Kongsberg Skiing Museum
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Kongsberg Skiing Museum is a museum
of skiing
, located in Kongsberg
, Norway
. It was initially created by the two friends and well known ski jumpers, Birger Ruud
and Petter Hugsted
. The museum focuses on the golden age of ski jumping
in Norway, from 1924 to 1952, when jumpers from Kongsberg dominated ski jumping on the national as well as international level.
The museum is located in central Kongsberg, together with the Norwegian Mining Museum (Norsk Bergverksmuseum).
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
of skiing
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
, located in Kongsberg
Kongsberg
is a town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is located at the southern end of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsberg....
, 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 was initially created by the two friends and well known ski jumpers, Birger Ruud
Birger Ruud
Birger Ruud was a Norwegian ski jumper.Born in Kongsberg, Birger Ruud, with his brothers Sigmund and Asbjørn, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning three world championships in 1931, 1935 and 1937. Ruud also won the Olympic gold medal in 1932 and 1936...
and Petter Hugsted
Petter Hugsted
Petter Hugsted was a champion Norwegian ski jumper. Born in Kongsberg, he won the Olympic gold medal in Ski Jumping in 1948 Winter Olympics at St. Moritz. This was impressive, especially after being held in the Grini concentration camp during the German occupation of Norway...
. The museum focuses on the golden age of ski jumping
Ski jumping
Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...
in Norway, from 1924 to 1952, when jumpers from Kongsberg dominated ski jumping on the national as well as international level.
The museum is located in central Kongsberg, together with the Norwegian Mining Museum (Norsk Bergverksmuseum).