Skotselv

Skotselv is a village in the municipality of Øvre Eiker, Norway. Its population (2005) is 684, of which 8 people live within the border of the neighbouring municipality of Modum. It has a railway station on the Randsfjord Line.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Skotselv
Settlement.image_skyline: Skotselv-dyvelgarden.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Dyvelgården, Skotselv
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_map: Eikerkart-omriss2.JPG
Settlement.map_caption: Local map
Settlement.pushpin_map: Norway
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Østlandet
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Buskerud
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Øvre Eiker
Settlement.area_total_km2: 0.96

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections

Contents

History
Iron Mill period
Cellulose Mill period
Skotselv Power Station
Local attractions
Notable people
Picture gallery
References
External links

== History == Skotselv as a small village has existed since the Viking Age. At that time the main river, now called Drammenselva, rose higher than today's level, making transport and trade by ship highly accessible. The village first started to grow significantly during the first half of the 16th century when the powerful Ulleland family established several sawmills along the river, using the river as a mean of transporting the goods to the region's capital, Drammen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skotselv” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.