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{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Modum
| native_name        =
| native_name_lang   =
| other_name         =
| official_name      =
| idnumber           = 3316
| image_skyline      = Vikersund sentrum.jpg
| county             = Buskerud
| district           = [[Ringerike (traditional district)|Ringerike]]
| capital            = [[Vikersund]]
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| coatofarms         = Modum komm.svg
| demonym            = Moing/Moding
| munwebpage         = www.modum.kommune.no
| mayor              = Sunni Grøndahl Aamodt 
| mayor_party        = [[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2019
| area_rank          = 204
| area_total_km2      = 515
| area_land_km2       = 463
| area_water_percent  = 0.16
| population_as_of   = 2004
| population_rank    = 87
| population_total   = 12594
| populationpercent  = 0.28
| population_density_km2= 27
| population_increase= 3.2
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|57|27|N|9|58|58|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6647089 | utm_easting = 0554888 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}
[[File:Modum rådhus.jpg|thumb|250 px|Modum City Hall at [[Vikersund]]]]
'''Modum''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Buskerud]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of [[Vikersund]].  The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]).

The area has a long tradition of [[skiing]] with several famous skiers. Modum is home to one of the largest ski jumping hills in the world, [[Vikersundbakken]] which is situated in Heggen, outside [[Geithus]].  The hill record, established in 2017 is a jump of {{convert|253.5|m|ft}}.

==General information==
===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[parish]]) is named after the old ''Modum'' farm ([[Old Norse]]: ''Móðheimr''), since the first church was built here.  The first element is ''móða'' which means "[[river]]" (here the [[Drammenselva]] river) and the last element is ''heimr'' which means "[[home]]", "[[wikt:homestead|homestead]]", or "[[farm]]". The name of the farm was later changed to ''[[Buskerud]]''.

===Coat-of-arms===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted on 15 March 1985.  The arms show three wavy silver lines “[[Division of the field|party per bend sinister]]” on a blue background.  They represent the three main rivers in the municipality: [[Drammenselva]], [[Snarumselva]], and [[Simoa]]  and the colour [[blue]] represents [[Blaafarveværket]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/m/modum.htm|access-date=2009-01-10}}</ref>

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Modum by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=29 July 2017|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date= 2 July 2015 }}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||316
|-
| {{flag|Kosovo}}||98
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||87
|-
| {{flag|Iraq}}||78
|-
| {{flag|Somalia}}||76
|-
| {{flag|Eritrea}}||71
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}||71
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}||70
|-
| {{flag|Syria}}||52
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||48
|}

==Geography==
The municipality is bordered in the north by [[Krødsherad]] and [[Ringerike (municipality)|Ringerike]], in the east by [[Hole, Norway|Hole]] and [[Lier, Norway|Lier]], in the south by [[Øvre Eiker]], and in the west by [[Sigdal]].
{{Further|Breiliflaka}}

==Communities==
The municipality has three main villages: [[Åmot, Buskerud|Åmot]], [[Geithus]], and [[Vikersund]].

Åmot is the starting point  of Kunstnerdalen, which was frequently visited by of several Norwegian 19th and 19th century painters: [[Christian Krohg]], [[Adolph Tidemand]] and [[Hans Gude]]. It also was home to [[Theodor Kittelsen]] and [[Christian Skredsvig]]. [[Edvard Munch]] also painted in Modum. This is also the site of [[Blaafarveværket]] whichnow includes a museum and art gallery.<ref>{{cite web|url =  http://www.gonorway.com/go/kunstnerdalen.html|title= Kunstnerdalen |publisher=     gonorway.com
|access-date= January 1, 2018}}</ref>

Geithus is the location of two hydroelectric powerplants; Geithusfoss kraftverk and Gravfoss kraftverk.<ref>{{cite web|url =   https://snl.no/Geithus|title= Geithus|publisher=    Store norske leksikon |author=  Geir Thorsnæs|access-date= January 1, 2018}}</ref>

[[Vikersund]] is  the municipality administrative center of Modum and the site of the Modum City Hall. It is also the site of [[Vikersundbakken]].

==Notable residents==
=== Public service & business ===
[[File:Christopher Hornsrud.jpg|125px|thumb|Christopher Hornsrud, ca.1930]]
* [[Hans Gulbranson]] (1787 in Modum – 1868) pioneer developer of the textile industry
* [[Gudbrand Gregersen de Saág]] (1824 in Modum – 1910) Norwegian-Hungarian bridge engineer
* [[Anders Sveaas]] (1840 in Modum – 1917) founded the [[Kistefos Wood Pulp Mill]]
* [[Albert Collett]] (1842 at Buskerud Manor – 1896) timber merchant, sawmill owner, founded [[Firma Albert Collett]]
* [[Nils P. Haugen]] (1849 in Modum – 1931), member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Wisconsin]]
* [[Charles E. Hanson]] (1855 in Modum – 1932), member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]
* [[Christopher Hornsrud]] (1859 in Skotselv, Øvre Eiker – 1960), [[List of heads of government of Norway|Norwegian Prime Minister]] in 1928
* [[Christian Hansen Tandberg]] (1872 at Nykirke – 1951) farmer, deputy mayor of Modum 1920's
* [[Hjalmar Steenstrup]] (1890 in Modum – 1945) insurance agent and [[Milorg]] pioneer
* [[Erling Diesen]] (born 1932 in Geithus) a Norwegian engineer and civil servant 
[[File:Maurits Hansen.jpg|125px|thumb|Maurits Hansen]]

