music....
, as well as pianist Håkon Austbø

Håkon Austbø

H?kon Austb? is a Norway European classical music pianist, born in Kongsberg. He is also a professor at the Amsterdam music school.Among Austb?'s recordings are works by Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin, Erik Satie, Johannes Brahms, Leo? Jan?cek , and Edvard Grieg ....
, jazz pianist

Jazz piano

Jazz piano is the use of an acoustic piano or electric piano as an improvising instrument in a jazz group or jazz fusion ensemble. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings....
Morten Qvenild and jazz guitar

Jazz guitar

The term jazz guitar may refer to either a type of guitar or to the variety of playing styles used in the various genres which are commonly termed "jazz." The guitar has a long history in jazz music, as both an ensemble and solo instrument....
ist Ivar Grydeland.

Sports

The town is known for many great 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....
s. Birger Ruud

Birger Ruud

Birger Ruud was a Norway ski jumper.Born in Kongsberg, Birger Ruud, with his brothers Sigmund Ruud and Asbj?rn Ruud, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning three FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 1931, 1935 and 1937....
and his two brothers, as well as many other townsmen, such as Petter Hugsted

Petter Hugsted

Petter Hugsted was a champion Norway Ski jumping. Born in Kongsberg, he won the Olympic gold medal in Ski Jumping in 1948 Winter Olympics at St....
, won numerous medals in Winter Olympics and other international championships in the 1930s and 1940s. Their medals and equipment can be seen at the Kongsberg Skiing Museum

Kongsberg Skiing Museum

Kongsberg Skiing Museum is a museum of skiing, located in Kongsberg, Norway. It was initially created by the two friends and well known ski jumpers, Birger Ruud and Petter Hugsted....
(Kongsberg Skimuseum) which is co-located with the Norwegian Mining Museum (Norsk Bergverksmuseum) in central Kongsberg. Inventor of the modern ski binding

Ski binding

In skiing, a ski binding is an attachment which anchors the ski boot to the ski. There are different types of bindings for different types of skiing:...
, Norwegian-American skier and Olympic skiing coach Hjalmar Hvam

Hjalmar Hvam

Hjalmar P. Hvam was a competitive Norway-United States nordic skiing and inventor of the first safety ski binding....
, was born in Kongsberg in 1902.

Recent winter sports athletes of the Kongsberg region include Olympic snowboarders Stine Brun Kjeldaas

Stine Brun Kjeldaas

Stine Brun Kjeldaas is a snowboarder from Kongsberg, Norway, now living in Oslo. She won a silver medal in the half-pipe at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, and also participated in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA....
and Halvor Lunn; cross-country ski

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles. It is popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe, Canada, Alaska and the Upper Midwest....
sprinter Børre Næss of the village Efteløt; and ski jumper Sigurd Pettersen

Sigurd Pettersen

Sigurd Pettersen is a Norway ski jumper . His greatest achievement is winning the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen in 2003....
of nearby municipality Rollag

Rollag

Rollag is a Municipalities of Norway in Buskerud Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Numedal. The municipality of Rollag was established on 1 January 1838 ....
(60 km/37 mi north of Kongsberg). A large ski center for alpine skiing

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....
and snowboard

Snowboard

A snowboard is a thin, hourglass shaped board ridden down a sloped section of earth covered in snow. Snowboards generally have a length between 140-165 cm and a width between 24 and 27 cm....
ing, with several lift

Ski lift

The term ski lift can refer to many different types of uphill transport, in three main classes:...
s and ca 320 m of height difference has been in operation and gradually expanding since 1965. Kongsberg hosted the cross-country skiing parts of the 2006 Nordic skiing

Nordic skiing

Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski. This includes a wide range of ski equipment and techniques such as classic and skate cross country skiing, ski jumping, biathlon, and telemark skiing....
National Championships. The arranging sportsclub was IL Skrim, the ski tracks being located at former military camp Heistadmoen

Heistadmoen

Heistadmoen is a Norwegian military encampment in Kongsberg....
.

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 Kongsberg: - Chitose

Chitose, Hokkaido

is a cities of Japan located in Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan and home to the New Chitose Airport, the biggest international airport in Hokkaido and closest airport to Sapporo, as well as the neighboring Chitose Air Base....
, Hokkaido

Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island and the largest, northernmost of its 47 prefectures of Japan....
, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
- Espoo

Espoo

Espoo is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of Finland. With a population of approximately it is the second most populated city in 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

Gouda

Gouda is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Gouda, which was granted City rights in the Netherlands in 1272, is famous for its Gouda cheese, smoking pipes and its 15th century city hall....
, South Holland

South Holland

South Holland is a Provinces of the Netherlands situated on the North Sea in the western part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is The Hague and its largest city is Rotterdam....
, Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
- Kristianstad

Kristianstad

Kristianstad is a urban areas in Sweden in the provinces of Sweden of Scania in southernmost Sweden and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Sk?ne County....
, Skåne County

Skåne County

Sk?ne County is the southernmost Counties of Sweden or l?n, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical Provinces of Sweden Scania....
, 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....
- Køge, Region Sjælland

Region Sjælland

Region Sj?lland is an administrative region 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....
- Red Wing

Red Wing, Minnesota

Red Wing is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States, on the Mississippi River. The population was 16,116 at the United States Census, 2000....
, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
, United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
- Skagafjörður

Skagafjörður

Skagafj?r?ur is a fjord in Northern Iceland, situated between Tr?llaskagi and Skagi. A quarter of area residents make their homes in the country, since Skagafj?r?ur is one of Iceland's most prosperous agricultural regions, with widespread dairy and sheep farming in addition to the horse breeding for which the region is famed ....
, Iceland

Iceland

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

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....
*
- Comprehensive information about the town and surrounding landscape, including photos and webcams
- From VirtualTourist.com; contains tourist-submitted photos and articles
- Official website, with lists of artists and concert dates
- History of the Gloger Organ and information on upcoming concerts and the Gloger Music Festival
Local newspaper covering Kongsberg and Numedal
Numedal

Numedal is a traditional district in south-eastern Norway. Numedal, running mainly north-to-south, extends from Kongsberg in the south to R?dberg in the north....