Hyggen is a small village in

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municipality,

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county,

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Overview

Hyggen is a coastal village located along the east side of

Drammensfjord Drammensfjord () is a fjord in along the border of Akershus and Buskerud counties in Norway that connects to Ytre Oslofjord on the west side. It stretches about to the north and northeast. The Drammenselva river discharges into the head of the f ...

. Hyggen is 4 km from

, 13.7 km from

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such ...

and 40.6 km from

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. The village had 739 residents as of 1 January 2014. Hyggen was previously best known for its granite quarry. Today it is most associated with the cultivation of fruits and berries. Hyggen has both a marina and a beach. It offers short distances to recreational areas, as well as the hiking trails.

Etymology

The name Hyggen probably comes from the

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

''Heggvin'' (Norwegian: ''Hegg'') a reference to the

bird cherry Bird cherry is a common name for the Eurasian plant ''Prunus padus''. Bird cherry may also refer to: * Prunus subg. Padus, ''Prunus'' subg. ''Padus'', a group of species closely related to ''Prunus padus'' * ''Prunus avium'', the cultivated cherry ...

, a tree native to northern Europe. In his book ''Røyken Bygd – før og nu'' (1928), Oluf Rygh offers an alternative, suggesting it was named after a small stream called Heggja or rather Hegg. ''Aslak Bolts jordebok'' (Store norske leksikon)
/ref> The oldest written reference to Hyggen is from Aslak Bolts jordebok (1432–1433) a register of properties and incomes of the

Archdiocese of Nidaros The Archdiocese of Nidaros (or Niðaróss) was the metropolitan see covering Norway in the later Middle Ages. The see was the Nidaros Cathedral, in the city of Nidaros (now Trondheim). The archdiocese existed from the middle of the twelfth cent ...

. The name has evolved over time; in 1400 ''Heggenni'', ''Heggiunne'' and ''Hæggenne'', ''Hegginna'', in 1512 ''Hegien gorden'', in 1617 ''Heggind'' and in 1723 ''Hyggen''.

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Hiking Trails near Hyggen
Villages in Asker Røyken {{Akershus-geo-stub