Nedre Eiker

Nedre Eiker Municipality

*Nedre Eiker kommune*
Nedre Eiker Municipality Nedre Eiker kommune
Former municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Buskerud within Norway
	Nedre Eiker within Buskerud
	Coordinates: 59°45′53″N 10°2′0″E / 59.76472°N 10.03333°E
Country	Norway
County	Buskerud
District	Eiker, Lower Buskerud
Administrative centre	Mjøndalen
Government
• Mayor (2018)	Bent Inge Bye (Ap)
Area (upon dissolution)
• Total	122 km2 (47 sq mi)
• Land	114 km2 (44 sq mi)
• Rank	#369 in Norway
Population (2003)
• Total	21,377
• Rank	#42 in Norway
• Density	187/km2 (480/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+11.5%
Demonym	Eikværing
Official language
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0625
Website	Official website
	Data from Statistics Norway

Nedre Eiker was a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mjøndalen. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into Nedre Eiker (lower Eiker) and Øvre Eiker (upper) on 1 July 1885.

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Eikjar. The name is the plural form of eiki which means "oak wood". The meaning of Nedre Eiker is "(the) lower (part of) Eiker". (The municipality of Eiker was divided in 1885.)

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms was granted on 26 June 1970. The arms show three gold-colored oak leaves on a red background. The arms are canting because the meaning of the name (Eik) comes from the word for oak.^[4]

(See also coat-of-arms of Eigersund, Songdalen, Tingvoll and Øvre Eiker)

**Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nedre Eiker by country of origin in 2017**^[5]
Ancestry	Number
Poland	768
Turkey	488
Vietnam	410
Lithuania	290
Afghanistan	239
Iraq	230
India	198
Iran	170
Kosovo	143
Sweden	136

Geography

The municipality is located in the southern part of Buskerud county. It borders the municipalities of Lier, Drammen, Hof, and Øvre Eiker. The majority of the residents live in the villages of Mjøndalen, Krokstadelva, Solbergelva, and Steinberg.

The Drammenselva River flows through the municipality of Nedre Eiker. It is one of the largest rivers in Norway, with a course running from Tyrifjorden in the north to Drammensfjord in the south.

Churches in Nedre Eiker

Mjøndalen Church^{[citation needed]}
Nedre Eiker Church^[6]
Solberg Chapel^[7]
Tabor Chapel^[8]

Notable residents

Lars Korvald, former Prime Minister of Norway
Herman Wildenvey (1886–1959), poet and author
Svein Johannessen (1937–2007), international master of chess
Jørn Hurum (b. 1967), paleontologist
Ragnar Christiansen (born 1922), former Minister and Member of Parliament

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Nedre Eiker:^[9]

Enköping, Uppsala County, Sweden

References

^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2024-01-09). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-01-10.
^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. "Nedre Eiker kirke". Norges Kirker. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
^ "Solberg kapell". Norske Kirkebygg. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
^ "Tabor kapell". Norske Kirkebygg. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
^ "Vennskaps- og samarbeidsavtale" (in Norwegian). Nedre Eiker kommune. Archived from the original on 2009-08-29. Retrieved 2009-01-10.

External links

Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Buskerud travel guide from Wikivoyage
Culture in Nedre Eiker on the map from Kulturnett.no

[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.

[2] "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.

[3] Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2024-01-09). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.

[4] Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-01-10.

[5] "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[6] Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. "Nedre Eiker kirke". Norges Kirker. Retrieved December 1, 2017.

[7] "Solberg kapell". Norske Kirkebygg. Retrieved December 1, 2017.

[8] "Tabor kapell". Norske Kirkebygg. Retrieved December 1, 2017.

[9] "Vennskaps- og samarbeidsavtale" (in Norwegian). Nedre Eiker kommune. Archived from the original on 2009-08-29. Retrieved 2009-01-10.

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