Buskerud

Norwegian county
AdministrativeArea county_of_norway Q50618
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Summary

Buskerud is a county of Norway[1].

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Norway[2]
  • Country: Norway[3]
  • Head of government: Roger Ryberg[4], Tore Opdal Hansen[5]
  • Instance of: former county of Norway[6]
  • Capital: Drammen[7]
  • Shares border with: Akershus[8], Oslo Municipality[9], Oppland[10], Sogn og Fjordane[11], Hordaland[12], Telemark[13], Vestfold[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Drammen[15], Flesberg Municipality[16], Flå Municipality[17], Gol Municipality[18], Hemsedal Municipality[19], Hol Municipality[20], Hole[21], Hurum[22], Kongsberg[23], Krødsherad Municipality[24], Lier[25], Modum Municipality[26], Nedre Eiker Municipality[27], Nesbyen[28]
  • Flag: Vlag van Buskerud[29]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Buskerud[30]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[31]
  • Inception: 1919[32]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: December 31, 2019[33]
  • Highest point: Folarskardnuten[34]
  • Official website: http://www.bfk.no[35]
  • IPA transcription: ˈbʉskəɾʉː[36]
  • Population: 277,684[37], 283,148[38], 270,543[39], 272,981[40]
  • Office held by head of government: county mayor of Buskerud[41]
  • Replaces: Viken[42]
  • Replaced by: Viken[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . bfk.no. Retrieved . bfk.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . bfk.no. Retrieved . bfk.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  33. [34] ↑ . bfk.no. Retrieved . bfk.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . ssb.no. Retrieved . ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . ssb.no. Retrieved . ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . ssb.no. Retrieved . ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . ssb.no. ssb.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Laaknor · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+277684'}, {'amount': '+283148'}, {'amount': '+270543'} +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Population: 272,981"
  2. 22w ago · Watmildon · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coat of arms image → Buskerud våpen.svg, Buskerud fylkesvåpen.svg
    Replaced by → —
    Flag → Vlag van Buskerud
    Office held by head of government → county mayor of Buskerud
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag: Vlag van Buskerud, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780201126357"
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