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Nedre Eiker

Nedre Eiker 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 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 part 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 Eiker

Eiker

Eiker is a Districts of Norway in the counties of Norway of Buskerud, Norway, consisting of the municipalities of Norway of Nedre Eiker and ?vre Eiker ....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mjøndalen

Mjøndalen

Mj?ndalen is a population centre located in Nedre Eiker municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is south of the Drammenselva river. Mj?ndalen has a friendly rivalry with neighbouring communities Solbergelva and especially Krokstadelva....
. The old municipality of Eiker

Eiker

Eiker is a Districts of Norway in the counties of Norway of Buskerud, Norway, consisting of the municipalities of Norway of Nedre Eiker and ?vre Eiker ....
was divided into Nedre Eiker and 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....
on 1 July 1885.

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....
form of the name was Eikjar. The name is the plural

Plural

Plural is a grammatical number, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers....
form of eiki which means "oak

Oak

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Nedre Eiker 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 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

Eiker

Mjøndalen

Eiker

General information

Name

The Old Norse

Old Norse

Plural

Oak

The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....
wood". The meaning of Nedre Eiker is "(the) lower (part of) Eiker". (The municipality of Eiker was divided in 1885.)

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 26 June 1970. The arms show three gold-colored oak

Oak

Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
on a red background. The arms are canting

Canting arms

Canting arms is a technique used in European heraldry whereby the name of the individual or community represented in a coat of arms is "translated" into a visual pun or rebus....
because the meaning of the name (Eik) comes from the word for oak.

Geography

The municipality is located in the southern part of Buskerud county. It borders the municipalities of Lier

Lier

Lier may refer to:* Lier, Belgium* Lier, Norway* Li Er, also known as Laozi, a Chinese philosopher...
, Drammen

Drammen

is a cities of Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Buskerud Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Drammen....
, Hof, and 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....
. The majority of the residents live in the villages of Mjøndalen, Krokstadelva

Krokstadelva

Krokstadelva is a List of towns in Norway in Nedre Eikermunicipalities of Norway, part of the Buskerudcounties of Norway in Norway. It is situated north of...
, Solbergelva

Solbergelva

Solbergelva is a suburb of Drammen, Norway. It is part of the Nedre Eiker municipality and has about 5500 inhabitants.At the end of May people come from the surroundings to visit Solbergelva's own festival, Solbergfestivalen....
, and Steinberg

Steinberg

Steinberg is a German musical software and equipment company based in Hamburg. It mainly produces Musical Instrument Digital Interface music sequencer software, software synthesizers and digital audio editor tools....
.

The Drammenselva

Drammenselva

Drammenselva is a river in Buskerud Counties of Norway, southeastern Norway. It is one of the largest rivers in Norway, with a drainage basin of about 17,000 square kilometers and a flow rate of 300 cubic meters per second....
river flows through the municipality of Nedre Eiker.

Famous residents

Lars Korvald
Lars Korvald

was a Norway politician from the Kristelig Folkeparti. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1972 to 1973, leading the cabinet that took over when Trygve Bratteli resigned in the wake of the first referendum over Norway's membership in the Norway and the European Union....
, former Prime Minister of Norway
Herman Wildenvey
Herman Wildenvey

Herman Wildenvey , born Herman Theodor Portaas, was one of the most prominent Norway poetrys of the twentieth century. During his lifetime he published 44 books of his own poetry, in addition to translations of William Shakepeare, Ernest Hemingway, and Heinrich Heine....
, (1886-1959), poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
and author
Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....

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 Nedre Eiker: Enköping
Enköping Municipality

Enk?ping Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city status in Sweden of Enk?ping....
, Uppsala County

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....
* from Kulturnett.no
Kulturnett.no

Kulturnett.no - Kultur i Norge p? Nett - Culture in Norway on net.State-owned subsidiary under The Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs for cultural related information, run by ABM-utvikling....