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Akershus
Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Akershus
Akershusä'kərs-hoos′, county (1995 pop. 434,544), 1,895 sq mi (4,908 sq km), SE Norway, bordering on the Oslofjord in the south and on Sweden in the east. The capital is Oslo. The county has productive farms and extensive forests, and tourism is important. Manufactures include processed food, textiles, metals, and forest products.

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is a county in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and Østfold; it has also a short border with Sweden. Akershus is the second largest county by population after Oslo, with more than half a million inhabitants. The county is named after Akershus Fortress. The county administration is in Oslo, which is not part of the county per se. The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum. This became the result after the transferring of the great municipality of Aker from Akershus county to Oslo in...more »
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  • Drobak

    Drobak, town, Akershus co., SE Norway, on the Oslofjord. It is a picturesque summer resort and a winter port for Oslo.

  • Eidsvoll

    Eidsvoll or Eidsvold, town (1995 pop. 16,792), Akershus co., SE Norway, near Lake Mjøsa. Forest products are manufactured there. One of Norway's oldest confederacies, the Eidsivalag, held its ...

  • Oslo

    Oslo, city (1995 pop. 482,555), capital of Norway, of Akershus co., and of Oslo co. (175 sq mi/453 sq km), SE Norway, at the head of the Oslofjord (a deep inlet of the Skagerrak). Oslo is Norw...

  • Lie, Trygve Halvdan

    Lie, Trygve Halvdan, 1896–1968, Norwegian statesman, first secretary-general of the United Nations. A lawyer and Labor party leader, he was Norwegian minister of justice (1935–39) and minister...

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