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14-604: Torpo is a small village in Ål municipality, in Buskerud County, Norway, and can be reached by using highway 7. The name Torpo was adopted July 1, 1935 from the old name Torpe. At this date the train station and local post office started using the new adopted name. Torpo is located in Hallingdal between the municipal centers of Ål and Gol . It is adjacent to the villages of Lien and Opheim . The village has 405 inhabitants per 1 January 2009. Previously Torpo

28-532: Is derived from high tech industries located in Kongsberg. Other significant income comes from the cabin areas in northern Buskerud. Buskerud's coat of arms were adopted in April 1966. It features a blue bear whose colours are symbolic of the blue colour works . The silver background of Buskerud's coat of arms represents the silver industry in Kongsberg . Vingulmark Vingulmark (Old Norse Vingulmǫrk )

42-478: Is the biggest attraction in the village. Torpo Stave Church was built around 1190–1200. It has a steady stream of visiting tourists during the summer. 60°40′N 8°43′E  /  60.667°N 8.717°E  / 60.667; 8.717 This Buskerud location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Buskerud The county was named after the old manor Buskerud ( Old Norse : Biskupsruð ) (Biskopsrøysa) located on

56-511: Is the old name for the area in Norway which today makes up the counties of Østfold , western parts of Akershus (excluding Romerike ), and eastern parts of Buskerud ( Hurum and Røyken municipalities), and includes the site of Norway's capital, Oslo . During the Middle Ages, Vingulmark was an administrative unit limited to Oslo , Bærum and Asker . The Old Norse form of the name

70-991: The farm became property of the Crown at which time the farm then served as the residence of the king's bailiffs until 1668. Buskerud extended from Hurum at the Oslofjord to the Halling mountains and Hardanger . The county was conventionally divided into traditional districts. These were Hallingdal , Numedal , Ringerike , Lower Buskerud, which was originally part of Vestfold , and Western Vingulmark . Hallingdal consisted of Flå , Nes , Gol , Hemsedal , Ål and Hol . Numedal consisted of Flesberg , Rollag and Nore og Uvdal . Ringerike consisted of Hole , Krødsherad , Modum , Ringerike and Sigdal . Western Vingulmark consisted of Hurum and Røyken . Lower Buskerud consisted of Drammen , Hurum , Kongsberg , Lier , Nedre Eiker , Røyken and Øvre Eiker . The district

84-460: The sea, while river Begna sweeps into lake Sperillen . Buskerud was separated from Akershus as an amt of its own in 1685, but the amt was smaller than today. It then consisted of the present districts Eiker , Hallingdal , and Ringerike . The area of the present municipalities of Flesberg , Hurum , Kongsberg , Lier , Nore og Uvdal , Rollag and Røyken were transferred from Akershus amt to Buskerud amt in 1760. The name Buskeruds amt

98-636: The southern part of this area was under Danish rule in the late 9th century. In the account of Ottar , which was written down at the court of the English king Alfred the Great , Ottar says that when he sailed south from Skiringssal , he had Denmark on the port side for three days. This would include parts of Vingulmark. Snorri Sturluson writes in Heimskringla and Fagrskinna , that King Harald Fairhair inherited part of Vingulmark from his father Halfdan

112-425: The town's major employers. At Modum there was also Blaafarveværket , a cobalt pigment production works ( Blue Colour Works ). Today, agriculture, lumber, wood-pulp mills and other related industries are the county's main economic activities; ample hydroelectric power is produced by the rivers Begna ( Begnaelva ) and Rands ( Randselva ) . Buskerud has also a large forested area. Substantial income

126-642: The west side of the Drammen River in Åmot , Modum municipality. The first element is the genitive case of biskup , 'bishop' (referring to the Bishop of Hamar ), the last element is ruð n 'clearing, farm'. The farm was one of the largest in Buskerud, and the original name of the farm (before it became a benefice) was probably Modum . At the time of the Reformation ( c.  1536–39 )

140-424: Was Vingulmǫrk . The first part of the name, Vingul, is the accusative case of Vingull, " fescue ", or " fool ". The last element of the name, mark or plural mǫrk , "forest" or " March ", i.e. the forest of fescues/fools . The Lexicon Poeticon and Völsa Þattr tells that 'vingull' is the name for a stallions genitalia [1] According to medieval kings' sagas , it was a Viking Age petty kingdom . Vingulmark

154-599: Was a stopover on the Bergen Railway . Torpo Railway Station , which is in Art Nouveau style, is closed but still standing. Torpo is the site of two notable churches. Torpo Church ( Torpo kirke ) was built in 1880 using plans by architect A. Keitel Moss based on a design by Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe (1833–1901). It was constructed of wood and has 200 seats. In the 1960s it was restored with plans drawn up by architect Peter Helland-Hansen. Torpo Stave Church

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168-639: Was changed to Buskerud fylke in 1919. The municipality of Skoger was transferred from Vestfold to Buskerud in 1964. The area Ringerike may once have been a small kingdom. During the 10th century, Norway's kings Olaf Tryggvason and Olaf Haraldsson grew up at Bønsnes in Ringerike. In the valley of Numedal , silver was mined in Kongsberg from the 17th century until discontinued in 1957. Weapons industry had been developed in Kongsberg from 1814, and various high tech industry companies now represent

182-531: Was merged from parts that belonged to Vestfold and Vingulmark . Buskerud's western part was a mountainous plateau with forested valleys and high, grassy pastures; its eastern part contains a lowland basin with many lakes and streams. Tyrifjorden and Krøderen were the biggest lakes. Numedalslågen , the third longest river in Norway, starting in Hordaland , ran through Buskerud unto Vestfold where it reached

196-530: Was one of the four counties under the Court of Law, which together constituted the ancient landscape of Viken . Archaeologists have made finds of richly endowed burials in the area around the estuary of the river Glomma , at Onsøy , Rolvsøy and Tune , where the remains of a ship, the Tune ship , were found. This indicates that there was an important center of power in this area. There are indications that at least

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