Vikersund
Vikersund is a town with 2529 inhabitants (2006) in the municipality of Modum in the province of Viken in southern Norway . It is the main town and administrative seat of the municipality.
It is known for its ski jumping hill , the Vikersundbakken , which is regularly used for world cup jumping and ski flying world championships. There is also the Heggen kirke , a stone church from 1200 that was restored in 1878.
The Krøderbane is now a museum railway that covers the 26 km from Vikersund to Krøderen . Construction began in 1870. Operation began in 1872 and was maintained on schedule by the Norges Statsbaner (NSB) until 1985 .
Picture gallery
Town Hall (2007)
Railway Station (2006)
Vintage buses (2004)
Open air museum (2012)
Landscape near Vikersund (aerial photo, 2005)
sons and daughters of the town
- Arne Hovde (1914-1936), ski jumper
- Jørre Kjemperud (* 1968), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Kristian Hovde (1903–1969), cross-country skier and Nordic combined skier
Coordinates: 59 ° 59 ′ N , 10 ° 2 ′ E
swell
- Vikersund. In: Store norske leksikon . Retrieved March 30, 2013 (Norwegian).