Skollenborg

Skollenborg is a small village in the municipality of Kongsberg in Buskerud county, Norway. [1]

Skollenborg Station
Hedenstad Church

Skollenborg is situated in the valley of Numedal on the Numedalslågen River. The village is located at the intersection between Norwegian county roads FV40 and FV286 which leads to European route E134. It is situated 86 km from Oslo and about 46 km from Drammen. The population of the village was 323 (2014).

The village of Skollenborg is the site of Skollenborg Station (Skollenborg stasjon), a railway station on the Sørlandet Line. The station is served by local trains between Kongsberg via Oslo to Eidsvoll operated by the Vy. To the west of the village lies the Skollenborg power plant (Skollenborg kraftverk).[2][3]

Hedenstad Church (Hedenstad kirke) is a medieval stone church. It was built in the 12th century. The bell tower dates from 1782. The interior of the church is mainly from the 1800s. The painted by Dina Aschehoug in 1888. The church was restored in 1889 based upon plans by architect Herman Backer. During the 1950s, the church was restored under the direction of architect Thomas Tostrup (1910-1971) and the artistic consultant Finn Krafft (1895-1967).[4][5][6][7]

References
  1. Geir Thorsnæs Skollenborg Store norske leksikon
  2. "Skollenborg stasjon". Bane NOR Eiendom. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  3. Knut A Rosvold. "Skollenborg kraftverk". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  4. "Hedenstad kirke". Den norske kirke. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  5. Nina Aldin Thune. "Hedenstad kirke". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  6. "Thomas Tostrup". WikiStrinda. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  7. Ingeborg Astrup. "Finn Krafft". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2017.


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