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Kongsberg
Not to be confused with the former Prussian city of Königsberg. For the industrial corporation, see Kongsberg Gruppen. For the former settlement in California, see Silver Mountain, California. Kongsberg kommune — Municipality — File:Kongsberg Vestsida. jpg Coordinates: 59°34′56″N 9°40′39″E / 59.58222°N 9.6775°E / 59.58222; 9.6775Coordinates: 59°34′56″N 9°40′39″E / 59.58222°N 9.6775°E / 59.58222; 9.6775 Country Norway County Buskerud District Numedal Administrative centre Kongsberg Government • Mayor (2005) Vidar Lande Area • Total 792 km (306 sq mi) • Land 753 km (291 sq mi) Area rank 138 in Norway Population (2011) • Total 25,090 • Rank 27 in Norway • Density 31.2/km (81/sq mi) • Change (10 years) 8.9 % Demonym KongsbergenserKongsbergensar Time zone CET • Summer CEST ISO 3166 code NO-0604 Official language form Bokmål Website www. kongsberg. kommune. no Data from Statistics Norway Kongsberg is a town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is located at the southern end of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsberg. The town was founded in 1624 under the name Konings Bierg by Danish-Norwegian king Christian IV as a mining community. It was granted its royal charter of trade—amounting to official township—in 1802. The municipality of Kongsberg was established on 1 January 1838. The rural municipalities of Ytre Sandsvær and Øvre Sandsvær were merged into the municipality of Kongsberg on 1 January 1964. Today, Kongsberg is perhaps best known for being the home of Norway's major defense contractor, Kongsberg Gruppen, formerly Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk. Two of its well known products were the Kongsberg Colt and the Krag-Jørgensen rifle. The latter was adopted in the late 19th century as the standard army rifle in Denmark, United States of America and Norway.
