Sandvika () is the administrative centre of the municipality of

Bærum Bærum () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a populatio ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. It was declared a

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by the

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in Bærum on 4 June 2003. Sandvika is situated approximately west of

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. It is the main transportation hub for Western Bærum, and has a combined bus and

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. Sandvika is also one of the stops along the route of the

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. Sandvika also has Scandinavia's largest super mall,

Sandvika Storsenter Sandvika Storsenter is a Super regional mall, super-regional mall located in Sandvika outside of Oslo, Norway. It is owned by the Olav Thon, Olav Thon Group () which in turn is owned by the Olav Thon Foundation (). The mall opened October 14, 19 ...

, with 190 stores and a total area of . On 13 March 2013, the previously pedestrianized main street was opened for car traffic and on-street parking. Sandvika used to be home to the

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, which moved to new surroundings in

Nydalen Nydalen is a neighbourhood in the Nordre Aker borough in northern Oslo, Norway. History In the late 19th century, the banks of the Akerselva River were dotted with various industrial buildings, Nydalen included. However, a transformation soo ...

, Oslo in August 2005. The building was, after some refurbishing, converted into the home of Sandvika High School. Another school in Sandvika is Norges Realfagsgymnas NRG (Norwegian school of maths and science), a combined secondary school and high school. It lies in Skytterdalen and offers education in maths and science. The nearby island of Kalvøya is a place for recreation. The Boat Sport House is located on Kalvøya, and is used by

Bærum KK Bærum Kajakklubb is a sports club from Bærum, Norway. Established in 1935, its only sport is canoe racing. It is based at Kalvøya, Bærum, Kalvøya outside of Sandvika, and has shared the locality with the rowing (sport), rowing club Bærum RK ...

and

Bærum RK Bærum Roklubb is a sports club from Bærum, Norway. Established in 1917, its only sport is Rowing (sport), sport rowing. It is based at Kalvøya, Bærum, Kalvøya outside Sandvika, and has shared the current locality with the canoeing club Bærum ...

. It also hosted one of the best known Norwegian music festivals

Kalvøyafestivalen Kalvøyafestivalen was a Norwegian music festival arranged at Kalvøya in Bærum nearby Oslo, Norway. The festival was initiated by people connected to the folk club Hades at the art center on Høvikodden. The festival was started by Sten Rander ...

. A small islet in Sandviksbukta, outside Sandvika, is called Danmark.

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who live in the area join every year on 5 June

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's national day to celebrate. It has been debate on the Danish flag on "Danmark", but currently it still is there.

In art and music

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visited in early 1895. During his stay he painted several views of the town and the surrounding landscape, with the mountain ridge

Kolsås Kolsås (), sometimes called Kolsaas, is a hill in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Geologically, Kolsås belongs to the Oslo Graben area. Its two peaks consist of hard rhomb porphyric lava covering softer rocks, forming steep cliffs to the ...

featuring in many of the paintings either in the background or as the primary subject. Perhaps the most well known of the paintings from this visit is 'Sandviken Village in Snow' which features the Løkke bridge in the foreground with Kolsås in the background. The bridge still stands in Sandvika.

Gallery

File:Sandvika Baerum Norway.jpg, Viewing towards Sandvika Image:Kalvoen.jpg, Kalvøya Bridge towards Sandvika, taken during April sunset File:526 Sandvika Flyvefoto - no-nb digifoto 20150820 00165 bldsa PK22436.jpg, Sandvika in the mid-1930s

References

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