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    Drammensfjord (English: Drammen Fjord) is a fjord in along the border of Akershus and Buskerud counties in Norway that connects to Ytre Oslofjord on the...
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    before. The city makes good use of the river and inland waterway called Drammensfjord, both for recreation, activities and housing. The Old Norse form of...
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  • municipality, Norway. Located immediately east of Drammen city along the Drammensfjord, it is a part of the urban area Drammen, which stretches into Lier....
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    has a population of 1,125 (2021), and lies on the western side of the Drammensfjord. The town of Berger grew into an industrial center around the Berger...
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    while Drammen valley was a narrow fjord. At the time of the Vikings Drammensfjord was still four or five m (13 or 16 ft) higher than today and reached...
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    in the northern part of the peninsula of Hurumlandet, closer to the Drammensfjord than the Oslo Fjord. Spikkestad railway station was opened in 1885 to...
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    between the Oslofjord and Drammensfjord. Highway 289 (Rv289) runs through the village and meanders west down to the Drammensfjord, where the ferry goes on...
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    the municipality is on a peninsula between two fjords: Oslofjord and Drammensfjord. At the same time the arms are based on the arms of the Huitfeldt family...
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    on the Lierelva River in the valley of Lierdalen which extends from Drammensfjord north toward Sylling near Tyrifjorden. Lierbyen is located about 39 km...
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    millstone around his neck, and the men attempted to sink his body in Drammensfjord but it refused to remain submerged and as a result their crimes were...
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  • Spitsbergen 78°38′29″N 15°19′47″E / 78.6413°N 15.3296°E / 78.6413; 15.3296 Drammensfjord 30 km (19 mi) Buskerud Drammen, Asker, Lier 59°42′18″N 10°18′48″E /...
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    county, Norway. It is situated west of the Oslofjord and east of the Drammensfjord. It comprises the southern parts of the municipality Asker. It is connected...
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    municipality of Asker on the west side of the peninsula of Hurumlandet on Drammensfjord. The village had 309 residents as of 1 January 2014. The seaport village...
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    as Hurumlandet, situated between the Oslofjord to the east and the Drammensfjord to the west. Sætre is also home to the Sætreelva (Sætre River) which...
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    event that by tradition occurred on 15 May 1043. His body was sunk in Drammensfjord with a millstone tied round his neck, but he miraculously came out alive...
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    Norway. Hyggen is a coastal village located along the east side of Drammensfjord. Hyggen is 4 km from Røyken, 13.7 km from Drammen and 40.6 km from Oslo...
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    peninsula north of Hurum municipality. It lies between Oslofjord and Drammensfjord. It is connected to the eastern side of the Oslofjord via Hurum municipality...
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    the Diocese of Oslo; Martyr per testimonium caritatis fortis (Lier - Drammensfjord, Norway) Saint David of Munktorp (died 1082), Professed Priest of the...
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    important role, being the nearest port of the larger town Drammen when the Drammensfjord inlet was frozen over during the winter. Nilsen later moved to Drammen...
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    the tunnel through Hurum to Verket, in a new subsea tunnel under the Drammensfjord near Svelvik and then through a tunnel to Sande, where it would intersect...
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  •  Norway The cargo ship came ashore on Effingham Island, Barclay Sound, British Columbia, Canada and was wrecked. Later raised and renamed Drammensfjord....
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    river in Norway. Its 48 km course runs from Tyrifjorden in the north to Drammensfjord in the south, where it cuts through the centre of the city of Drammen...
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  • Cotswold Range and Chiltern Range and renamed them Trondhjemsfjord and Drammensfjord respectively. The company intended to put the vessels on their New York...
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    rivers in Norway, with a course running from Tyrifjorden in the north to Drammensfjord in the south. Mjøndalen Church[citation needed] Nedre Eiker Church Solberg...
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    the tunnel through Hurum to Verket, in a new subsea tunnel under the Drammensfjord near Svelvik and then through a tunnel to Sande, where it would intersect...
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  • She was refloated and completed her voyage. Storesand I  Norway The cargo ship sank in Drammensfjord whilst on a voyage from Gilhus to Oslo, Norway....
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    at the time problems with the inner parts of the Oslofjord and the Drammensfjord icing during winter, and access to the ports on the outer fjord would...
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    is monumentally situated on a morraine-ridge, 180 meters above the Drammensfjord. It is dedicated to the blessed Virgin Mary on July 12, but was re-dedicated...
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