Hvalstad
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hvalstad is a village and a small part of the Municipality Asker. Hvalstad has got a little more than 2000 inhabitants. This number has doubled itself since the seventies. Hvalstad is located 20 kilometres from the centre of Oslo.
Hvalstad Station is on Drammenbanen (the Oslo-Drammen Railway line) opened on October 7, 1872.
[edit] Asker Museum
Asker Museum is located in Hvalstad. The Museum primarely shows the audience art of many kinds. It's a source to knowledge, understanding and inspiration. This Museum was the home of Otto and Tilla Valstad. They are related to the family that Hvalstad got its name from. When they died in the in the end of the forties they gave their properties including their house to the Municipality of Asker and this way it became a museum.
| Municipalities of Akershus |  |
|---|---|
|
Asker | Aurskog-Høland | Bærum | Eidsvoll | Enebakk | Fet | Frogn | Gjerdrum | Hurdal | Lørenskog | Nannestad | Nes | Nesodden | Nittedal | Oppegård | Rælingen | Skedsmo | Ski | Sørum | Ullensaker | Vestby | Ås |
|
