__NOTOC__ Hønefoss is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

and the administrative center of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

of Ringerike 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 ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Hønefoss is an industrial center of inner

Østlandet Eastern Norway ( nb, Østlandet, nn, Austlandet) is the geographical region of the south-eastern part of Norway. It consists of the counties Vestfold og Telemark, Viken, Oslo and Innlandet. Eastern Norway is by far the most populous region ...

, containing several factories and other industry. As of 1 January 2008, Hønefoss has 14,177 inhabitants. In 1852, Hønefoss received town status and was separated from

Norderhov Norderhov is a former municipality located within Ringerike in Buskerud county, Norway. Municipality Norderhov municipality was established on January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census the municipality had a pop ...

. In 1964, Hønefoss ceased being a separate municipality and became part of Ringerike.

Etymology

The town is named after Hønefossen, a waterfall on the

Begna River The Begna is a river in Viken and Innlandet counties in Norway. The long river runs from the Filefjell mountain area through Valdres to the town of Hønefoss where it joins the river Randselva before it empties into the Tyrifjorden. The river ...

. The first element is the name of the old farm ''Hønen'' (

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is 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 of Scandinavia and t ...

''*Hœnvin''), the last element is ''foss'' meaning 'waterfall'. The name of the farm is a compound of a word ''*hœn-'' (with an unknown meaning) and ''vin'' f '

meadow A meadow ( ) is an open habitat, or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non- woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as these areas maintain an open character. Meadows may be naturally occurring or artif ...

Location

Hønefoss is located 63 kilometres northwest by road from the Norwegian capital of

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) 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 ...

. Hønefoss is situated north of Lake

Tyrifjorden Tyrifjorden (Lake Tyri) is a lake in Norway. It lies northwest of Oslo and is the nation's fifth largest lake with an area of 139 km2. It has a volume of 13 km3, is 295 meters deep at its deepest, and lies 63 meters above sea level. ...

. At Hønefoss, the Begna flows together with the Randselva river just below Hønefossen forming the Storelva river which flows into Nordfjord, the upper west branch of Lake

Tyrifjord Tyrifjorden (Lake Tyri) is a lake in Norway. It lies northwest of Oslo and is the nation's fifth largest lake with an area of 139 km2. It has a volume of 13 km3, is 295 meters deep at its deepest, and lies 63 meters above sea level. T ...

Transportation

European route E16 European route E16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Sweden, from Derry to Gävle, via Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, previously by ferry to Bergen, Voss, through the Gudvanga Tunnel and ...

runs near Hønefoss on its way from Oslo to Bergen. Hønefoss is connected to

Norwegian national road Norwegian national roads (Norwegian: Riksvei/Riksveg abbr. Rv; literally: road of the rike/realm), are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) which also maintains them. In 2007 there were of this c ...

35 (Rv 35) which passes within town limits.

Norwegian National Road 7 Norwegian National Road 7 ( no, Riksvei 7, ) is a national road in Norway which runs from the town of Hønefoss in Viken county to the village of Granvin in Vestland county. The route is long and runs east–west through Viken and Vestland cou ...

from

Granvin Granvin is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion o ...

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

ends at Hønefoss. Hønefoss Station is located at the intersection between the

Bergen Line The Bergen Line or the Bergen Railway ( no, Bergensbanen or nn, Bergensbana), is a long scenic standard gauge railway line between Bergen and Hønefoss, Norway. The name is often applied for the entire route from Bergen via Drammen to Oslo, ...

('' Bergensbanen''), the Randsfjord Line and the Roa–Hønefoss Line. The rail station was opened in 1868 when the Randsfjord Line was extended from Tyristand to

Randsfjord Randsfjorden is Norway's fourth-largest lake with an area of . Its volume is estimated at just over , and its greatest depth is . The lake is located at an elevation of above sea level. It is located in Innlandet and Viken counties in the munic ...

. The current station building was put into operation in 1909, in connection with the opening of the Bergen Line between

and

Geilo is a centre in the municipality of Hol in Viken (county), Viken county, Norway. Geilo is primarily a ski resort town, with around 2,500 inhabitants. It is situated in the valley of Hallingdal, 250 km from Oslo and 260 km from Bergen, N ...

Economy

Hønefoss is home to several factories and other industry, with Norske Skog Follum maintaining its headquarters in the city. Dating from 1873, Norske Skog Follum was one of the largest producers of newsprint in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...

