Editing Flesberg

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{{Infobox kommune
| name = Flesberg
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = 
| other_name = 
| official_name = 
| idnumber = 3334
| image_skyline = File:Flesberg kommunehus.jpg
| image_caption = Flesberg Council Offices at Lampeland
| county = Buskerud
| district = Numedal
| capital = [[Lampeland]]
| demonym = Flesberging
| language = [[Bokmål]]
| coatofarms = Flesberg komm.svg
| munwebpage = www.flesberg.kommune.no
| mayor = Egil Langgård
| mayor_party = [[Norwegian Labour Party|Ap]]
| mayor_as_of = 2003
| area_rank = 190
| area_total_km2 = 562
| area_land_km2 = 538
| area_water_percent = 0.17
| population_as_of = 2004
| population_rank = 302
| population_total = 2512
| populationpercent = 0.05
| population_density_km2 = 5
| population_increase = 0.2
| coordinates = {{coord|59|50|52|N|9|28|56|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V
| utm_northing = 6634566
| utm_easting = 0527029
| geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Flesberg''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Buskerud]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. It is part of the [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]] of [[Numedal]].  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of [[Lampeland]].

The economy of Flesberg is dominated by [[forestry]] and [[agriculture]], as well as the cluster of high-tech industries in neighbouring [[Kongsberg]].

== General information ==
=== Etymology ===
The municipality (originally the [[parish]]) is named after the old ''Flesberg'' farm ([[Old Norse]]: ''Flesberg''), since the first church was built here. The first element is ''fles'' which means "[[rock (geology)|rock]]" and the last element is ''berg'' which means "[[mountain]]".<ref>[[Einar Haugen|Haugen, Einar]] (1967) Norwegian-English Dictionary (University of Wisconsin Press) {{ISBN|978-0-299-03874-8}}</ref>

=== Coat-of-arms ===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted on 10 March 1989.  The arms show two ''tømmerklaver'' to represent [[forestry]] – and also the letter [[F]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flesberg.kommune.no/Aktuelt.aspx |title=Aktuelt |publisher=Flesberg kommune |access-date=6 January 2009 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501021706/http://www.flesberg.kommune.no/Aktuelt.aspx |archive-date=1 May 2010 }}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Flesberg stave church.jpg|thumb|left|Flesberg Stave Church]]
[[Flesberg Stave Church]] was built around the year 1250. After reconstruction in 1735, the church conformed with cruciform plan.  The municipality of Flesberg was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]). The area of [[Jondalen]] was transferred from Flesberg to the neighboring municipality of [[Kongsberg]] on 1 January 1964.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kunsthistorie.com/fagwiki/Flesberg_stavkirke |title=Flesberg stavkirke |publisher=Kunsthistorie |access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The municipality is divided into the parishes Flesberg, Lyngdal, and [[Svene]]. Most of the population lives in the four villages of Svene, [[Lampeland]], Flesberg, and Lyngdal. The municipal area is {{convert|560|km²|mi2}}.
In the western part of Flesberg, the landscape rises steeply to the mountain area of [[Blefjell]], a popular [[tourist destination]].
{{Further|Fagerfjell}}

== Demographics ==
{| style="float:center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Flesberg by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=29 July 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
! style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Ancestry
! style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Number
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}} || 49
|-
| {{flag|Somalia}} || 46
|-
| {{flag|Poland}} || 35
|-
| {{flag|Eritrea}} || 34
|-
| {{flag|Latvia}} || 16
|}

== Notable people ==
* [[Finn Qvale]] (1873–1955) a military officer, cartographer and sports official
* [[Jul Låg]] (1915-2000) a scientist and soil researcher
* [[Hallvard Bakke]] (born 1943) a Norwegian politician

== Sister cities ==
The following cities are [[town twinning|twinned]] with Flesberg:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.flesberg.kommune.no/default.asp?Uid=1702 |title=Flesbergs vennskapskommuner |publisher=Flesberg kommune |access-date=6 January 2009 |language=no}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|SWE}} - [[Falkenberg Municipality|Falkenberg]], [[Halland County]], [[Sweden]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} - [[Fosston, Minnesota|Fosston]], [[Minnesota]], [[United States]]
* {{flagicon|DEN}} - [[Lejre Municipality|Lejre]], [[Region Sjælland]], [[Denmark]]
* {{flagicon|FIN}} - [[Savitaipale]], [[Southern Finland|Etelä-Suomi]], [[Finland]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
{{Wiktionary}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220558/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0631 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Buskerud}}

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