Birger Ruud was a Norwegian ski jumper and alpine skier.
Birger Ruud in 1936
Birger Ruud in 1949
Kongsberg is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production and forestry for centuries, and is the site of high technology industry including the headquarters of Norway's largest defence contractor Kongsberg Gruppen.
Kongsberg in July 2006
Classic Kongsberg wire-silver, collected in the 1980s. Size 1.4 cm × 1 cm × 0.9 cm (0.55 in × 0.39 in × 0.35 in)
Entrance to Christian 7. Stoll.
Inside the mines. Christian 7. Stoll (right), «skråplanet» (down to the left)