Sundvollen
Sundvollen is a village in the municipality of Hole, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Sundvollen is located along the east side of Tyrifjorden where the E16 crosses west over Steinsfjorden, the northeastern arm of Tyrifjorden, to Kroksund. The village had 801 inhabitants as of January 2009.
Sundvollen is most noted for the Sundvolden and Krokkleiva hotels. Sundvolden Hotel is one of Norway’s oldest hotels. It was mentioned in written sources dating from 1648. Krokkleiva Hotel (Krokkleiva på Krokskogen i Hole) is also an inn with long tradition. It was situated on the Old Royal Bergen Road (Den bergenske kongevei), the historic road between Oslo and Hadeland. Kroksund bridge, an old stone structure at Sundvollen, was included in the Old Royal Bergen Road. The road also formed part of the old Pilgrim's Route from Oslo to Trondheim.
Krokskogen forest is a wooded area south of Sundvollen which forms part of the Oslomarka area. The steep Krokkleiva through Krokskogen was part of King Road (Kongevei) between Sundvollen and Kleivstua, originally a coaching inn in 1780 which originally catered to travelers between Christiania and Ringerike. The road was constructed in 3-6 meters wide at the end of the 1700s to raise the road standard with regard to increasing transport of charcoal to Bærums Verk in Lommedalen.[1][2]
On Sunday, July 24, 2011, the survivors, relatives of those killed, and supporters plan to have a commemmorative procession at Sundvollen to remember those killed during the massacre of young people at Utoya by Anders Behring Breivik on Friday, July 22 as part of the 2011 Oslo attacks.
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- Lønnå, Finn (1992) Langs Kongevei og gammel Drammensvei i Asker og Bærum (Asker og Bærum Historielag)
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Coordinates: 60°04′N 10°20′E / 60.067°N 10.333°E
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