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Sætre is a village in the municipality of Hurum, Buskerud county, Norway.
Map of 3475 S%C3%A6tre, Norway
Sætre is situated on the west side of the Oslofjord, about 45 kilometers south of Oslo. Its population was 3,195 (2006), of which 77 people live within the border of the neighboring municipality Røyken.
Saetre was the site of Norsk Sprængsofindustri, a manufacturing plant owned and operated by Dyno Nobel which produced explosives for civil and military usage. The factory was founded in 1876 after a plant at Lysaker outside Oslo exploded two years earlier. Both plants were built by Alfred Nobel who had an ownership interests in them. In 2005, the plant at Sætre was sold to Orica, an Australian-based multinational corporation. After the sale, explosives production was discontinued at the site.
Engene Explosives Historic Industrial Museum (Engene Sprengstoffhistoriske Industrimuseum) was established on the site in 1983. The explosives historical museum was closed in 2007, based principally on safety concerns. At present, the museum site is temporarily protected.