Lier, Norway
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Lier is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lierbyen. The municipality of Lier was established on 1 January 1838. The area Åsside
City Hall in Lierbyen
St. Hallvard
Sæbjørn Buttedahl, 1926
Frogner Kirke
Hans Christian Heg
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Hans Christian Heg was a Norwegian American journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician, and soldier. He was best known for leading the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment on the Union side in the Amer
Lier, Norway
…Hallvard Vebjørnsson (c. 1020 in Lier – 1043) or St. Hallvard, Oslo's patron saint Hans Christian Heg (1829 at Haugestad – 1863) Norwegian American abolitionist Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck (1845 in Lier – 1917) a Norwegian dermatologist…
Portrait of Hans Christian Heg
Colonel Hans Christian Heg. Painting by Herbjørn Gausta (1854-1924) in 1915
Statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg, Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison. During riots in June 2020, the statue was pulled down, decapitated, and thrown into Lake Monona.