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Country
  
Norway

District
  
Lower Buskerud

Area rank
  
277 in Norway

Area
  
301 km²

Official language form
  
Bokmål

County
  
Buskerud

Administrative centre
  
Lierbyen

Demonym(s)
  
Liung

Local time
  
Friday 9:42 AM

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Weather
  
5°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 57% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Svangstrand, Asdøljuvet, Finnemarka

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Lier is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lierbyen. The municipality of Lier was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area Åssiden was transferred from Lier to the neighboring municipality of Drammen on 1 July 1951.

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Map of Lier, Norway

Norway's longest indoor shopping center, Liertoppen, is located in Lierskogen.

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Líðir. The name is the plural form of líð which means "hillside".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times and was designed by Hallvard Trætteberg. They were granted on 14 August 1970. The arms show five silver-colored apple blossoms on a red background. The area is well known for the production of various types of fruit, berries, vegetables, and flowers, so this was chosen as a symbol of the area's lush scenery and agriculture.

Geography

Lier borders to the municipalities of Asker and Bærum (in Akershus county) and Drammen, Modum, Nedre Eiker, Røyken and Hole (in Buskerud county). It includes the villages of Lierbyen, Sylling, Sjåstad, Nøste, Gullaug, Lierskogen, and Tranby.

Lier is thought of as a "green lung" for Norway's capital, Oslo, with its vast number of fields and apple trees. It is also famous for its agricultural products as strawberries and vegetables.

The Gilhusodden Nature Preserve is home of many different bird species. The area is also used for recreation, especially swimming and sunbathing, with its long, shallow beach.

Notable residents

  • Sæbjørn Buttedahl, actor and sculptor
  • Bjørn Eidsvåg, artist and preacher, born in Sauda
  • Karin Fossum, author, living in Sylling/Lier
  • Thorleif Haug (1894–1934), skier/ski jumper
  • Hans Christian Heg, American Civil War officer
  • Thorbjørn Jagland, politician, former prime minister,currently Secretary General of the Council of Europe
  • Martin Kolberg, secretary of The Norwegian Labour Party
  • Gert Nygårdshaug, author
  • Sten Stensen, speed skater
  • Hallvard Vebjørnsson or St. Hallvard, Oslo's patron saint, was born in Lier
  • Ole Ivar Lovaas, pioneering behaviorist, was born in Lier.

    • Attractions

  • Bygdeborgen – village stronghold from the Middle Ages on Fosskollen
  • Frogner Kirke – romanesque parish church built in 1650
  • Gilhusodden – Nature Preserve
  • Gjellebekk skanse – defence bulwark during the Great Northern War which prevented a Swedish invasion of Norway in 1716
  • Lier Bygdetun – Rural Museum including a 40-acre (160,000 m2) farm
  • Hans Christian Heg statue at Haugestad in the community of Lierbyen
  • St. Hallvard's minne – memorial of St. Hallvard, patron saint of Oslo
  • Sylling cemetery – Ten British RAF Airmen are buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Plot

    • Sister cities

    The following cities are twinned with Lier:

  • – Falköping, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
  • – Kokemäki, Western Finland, Finland
  • – Mariagerfjord, Region Nordjylland, Denmark

    • References

    Lier, Norway Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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