Editing Buskerud (section)

==History==
{{stack|{{Historical populations
|footnote = '''''Source''': [http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/06.html Statistics Norway].''<ref>[https://archive.today/20120526193657/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=folkfram Projected population - Statistics Norway]</ref>
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|1951|156220 	 			  	 	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  		  	  	  	  	  	
|1961|168351 	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	
|1971|198852 	  	  	  	 	 	  	  	  	 	  	    	  	  	  	  	  	
|1981|214571 	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	
|1991|225261  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	
|2001|238833 	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	
|2011|261110	
|2024|269819	  	  	  	  	
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|title=Religion in Buskerud<ref>[https://archive.today/20120716151336/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=kirke_kostra Statistics Norway - Church of Norway.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/07/02/10/trosamf_en/tab-2010-12-13-02-en.html Statistics Norway - Members of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway, by religion/life stance. County. 2006-2010] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102060754/http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/07/02/10/trosamf_en/tab-2010-12-13-02-en.html |date=November 2, 2011 }}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|Purple|83.01}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|Green|3.14}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|Red|0.31}}
{{bar percent|Other|Blue|13.54}}
}}
Buskerud was separated from [[Akershus]] as an [[Amt (country subdivision)|amt]] of its own in 1685, but the amt was smaller than today. It then consisted of the present districts [[Eiker]], [[Hallingdal]], and [[Ringerike (traditional district)|Ringerike]]. The area of the present municipalities of [[Flesberg]], [[Hurum]], [[Kongsberg]], [[Lier, Norway|Lier]], [[Nore og Uvdal]], [[Rollag]] and [[Røyken]] were transferred from Akershus amt to Buskerud amt in 1760. The name ''{{lang|no|Buskeruds amt}}'' was changed to ''{{lang|no|Buskerud fylke}}'' in 1919. The municipality of [[Skoger]] was transferred from [[Vestfold]] to Buskerud in 1964.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://snl.no/Ringerike%2C_Hallingdal%2C_Eiker_og_Buskeruds_amt |title=Ringerike, Hallingdal, Eiker og Buskeruds amt |work=Store norske leksikon |author=Geir Thorsnæs |access-date=February 5, 2016}}</ref>

The area Ringerike may once have been a small kingdom. During the 10th century, Norway's kings [[Olaf Tryggvason]] and [[Olaf II of Norway|Olaf Haraldsson]] grew up at Bønsnes in Ringerike. In the valley of [[Numedal]], silver  was mined in [[Kongsberg]] from the 17th century until discontinued in 1957. Weapons industry had been developed in Kongsberg from 1814, and various high tech industry companies now represent the town's major employers. At [[Modum]] there was also {{lang|no|[[Blaafarveværket]]}}, a [[cobalt]] [[pigment]] production works ([[Blue colour works|Blue Colour Works]]).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Modum_Blaafarvev%C3%A6rk|title= Modum Blaafarveværk |work=Store norske leksikon |author=Ingolf Jarle Rui|access-date= February 5, 2016}}</ref>