Nybergsund

Coordinates: 61°15′40″N 12°19′22″E / 61.26121°N 12.32265°E / 61.26121; 12.32265
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Nybergsund
Village
Trysil Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total0.56 km2 (0.22 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
355 m (1,165 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total370
 • Density665/km2 (1,720/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
2422 Nybergsund
Websitenybergsund.no

Nybergsund is a village in the municipality of

German conquest of Norway. The village is also the birthplace of award-winning Norwegian writer and translator Tormod Haugen
.

The 0.56-square-kilometre (140-acre) village has a population (2021) of 370 and a population density of 665 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,720/sq mi).[1]

General information

Location

Nybergsund is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the administrative center

Trysilelva (Trysil River), which is a segment of the larger river known in Sweden as Klarälven
. Nybergsund is located roughly 25 km (16 mi) away from Norway's border with Sweden.

Name

Nybergsund was named after a local farm, Nyberg, and the element -sund, meaning strait. In the village's early days, the site of Nyberg farm was used as a harbor for ferries that went along Trysilelva.[3]

History

World War II

A stone monument in a forest clearing, adorned with a plaque and small Norwegian flag
The monument commemorating the bombing in Kongeparken, erected 1946

Two nights after the invasion of Norway, on 11 April 1940,

abdicate so as not to stand in the way if the Government decided otherwise.[4]

Within hours, the Cabinet had made their decision to not capitulate. They reached Minister Bräuer by telephone that night to inform him of their decision. They also broadcast a message to the Norwegian people on NRK, reiterating their decision and promising that Norway would resist the invasion for as long as possible.

Nybergsund was bombed by

co-op, school, and telephone exchange office. When the bombing began, the royal family and cabinet ministers fled from their hotel out into the snow-covered forest nearby.[4] The government then continued farther north towards Molde, where they were picked up by ship to Tromsø, which would later become the provisional capital
until the country was completely under Germany's control in June 1940.

After the war, the area of forest that the royal family and cabinet sought refuge in became a park known as Kongeparken (The King Park). In 1946, King Haakon presented the park with a stone monument commemorating the bombing, and the event drew over 8,000 people. In 1990, on the 50th anniversary of the bombing, King Olav V unveiled a bust of his father, Haakon, to sit alongside the monument. Prime Minister

King Harald V and Queen Sonja gave the park a bust of his father, Olav, thus commemorating all the royal family members who had sought shelter in the forest during the attack.[4]

In a 2005 interview from Aftenposten with King Harald V, he said of the Nybergsund meeting: "Of all the decisions made by the Cabinet, it is the one in Nybergsund on 10 April 1940 that is most important and significant for the Norwegian people in all 100 years of the monarchy."[5]

Industry

Due to its location along the river Trysilelva, Nybergsund has attracted quite a few industries in the area. In 1957, Trysil Interiørtre, a wood processing business, began operations at a plant just across the Nybergsund Bridge on the west bank of Trysilelva. The location was chosen because of the ease of transporting logs downriver. The plant initially produced particle board, but has since changed its production slightly and now produces laminated and veneered components for furniture as well as fire-resistant wall linings for construction.[6]

Another industry that takes advantage of Trysilelva is

GJ) of power per year for its owner, Eidsiva vannkraft
. The plant is one of three on the Norwegian side of the river.

A small building with "Bakeri" written on a sign over the door
The old bakery building in Nybergsund, now used as part of a museum

In 1997, a small dairy opened up in Nybergsund called

skjørost, has 13 employees and processes 2.6 million liters (690,000 U.S. gallons) of milk into cheese yearly.[7]

Nybergsund was also home to a bakery that was in operation until the 1980s. The bakery building, located in the village center, has since been turned into part of the Trysil/Engerdal museum, and occasionally holds bakery days where local residents get together and bake traditional recipes.[8]

The village also features some local retail businesses, such as a convenience store, a tailor, an

post office
inside it (post i butikk).

Transportation

A bridge with three wooden arches, spanning a river
The new Nybergsund Bridge built in 2005

Østby and southwest towards Tørberget
.

Both roads cross Trysilelva at the newly built Nybergsund Bridge. The original bridge was built of wood in 1929 and then was rebuilt out of steel in 1949. The old bridge was very narrow and traffic could only pass one way at a time, regulated by traffic lights, so in 2004, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration commissioned a new one to be built just north of the old site. The bridge, which was completed on 24 August 2005, cost 19.5 million kroner and uses a wooden arch design. The old bridge is still in operation but has been downgraded to a municipal road.[9]

The village is also served by a local

Boreal Transport, runs busses between Trysil and Oslo several times per day.[10]

Recreation

Two football teams in a stadium, the away team celebrating
Nybergsund I.F. playing against Sandefjord Fotball at Nybergsund Stadion

The village has a local

football field, basketball court, and skateboard ramp
.

There are many marked hiking

bingo and concerts.[11]

Skistar is also very close to Nybergsund, lying just 7 km (4.3 mi) to the northwest. The ski resort is the largest in Norway, featuring 31 lifts
and 66 different slopes. The resort is popular mainly because of its relatively close proximity to Oslo, with about two and a half hours of travel time by car each way.

References

  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2021). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Nybergsund, Trysil". yr.no. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Nybergsund". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). 28 February 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Kongeparken" (in Norwegian). Velkommen til Nybergsund. 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  5. ^ Fuglehaug, Wenche (19 November 2012). "Kong Haakon var klar til å abdisere". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  6. ^ "About the firm". Trysil Interiørtre. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  7. ^ "TINE Meieriet Trysil" (in Norwegian). TINE. 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Om Nybergsund" (in Norwegian). Velkommen til Nybergsund. 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  9. ^ Rydje, Grete Myrvold (28 July 2009). "Nybergsund bru blir kommunal" (in Norwegian). Trysil kommune. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  10. ^ "Trysilekspressen Rutetider f.o.m. 10. desember 2012 – 30. april 2013" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Boreal Transport. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Aktiviteter" (in Norwegian). Velkommen til Nybergsund. 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

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