Buskerud

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Buskerud
County
Buskerud fylke
Flag Coat of arms
Buskerud within Norway
Coordinates: 60°30′00″N 09°30′00″E / 60.50000°N 9.50000°E / 60.50000; 9.50000
Country	Norway
Region	Østlandet
County ID	NO-33
Administrative centre	Drammen
Government
• Governor	Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl   Arbeiderpartiet   (1999–2020)
• County mayor	Tore Opdal Hansen   Conservative Party   (2024–)[1]
Area
• Total	14,908 km2 (5,756 sq mi)
• Land	13,794 km2 (5,326 sq mi)
• Rank	#12 in Norway, 4.53% of Norway's land area
Population  (30 September 2019)
• Total	284,955
• Rank	8 (5.29% of country)
• Density	18/km2 (50/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	6.7 %
Demonym	Buskerudfolk
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Official language form	Neutral
Income (per capita)	155,400 NOK
GDP (per capita)	227,626 NOK (2001)
GDP national rank	7 (3.57% of country)
Website	www.bfk.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Buskerud (Urban East Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbʉ̂skərʉː] ^ⓘ) is a county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest. The county administration was in modern times located in Drammen.^[2] Buskerud was merged with Akershus and Østfold into the newly created Viken County on 1 January 2020.^[3] On 23 February 2022, the Viken County Council voted in a 49 against 38 decision to submit an application to the Norwegian government for a county demerger.^[4] Due to this, Buskerud (except the area forming the defunct municipalities of Røyken and Hurum) was re-established in 2024.