=== The Arts ===
* [[Maurits Hansen]] (1774 in Modum – 1843), [[author]], contributor to the [[Romantic Movement]]
* [[Thorvald Lammers]] (1841 in Modum – 1922) baritone singer, choral conductor & composer
* [[Andreas Edvard Disen]] (1845 in Modum – 1923) a mountain landscape painter
* [[Hans Andersen Foss]] (1851 in Modum – 1929) Norwegian-American author, newspaper editor
* [[Christian Skredsvig]] (1854 in Modum – 1924) painter and writer, style reflected [[Realism (arts)|naturalism]] 
* [[Arild Formoe]] (1912 in Modum – 2006), accordion player and orchestra conductor
* [[Thure Erik Lund]] (born 1959 in Vikersund) author and cabinet maker
[[File:ArtJorgensGoudeycard.jpg|125px|thumb|1934 baseball card of Arndt "Art" Jorgens]]

=== Sport ===
* [[Arndt Jorgens]] (1905 in Modum – 1980) catcher in [[Major League Baseball]] for [[New York Yankees]]
* [[Knut Østby]] (1922 in Modum – 2010) sprint canoeist, silver medallist, [[1948 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl]] (born 1960), [[Ski jumping|ski jumper]] team bronze medallist at the [[1988 Winter Olympics]], works in Vikersund
* [[Tom Gulbrandsen]] (born 1964) retired footballer with almost 300 club caps and 17 for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
* [[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]] (born 1974 in Simostranda), [[ski]] [[biathlon|biathlete]] with 13 Winter Olympic Games medals

==Sister cities==
The following cities are [[town twinning|twinned]] with Modum:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modum.kommune.no/nordiske-vennskapskommuner.106516.no.html|title=Nordiske vennskapskommuner|publisher=Modum kommune|access-date=2009-01-10|language=no|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220013854/http://www.modum.kommune.no/nordiske-vennskapskommuner.106516.no.html|archive-date=2012-02-20}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|FIN}} '''[[Laukaa]]''', [[Western Finland]], [[Finland]]
* {{flagicon|DEN}} '''[[Stevns Municipality|Stevns]]''', [[Region Sjælland]], [[Denmark]]
* {{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Östra Göinge Municipality|Östra Göinge]]''', [[Skåne County]], [[Sweden]]

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Gulsrud Kirke.jpg|Gulsrud Church<ref>{{cite web  |url=  https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/gulsrud-kirke/om-gulsrud-kirke/  |title=  Om Gulsrud Kirke  |publisher=  Modum Fellesraad  |access-date=  December 1, 2017  |archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041252/https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/gulsrud-kirke/om-gulsrud-kirke/  |archive-date=  December 1, 2017  |url-status=  dead  }}</ref>
File:Heggen kirke TRS 070429 022.jpg|Heggen Church<ref>{{cite web|url= https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/heggen-kirke1/om-heggen-kirke/|title= Om Heggen kirke|publisher= Modum Fellesraad|access-date= December 1, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031337/https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/heggen-kirke1/om-heggen-kirke/|archive-date= December 1, 2017|url-status= dead}}</ref>
File:Nykirke Modum TRS 1.jpg|Nykirke Church <ref>{{cite web|url=  https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/nykirke-kirke11/om-nykirke-kirke/|title=  Om Nykirke kirke|publisher=  Modum Fellesraad|access-date=  December 1, 2017|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032826/https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/nykirke-kirke11/om-nykirke-kirke/|archive-date=  December 1, 2017|url-status=  dead}}</ref>
File:Rud kirke Modum.jpg|Rud Church<ref>{{cite web |url= https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/rud-kirke/om-rud-kirke/ |title= Om Rud Kirke |publisher= Modum Fellesraad |access-date= December 1, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034056/https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/rud-kirke/om-rud-kirke/ |archive-date= December 1, 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
File:Snarum kirke TRS 1.jpg|Snarum Church<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/snarum-kirke/om-snarum-kirke/|title=  Om Snarum kirke|publisher=  Modum Fellesraad|access-date=  December 1, 2017|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040805/https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/snarum-kirke/om-snarum-kirke/|archive-date=  December 1, 2017|url-status=  dead}}</ref>
File:Vestre Spone kapell TRS 2.jpg|Vestre Spone Chapel<ref>{{cite web|url=   https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/vestre-spone-kirke/om-vestre-spone-kirke/|title=   Om Vestre Spone kirke|publisher=   Modum Fellesraad|access-date=   December 1, 2017|archive-url=   https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033513/https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/Modum_fellesraad/kirker/vestre-spone-kirke/om-vestre-spone-kirke/|archive-date=   December 1, 2017|url-status=   dead}}</ref>
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Modum}}
{{wiktionary|Modum}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030325/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0623 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Buskerud}}
*[http://www.blaa.no/hoved.asp?kID=4&side=764&sprk=2&skat=1012 Blaafarveværket] [[Cobalt]] mines
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224041753/http://www.kulturnett.no/geografisknavigering/geografisknavigering_visning.jsp?fylke=T952798&kommune=T1541734 Culture in Modum on the map] from [[Kulturnett.no]]

{{Buskerud}}

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