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Lier, Norway
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| County | Buskerud | |
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| Municipality | NO-0626 | |
| Administrative centre | Lier | |
| Mayor (2003) | Ulla Nævestad (H) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 277 301 km² 281 km² 0.09 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 40 21,594 0.47 % 9.8 % 77/km² |
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| www.lier.kommune.no |
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Lier is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway.
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It borders to the municipalitys of Asker (Akershus), Bærum (Akershus), Drammen (Buskerud), Modum (Buskerud), Nedre Eiker (Buskerud), Røyken (Buskerud). It includes the villages Lier (Lierbyen), Sylling, Sjåstad, Nøste, Gullaug, Lierskogen (Where Norway's longest indoor shopping lane, Liertoppen, is situated) and Tranby.
Lier is appreciated as a green lung for Norway's capital Oslo with its vast number of fields and apple trees. It is also famous for its agricultural products as strawberries and vegetables.
The Gilhusodden Nature Preserve is home of many different bird species. The area is also used for recreation, espescially swimming and sunbathing, with its long, shallow beach.
The Norse form of the name was Líðir. The name is the plural form of líð f 'hillside'.
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1970). It shows five flowers of apple (to represent fertility).
Oslo's Patron Saint, St. Hallvard, was born in Lier.
Sights in Lier include "Bygdeborgen" (A village stronghold from the middle ages) on Fosskollen, "St. Hallvard's minne", "Gjellebekk skanse", Gilhusodden Nature Preserve and the ten British RAF Airmen from World War II buried in Sjåstad cemetery.
- Sten Stensen, speedskater
- Thorleif Haug (1894–1934), skier/skijumper
- Thorbjørn Jagland, politician, former prime minister, currently president of parliament
- Bjørn Eidsvåg, artist and preacher, living in Lier, born in Sauda
- Gert Nygaardshaug, author
- Karin Fossum, author, living in Sylling/Lier
- Martin Kolberg, secretary of The Norweagian Labour Party.
| Municipalities of Buskerud |  |
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Drammen | Flesberg | Flå | Gol | Hemsedal | Hol | Hole | Hurum | Kongsberg | Krødsherad | Lier | Modum | Nedre Eiker | Nes | Nore og Uvdal | Ringerike | Rollag | Røyken | Sigdal | Øvre Eiker | Ål |
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