. The paper mill closed in 2012. ''

Ringerikes Blad ''Ringerikes Blad'' ( en, Ringerike's Newspaper) is a local newspaper published in Hønefoss, Norway. Johan Jørgen Krohn founded ''Ringerikes Blad'' in 1845. It covers Ringerike, Hole and Jevnaker. It has a circulation of 12684, of whom ...

'' is a regional newspaper covering Ringerike,

Hole A hole is an opening in or through a particular medium, usually a solid body. Holes occur through natural and artificial processes, and may be useful for various purposes, or may represent a problem needing to be addressed in many fields of en ...

and

Jevnaker Jevnaker is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302. The parish of ''Jævnaker'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see forma ...

. Established in 1845, the newspaper is published daily in Hønefoss. As of 2006, the newspaper has a daily circulation of 12,684. the newspaper is an affiliation of the media company,

Amedia Amedia AS is the second largest media company in Norway (the largest is Schibsted and the third largest is Polaris Media). The company is whole or partial owner of 50 local and regional newspaper with online newspapers and printing presses, ...

Climate

Hønefoss has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

( Dfb) with relatively warm summers and cold winters with snow on the ground. The all-time high was recorded July 2018. The all-time low was recorded January 2010.

Sport

* Hønefoss BK is a football club that as of 2016 plays in

Norwegian Third Division The Norwegian Third Division, also called 3. divisjon, is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from ...

. * Ringerike Panthers is located in Hønefoss, they play in the first tier of Norwegian hockey.

Cultural attractions

Ringerikes Museum (''Ringerikes Museum'') is located nearby in the former

Rectory. The museum is noted for its icon collection, its

rune stones A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, but most of the runestones da ...

and its collection of the private belongings of

Jørgen Engebretsen Moe Jørgen is a Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese masculine given name cognate to George People with the given name Jørgen * Jørgen Aall (1771–1833), Norwegian ship-owner and politician * Jørgen Andersen (1886–1973), Norwegian gymnast * Jørgen ...

. Jørgen Moe was a Norwegian author, who is best known for the '' Norske Folkeeventyr'', a collection of Norwegian folk tales which he edited in collaboration with

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (15 January 18125 January 1885) was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore. They were so closely united in their lives' work that their folk tale collection ...

. It is affiliated with the Buskerud Museum (''Buskerudmuseet''). Buskerud Photography Archive (''Buskerud fylkesfotoarkiv'') is a central archive for photography and photo-historical material from Buskerud. The archives accommodates approx. 200,000 photographs dating from the 1850s. Buskerud fylkesfotoarkiv has shared office space with the Ringerikes Museum in Norderhov and is affiliated with the Buskerud Museum (''Buskerudmuseet''). Veien Cultural Heritage Park (''Veien Kulturminnepark'') is in located in Hønefoss. The park contains over 100 grave mounds from the

Early Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly app ...

, as well as a reconstructed longhouse and a museum. It is affiliated with the Buskerud Museum (''Buskerudmuseet''). Ridder Farm (''Riddergården'') is located on the north side of Hønefoss. This had been a family farm dating to 1730. The farm was largely developed by Fredrik Ridder (1756–1798), who had inherited it from his father. This was also the home of the manager of the local sawmill for generations. Ringerike Municipality has managed the property since 1964 in associated with Ringerike Museum.

Notable residents

* Anders Andersen (1846 in Hønefoss – 1931) a saw mill worker and politician *

Erika Stang Erika Stang (1 September 1861 – 28 October 1898) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. Stang was born in Honefoss to Fredrikke Dorothea Kamstrup and Johan Stang. She studied music with Agathe Backer Grøndahl and Hans Barth in Berlin and taugh ...

(1861-1898), composer *

Leif Dietrichson Leif Dietrichson (1 September 189018 June 1928) was a Norwegian military officer and aviation pioneer. He is most famous for joining Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth in the 1925 North Pole Expedition. In 1928, Dietrichson disappeared with Amun ...

(1890 in Hønefoss – 1928) a Norwegian military officer and aviation pioneer * Karsten Alnæs (born 1938 in Hønefoss) an author, historian and journalist *

Per Inge Bjørlo Per Inge Bjørlo (born 20 November 1952, in Ålesund) is a Norwegian sculptor, painter, graphic designer and visual artist. He grew up in Spjelkavik outside Ålesund, and is now living in Hønefoss. He graduated from Bergen Academy of Art and Desi ...

