Tanum is a district in the municipality of Bærum

Bærum

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....

, 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...

. Its population (2007) is 2,751.

Tanum is home for the romanesque

Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...

Tanum Church, built between 1100 and 1130, and expanded in the 18th century. The church is known for its plaster art. The church is placed near the highest point of the Tanum plateau, located approximately 150 meters above sea level. This areas is also known for its archaeological findings of viking graves from the iron age.

The Tanum area has a rich soil, and is home for several farms: Staver, Bjerke, Aas, Ringi farm og Tanum farm.