Eidsfoss
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Eidsfoss is a village in Hof municipality, in Vestfold
county, Norway
. It is located near Lake Eikeren
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The village was the site of the Eidsfos Iron Works (Eidsfos Jernverk) which dated to 1697. The iron works was closed during 1873. The village is also the location of the historic Eidsfos Manor (Eidsfos Hovedgård) which dates from approx. 1750.
Vestfold
is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located near Lake Eikeren
Eikeren
Eikeren or Eikern is a long and deep lake in the municipalities of Hof in the county of Vestfold and Øvre Eiker in the county of Buskerud, Norway. It is the largest lake within the county of Vestfold....
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The village was the site of the Eidsfos Iron Works (Eidsfos Jernverk) which dated to 1697. The iron works was closed during 1873. The village is also the location of the historic Eidsfos Manor (Eidsfos Hovedgård) which dates from approx. 1750.