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{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Lier
| native_name        =
| native_name_lang   =
| other_name         =
| official_name      =
| idnumber           = 3312
| image_skyline      = File:Rådhuset i Lierbyen - panoramio.jpg
|image_caption       = City Hall in Lierbyen 
| county             = Buskerud
| district           = 
| capital            = [[Lierbyen]]
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| coatofarms         = Lier komm.svg
| flag = Flag of Lier.gif
| demonym            = Liung
| munwebpage         = www.lier.kommune.no
| mayor              = [[Gunn Cecilie Ringdal]]
| mayor_party        = [[Conservative Party of Norway|H]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2015
| area_rank          = 277
| area_total_km2      = 301
| area_land_km2       = 281
| area_water_percent  = 0.09
| population_as_of   = 24971
| population_rank    = 40
| population_total   = 21594
| populationpercent  = 0.47
| population_density_km2= 77
| population_increase= 9.8
| coordinates        = {{coord|59.7937863|N|10.2660000|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6637296 | utm_easting = 0567993 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Lier''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Buskerud]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], Norway.  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of [[Lierbyen]].  The municipality of Lier was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]). The area [[Åssiden]] was transferred from Lier to the neighboring municipality of [[Drammen]] on 1 July 1951.

Norway's longest indoor shopping center, [[Liertoppen]], is located in [[Lierskogen]]. The newspaper ''[[Lierposten]]'' is published in Lier.<ref>[https://snl.no/Lierposten ''Store norske leksikon'': Lierposten.]</ref>

==General information==
===Name===
The [[Old Norse]] form of the name was ''Líðir''. The name is the [[plural]] form of ''líð'' which means "hillside".

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] and was designed by [[Hallvard Trætteberg]] and granted on 14 August 1970. The arms show five silver-colored apple [[blossom]]s on a red background.  The area is well known for the production of various types of fruit, [[berries]], vegetables, and flowers, so this was chosen as a symbol of the area's lush scenery and agriculture.<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|year=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/l/lier.htm|access-date=2009-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lier.kommune.no/templates/Page.aspx?id=244 |title=Liers kommunevåpen |publisher=Lier kommune |access-date=2009-01-10 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724180513/http://www.lier.kommune.no/templates/Page.aspx?id=244 |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}</ref>

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Lier 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=30 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}}||1,199
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||343
|-
| {{flag|Somalia}}||310
|-
| {{flag|India}}||301
|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}||245
|-
| {{flag|Iraq}}||197
|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}}||186
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}||166
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||162
|-
| {{flag|Kosovo}}||153
|}

==Geography==
Lier borders to the municipalities of [[Asker]], [[Bærum]], [[Drammen]], [[Modum]] and [[Hole, Norway|Hole]]. It includes the villages of [[Lierbyen]], [[Sylling]], [[Sjåstad]], [[Nøste]], [[Gullaug]], [[Lierskogen]], and [[Tranby]].

Lier is thought of as a "green lung" for Norway's capital, [[Oslo]], with its vast number of fields and apple trees. It is also famous for its agricultural products as [[strawberries]] and vegetables.

The [[Gilhusodden]] Nature Preserve is home of many different bird species. The area is also used for recreation, especially swimming and sunbathing, with its long, shallow beach.

==Notable residents==
[[File:St. Hallvard .jpg|120px|thumb|St. Hallvard]]
[[File:Sæbjørn Buttedahl (1926).jpg|120px|thumb|Sæbjørn Buttedahl, 1926]]
{{maincat|People from Lier, Norway|People from Lier}}
* [[Hallvard Vebjørnsson]] ({{Circa|1020}} in Lier – 1043) or ''St. Hallvard'', [[Oslo]]'s [[patron saint]]
* [[Hans Christian Heg]] (1829 at Haugestad – 1863) Norwegian American [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]]
* [[Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck]] (1845 in Lier – 1917) a Norwegian [[dermatologist]]
* [[Harald Saue]] (1876 at Saue – 1958) Mayor of Lier in the 1920s and politician for [[Nasjonal Samling]]
* [[Sæbjørn Buttedahl]] (1876 in Lier – 1960) a Norwegian stage and film actor and sculptor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125263/   IMDb Database]. Retrieved 20 February 2021</ref>
* [[Alf Wollebæk]] (1879 in Lier – 1960) a Norwegian zoologist and curator
* [[Viggo Brun]] (1885 in Lier – 1978) a professor, mathematician and [[Number theory|number theorist]]
* [[Thorleif Haug]] (1894 in Vivelstad – 1934) [[ski]]er/[[ski jump]]er, he won three Nordic skiing events at the [[1924 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Kirsten Brunvoll]] (1895 in Lier – 1976) playwright and [[Norwegian resistance movement|resistance member]] in WWII
* [[Knut Tvedt]] (1906 in Lier – 1989) jurist and acting CEO of the [[NRK]] 1946 to 1948
* [[Ole Ivar Lovaas]] (1927 in Lier – 2010) a Norwegian-American clinical psychologist and pioneering behaviorist
* [[Gert Nygårdshaug]] (born 1946) author of poems, children's books and novels; lives in Lier
* [[Martin Kolberg]] (born 1949) [[Norwegian Labour Party]] secretary 2002/2009; lives in Lier
* [[Karin Fossum]] (born 1954) crime fiction author, ''"Norwegian queen of crime"'', lives in [[Sylling]]
* [[Frode Kjekstad]] (born 1974 in Lier) a Norwegian jazz guitarist
* [[Mads Hansen (footballer, born 1984)|Mads Hansen]] (born 1984 in Lier) singer and former footballer with over 230 club caps

[[File:Frogner kirke (Lier) 20080608-4.jpg|thumb|250 px|Frogner Kirke]]
[[File:Frogner prestegård.jpg|thumb|250 px|Frogner parsonage]]

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway}}
Lier is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Utveksling er topp|url=https://www.lierposten.no/nyheter/sylling/utveksling-er-topp/s/5-65-5703|website=lierposten.no|publisher=Lierposten|language=no|date=2015-04-14|access-date=2021-01-31}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Falköping Municipality|Falköping]], Sweden
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kokemäki]], Finland
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mariagerfjord Municipality|Mariagerfjord]], Denmark

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Liertoppen Shopping Center Front 20110921.jpg|Liertoppen Shopping Center  
File:Lier rockeverksted.jpg|Gamle Hegg skole
File:Jacobsen elektro main office.jpg| Jacobsen Elektro main office
File:Hvalsdammen i Lier - panoramio (2).jpg| Hvalsdammen
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Lier, Norway}}
{{wiktionary|Lier}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201625/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0626 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Buskerud}}
*[http://www.lier-bygdetun.no/ Lier Bygdetun]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110726151637/http://lier.historielag.org/engsum.htm Lier Historielag]
*[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2016259 Sylling churchyard]

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[[Category:Municipalities of Buskerud]]
[[Category:Villages in Buskerud]]