Lier, Norway
Lier kommune | |||
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Municipality | |||
 City Hall in Lierbyen | |||
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 Lier within Buskerud | |||
| Coordinates: 59°47′38″N 10°15′58″E / 59.7937863°N 10.2660000°E / 59.7937863; 10.2660000Coordinates: 59°47′38″N 10°15′58″E / 59.7937863°N 10.2660000°E / 59.7937863; 10.2660000 | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Buskerud | ||
| District | Lower Buskerud | ||
| Administrative centre | Lierbyen | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2011) | Helene Justad (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 301 km2 (116 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 281 km2 (108 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | #277 in Norway | ||
| Population (24971) | |||
| • Total | 21,594 | ||
| • Rank | #40 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 9.8% | ||
| Demonym(s) | Liung[1] | ||
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0626 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.lier.kommune.no | ||
Data from Statistics Norway | |||
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.
Norway's longest indoor shopping center, Liertoppen, is located in Lierskogen. The newspaper Lierposten is published in Lier.[2]
Contents
1 General information
1.1 Name
1.2 Coat-of-arms
2 Geography
3 Notable residents
4 Attractions
5 Sister cities
6 Gallery
7 References
8 External links
General information
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.[3][4]
| Ancestry | Number |
|---|---|
 Poland | 1,199 |
 Lithuania | 343 |
 Somalia | 310 |
 India | 301 |
 Pakistan | 245 |
 Iraq | 197 |
 Vietnam | 186 |
 Germany | 166 |
 Sweden | 162 |
 Kosovo | 153 |
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
Frogner Kirke
Frogner parsonage
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:[6]
– Falköping, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
– Kokemäki, Western Finland, Finland
– Mariagerfjord, Region Nordjylland, Denmark
Gallery
Liertoppen Shopping Center
Gamle Hegg skole
Jacobsen Elektro main office
Hvalsdammen
References
^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Store norske leksikon: Lierposten.
^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-01-10.
^ "Liers kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Lier kommune. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "Vennskapskommuner" (in Norwegian). Lier kommune. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lier, Buskerud. |
 | Look up Lier in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Buskerud travel guide from Wikivoyage- Lier Bygdetun
- Lier Historielag
- Sylling churchyard
Buskerud travel guide from WikivoyageMunicipalities of Buskerud | ||
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| Ringerike |
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