Buskerud Manor ( no, Buskerud hovedgård or ''Buskerud gård på Modum'') was a former

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and manor located on a large farm in

Buskerud Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Har ...

, Norway. The modern county of Buskerud is named for the estate.

History

The farm was located on the west side of

Drammenselva Drammenselva ( en, Drammen River) is a river in Buskerud county, southeastern Norway. Location Drammenselva is one of the largest rivers in Norway, with a drainage basin of about and a discharge of per second. Drammen River's total length is ma ...

Åmot Åmot is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena. Other villages in the municipality include Åsta, Osneset ...

Modum Modum is a municipality in Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area has a long tr ...

. During the

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, the property was operated by the

Diocese of Hamar The Diocese of Hamar ( no, Hamar Bispedømme) is a diocese within the Church of Norway. The Diocese of Hamar includes all of the churches in Innlandet county plus the churches in Lunner in Viken county. Administratively, the diocese is divided ...

. Buskerud was a monastic estate until 1536. After the

Protestant Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

, it was the residence of officers of the king's army. From 1762, it was owned by members of the Collett family, including supreme court justice

Peter Collett Peter Collett may refer to: * Peter Collett (judge) Peter Collett (8 August 1766 – 27 July 1836) was a Norwegian judge, businessman and property owner. Peter Collett was born at Modum in Buskerud, Norway. He was the eldest son of landowner Pe ...

. The main building was built in 1755 and rebuilt by landowner Peter Collett (1740–1786) after he acquired the property in 1763. The estate had tax exemption, as if it was a noble estate, until it was lifted in a Supreme Court ruling in 1837. Members of the Collett family were owners until 1884. Buskerud county purchased the farm in 1910 and the former manor was operated as Buskerud Agricultural School (''Buskerud landbruksskole''). Only the main building was preserved. The property is now the site of Rosthaug High School (''Rosthaug videregående skole''), which first opened in 1981.

References

External links

Rosthaug videregående skole website
Buskerud Farms in Viken Historic farms in Norway {{Viken-geo-stub