Kongsberg (nor)

Kongsberg

Kongsberg ranks 1,279th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Varaždin, Hereford, and Saint-Quentin, Aisne. Memorable people born in Kongsberg include Sverre Fehn, Christian Sinding, and Birger Ruud. Memorable people who died in Kongsberg include Birger Ruud and Petter Hugsted. Kongsberg has been the birth place of many athletes and skiers and the death place of many skiers and athletes. Kongsberg is located in Norway.

Kongsberg is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production and forestry for centuries, and is the site of high technology industry including the headquarters of Norway's largest defence contractor Kongsberg Gruppen. Read more on Wikipedia