Buskerud
Buskerud | |
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| Buskerud fylke | |
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Buskerud within Norway | |
| Coordinates: 60°30′00″N 09°30′00″E / 60.50000°N 9.50000°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Østlandet |
| County ID | NO-33 |
| Administrative centre | Drammen |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Ingvild Aleksandersen |
| • County mayor | Tore Opdal Hansen (H) (2024–) |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,908 km2 (5,756 sq mi) |
| • Land | 13,794 km2 (5,326 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #12 in Norway, 4.53% of Norway's land area |
| Population (30 September 2019) | |
• Total | 284,955 |
| • Rank | 8 (5.29% of country) |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | 6.7 % |
| Demonym | Buskerudfolk |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Official language form | Neutral |
| Income (per capita) | 155,400 NOK |
| GDP (per capita) | 227,626 NOK (2001) |
| GDP national rank | 7 (3.57% of country) |
| Website | www |
Buskerud (Urban East Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbʉ̂skərʉː] ⓘ) is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestland, Telemark and Vestfold. It extends from Oslofjord and Drammensfjord in the southeast to the Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest. The administrative centre of the county is Drammen.
Buskerud was one of the three counties merged into Viken on 1 January 2020. On 23 February 2022, the Viken County Council voted 49-38 to submit an application to the Norwegian government for a demerger of itself. Due to this, Buskerud (except the area forming the defunct municipalities of Røyken and Hurum) was re-established in 2024.