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The city of Drammen is in the municipality of Drammen in the county of Buskerud, Norway.
Statistics Norway about Drammen: http://www.ssb.no/kommuner/0602
Drammen municipality: http://www.drammen.kommune.no/
Drammens Tidende: http://www.dt.no/
Drammen og Oplands turistforening: http://www.dotf.no/
=History - ancient to present=
Rock carvings at Åskollen and Skogerveien are 6000-7000 years old, and are the first signs of human activity in the area. The largest rock carving at Åskollen depicts an elk.
http://www.drammenshistorie.com/
Geography
Economy
Drammen havn, first described in 1070 by Snorri Sturluson : http://www.drammenhavn.no/
Aass bryggeri, founded 1834: http://www.aass.no/
Culture
Sports
Olympic/World Record holders born in Drammen:
Kim Christiansen, born May 8, 1976. 2001 Snowboarding World Championships at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy (Jan. 21-28), Christiansen won the halfpipe.
Johann Olav Koss, born October 29, 1968. Between 1990-94 he managed no less than 10 world records for speed skating on the distances 1500, 3000, 5000 and 10000 meters.
Sten Einar Stensen, born December 18, 1947. World record 10000 meters speed skating, 1976.
Charles Mathiesen, born February 12, 1911. World record 10000 meters speed skating, 1940.
Championships:
1947, Skating World Championship for Women. 3. place went to Maggi Kvegstad, 2. place to Else Marie Kristiansen, both from Norway.
Drammen håndballklubb: http://www.dhk.no/
Strømsgodset IF: http://www.godset.no/
SBK Drafn: http://www.drafn.no/
Film, theatre, libraries, museums
Drammen kino: http://www.filmweb.no/drammenkino/
Drammens teater, first house at Tangen between 1770 and 1800: http://www.drammensteater.no/
Drammen bibliotek: http://www.drammen.kommune.no/bibliotek
Drammen museum: http://www.drammens.museum.no/
Poltics
Present
Norway is famous for it's fjords. Supporters of replacing a grey concrete motor highway bridge spanning 1892 meters with a tunnel under Drammensfjorden: http://home.online.no/cgi-bin/vis-interaktiv?reidar/ztunnel
