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A Little About Kongsberg
In 1997 we moved to Kongsberg, which continues to be our home. It's a fairly small town with a population of a little over 25,000. Kongsberg has a rich history, and is particularly known for its silver mines dating back to 1623 and lasting until 1957. After silver output started to decline, mining was complimented by the government establishing a defense industry in 1814. In 1987, the state-owned Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk (English: Kongsberg Weapons Factory) fell on hard times and was eventually spilt into several smaller units and sold partly to private investors. Today, the separate firms thrive as one of Norway's main high-tech industrial clusters, centering on the defence and maritime company Kongsberg Gruppen (KOG). KOG consists of four business areas: Kongsberg Defence Systems (KDS), Kongsberg Protech Systems (KPS), Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies (KOGT) and Kongsberg Maritime (KM). Bjørn is a systems engineer for Kongsberg Defence Systems, while Ann-Louise works at Kongsberg Maritime.
Kongsberg is also rich in culture, with Kongsberg Church being one of the main focal points. Although there are many concerts and other cultural events throughout the year, the annual jazz festival, Kongsberg Jazzfestival, is definitely one of the highlights of the year.
The kids have never been that interested in our home page, as they are more interested in Facebook and more recently Twitter. As a result, I have included links to their Facebook accounts where you might be able to find out what they are up to.
Family Members
Ann-Louise
- Engineer
- Master - Cybernetics and Robotics (2010 - 2015)
Bjørn-Eirik
- Guide
- Master/Civil Engineer - Geomatics (2015 - )
- Kongsberg High School, Sciences (2014-15)
- Kongsberg High School, Sports (2013)
Bjørn
- Systems Engineer
- Mathematics and Computer Science (1991 - 1992)
- Norweigan Airforce Academy, KS2 (1991 - 92)
- Norwegian Military - training and service, Army and Air Force (1983 - 1991)
Diana
- Administrator for Exams
- English and teaching certification (1991 - 1992)
- Bachelor of Science, Accounting (1981 - 1985)
- Music Education (1978 - 1980)
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Busy Bee
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Right now at work I am truly as busy as a bee, as we are in the midst of arranging exams. I am truly thankful for all of the room invigilators that we have. Without them, I would not survive this time of the year.
May Flowers
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As promised April showers have brought May flowers. The above image was drawn in Illustrator based on an image I found at Shutterstock. I also used this in my May Facebook cover and profile image.
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April Showers ...
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The weather icons are based this Envato tutorial. In this post you will find an image with larger versions of the 4 weather icons.
You can read more about the origins of the rhyme "April showers bring May flowers" in my April 2014 post HERE. For me April is a great time of the year. Most of the snow has melted and we only get a surprise snowfall here and there that usually melts after a few hours. The birds are singing, as like me they are celebrating warmer weather and counting the days to long summer days.
