Mjøndalen

Mjøndalen is a built up area in Drammen municipality in Viken county (formerly Buskerud county), Norway. It is situated south of the Drammenselva River opposite of Krokstadelva.[2]

Mjøndalsbrua over Drammenselva connecting Mjøndalen and Krokstadelva
Mjøndalen
Population
[1]
ca. 8,000

History

Mjøndalen has traditionally been a railway site most known as an industrial sawmill location. Historically Mjøndalen was known for its industry; including paper & pulp production and a substantial cellulose industry. The production of wood products and furniture are also traditional commercial activities. All the paper mills closed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Sports and media

Mjøndalen has a friendly sports rivalry with the neighbouring communities of Solbergelva and Krokstadelva. The rivalry is mostly in sports such as football and bandy and cross-country skiing. In football, Mjøndalen IF Fotball plays in Eliteserien, the top tier in the Norwegian league system. In bandy, Mjøndalen IF have become Norwegian champions several times.[3] The newspaper Eikerbladet is published in Mjøndalen.

Mjøndalen Church

Mjøndalen Church

Mjøndalen Church (Mjøndalen Kirke) was opened in 1983. It was built after drawings by architect Elisabeth Breen Fidjestøl. The building was constructed of brick and wood and has 380 seats. The building consists of the church sanctuary and adjacent church hall, offices, chapel and youth department and group rooms. As of 2020, the church was moved from Eiker prosti to Drammen Prosti, which is a part of the Diocese of Tunsberg. This happened as a result of the municipal merger between Nedre Eiker and Drammen municipality.[4]

Portåsen
Portåsen - childhood home of poet Herman Wildenvey

Portåsen is a museum honouring the life and writing of Herman Wildenvey, a prominent Norwegian poet. Herman Wildenvey lived the first three years of his life in Mjøndalen. At three years of age, he was moved to the Portåsen farm on the edge of the forest above the village.[5]

Today Portåsen, Wildenveys rike is a cultural centre, meeting place and venue for local, regional and national artists. The site includes a newly renovated farmhouse and farm buildings. Stiftelsen Portåsen is the organization which works on the development of Portåsen and which operates in affiliation with Buskerud Museum (Buskerudmuseet), a foundation for the preservation of cultural heritage within Buskerud.[6][7]

Notable residents
See also: Drammen § Notable_residents

References
  1. "Mjøndalen".
  2. A Brief History (Nedre Eiker kommune) Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Eliteserien 2005/2006". Norges Bandyforbund. Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
  4. Mjøndalen parish. "Om Mjøndalen menighet" [About Mjøndalen congregation]. Den Norske Kirke (Kirken.no) (in Norwegian). Retrieved April 23, 2023. the parish boundaries will be changed so that the parishes of Mjøndalen and Nedre Eiker will no longer belong to Eiker parish but will fall under Drammen parish.
  5. "Portåsen, Wildenveys rike". Innovation Norway. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  6. Herman Wildenvey (Stiftelsen Portåsen)
  7. Anne-Sofie Hjemdahl. "Buskerudmuseet". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.

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