Buskerud

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Buskerud (Urban East Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbʉ̂skərʉː] ) is a county in eastern Norway. The 14,694.11-square-kilometre (5,673.43 sq mi) county borders Akershus, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestland, Telemark, and Vestfold counties. It extends from the Drammensfjorden in the southeast to the Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Drammen. Buskerud was one of the three counties merged into Viken county on 1 January 2020. On 23 February 2022, the Viken County Council voted 49–38 to submit an application to the Norwegian government to undo the 2020 merger. The Norwegian government agreed and on 1 January 2024, Buskerud county was re-established. The only difference was that the areas of the old Røyken Municipality and the old Hurum Municipality were not part of the re-established Buskerud because those areas had been merged with Asker Municipality and that area was part of Akershus county).

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