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Vikersund
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Vikersund
Total population
3,244
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Overview
Vikersund is a town of 3,232 inhabitants in the municipality capital of Modum, in the county of Buskerud, Norway.
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History
Historically, Vikersund been important in the pulp and paper industry. Timber was floated on Tyrifjord past Vikerfossen down the Drammenselva. Modum municipality has many cultural and sports facilities. In Vikersund this includes the Vikersund Ski-Jumping Center with seven ski slopes, golf courses and ski hill. Vikersund is perhaps best known for it ski flying hill, Vikersundbakken. The present large hill was built in 1988 and last modified in 2010. It regularly hosts World Cup in ski flying. It has hosted the FIS Ski Flying World Championships four times and will do so again in 2022. On 18 March 2017 Stefan Kraft set a world record in the ground with 253.5 m, while Dmitriy Vasiliev flew to 254 m, but crashed.
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Nearby places in Buskerud
- Geithus2.5 mi away
- Sysle3.1 mi away · pop. 234
- Åmot5.6 mi away · pop. 7,126
- Tyristrand9 mi away · pop. 1,238
- Skotselv9.2 mi away · pop. 768
- Oddevall10.5 mi away · pop. 416
- Sylling11.2 mi away · pop. 771
- Vik12.5 mi away
- Sundvollen12.7 mi away · pop. 1,248
- Krøderen13.2 mi away · pop. 565
- Prestfoss13.5 mi away · pop. 519
- Hokksund13.8 mi away · pop. 9,089
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- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image