(born 1952) a sculptor, painter and graphic designer, lives in Hønefoss * Svein Olav Blindheim (born 1954) a jazz double bassist, composer and writer, lives in Hønefoss * Geir Lippestad (born 1964 in Hønefoss) a controversial lawyer, politician and social activist * Michele Waagaard (born 1980 in Hønefoss) a Thai model, pop star, actress and radio host *

Lars Fredrik Frøislie Lars Fredrik Frøislie (born 28 July 1981 in Hønefoss, Norway) is a Norwegian musician. His main instruments are keyboards and drums. He is also a music producer and runs Termo Records together with Jacob Holm-Lupo. Frøislie mainly uses vintag ...

(born 1981 in Hønefoss) a musician, plays keyboards and drums *

Nils Bech Nils Bech (born April 8, 1981, in Hønefoss) is a Norwegian singer, signed to James Murphy's DFA Records. Bech became famous for performing a classic Christmas anthem O Holy Night for the Norwegian TV series Skam. His version of O Holy Night rece ...

(born 1981 in Hønefoss) a Norwegian singer * Amal Aden (born 1983) Somali–Norwegian writer, lived in Hønefoss since 2002 *

Emilie Marie Nereng Emilie Marie Nereng, also known as "Voe" (born 3 November 1995) is a Norwegian blogger and musician from Hønefoss. She began blogging in March 2009 and by 2010 was Norway's most read blog. In October 2009 alone she had 3.5 million hits. In Ju ...

(born 1995 in Hønefoss) blogger, musician and model

Sport

Trygve Brodahl Trygve Brodahl (20 August 1905 in Hønefoss – 11 April 1996) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1930s. He won a silver medal at the 1930 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 17 km and a silver in the 4 × 10 ...

(1905 in Hønefoss – 1996) cross country skier *

Sverre Brodahl Sverre Brodahl (26 January 1909 – 2 November 1998) was a Norwegian Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a silver in the 4 × 10 km, and a bronze in the Nordic ...

(1909–1998 in Hønefoss) a Nordic skier, team bronze and silver medallist at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

* Frode Andresen (born 1973) Norwegian

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

and cross-country skier, lives in Hønefoss *

Frode Lafton Frode Lafton (born 3 March 1976) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a defender for Hønefoss throughout his career. He was also the club's captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; ...

(born 1976) a former footballer, 523 caps with Hønefoss BK which he now manages * twins Anne Line Gjersem & Camilla Gjersem (born 1994) figure skaters * Anders Jacobsen (born 1985 in Hønefoss)

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

, team bronze medallist at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May Doan Nancy GreeneWayne Gr ...

, won the

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament (german: link=no, Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (german: link=no, Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in ...

Andrea Schjelderup Dalen Andrea Schjelderup Dalen (born 19 June 1992) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey forward and captain of Djurgårdens IF Hockey Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She has been a member of the Norwegian national ice hockey team si ...

(born 1992), professional ice hockey player for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is nam ...

and holder of the single season SDHL goal record

Gallery

File:Hotell Ringerike 00.jpg, Scandic Hotell Hønefoss File:Høgskolen i Buskerud og Vestfold - Hønefoss.jpg, University College in Buskerud and Vestfold File:Hønefoss Bryggeri 01.jpg, Hønefoss Brewery File:Hønefoss Kraftstasjon I00.jpg, Hønefoss Power Station File:Ringerike tingrett.jpg, Ringerike District Court File:HønefossSkole01.jpg, Hønefoss School File:Honefoss-stasjon-1tb.jpg, Hønefoss Train Station File:Kartverket hovedinngang.JPG, Kartverket File:Kooperativen Hønefoss.JPG, Hønefoss Cooperative File:Samfunnshuset i Hønefoss (fasade mot Hønefoss Bru).jpg, Samfunnshuset File:SpareBank 1 Ringerike 00.jpg, SpareBank 1 File:Skøiengården 00.jpg, Skøiengården File:Storgaten 2 Honefoss 00.jpg, Storgaten 2 File:Thistedgaarden 00.jpg, Thistedgaarden

References

External links

Ringerikes Museum

Chamber of Commerce, Trade and Industry in Ringerike, Hole and Jevnaker Community
{{DEFAULTSORT:Honefoss Cities and towns in Norway Former municipalities of Norway Populated places in Buskerud Populated places established in 1852 1852 establishments in Norway

Etymology

Location

Transportation

Economy

Climate

Sport

Cultural attractions

Notable residents

Sport

See also

Gallery

References

External links