Modum bets on a modular town hall

Buskerud news from the past 48 hours: Modum municipality signed an agreement on Monday to build and lease a modular rådhus, after closing its administrative offices due to asbestos. In Drammen, Strømsgodset finished at the top of the 1. divisjon and is returning to the Eliteserien. In Kongsberg, the maritime industry company unveiled an unmanned surface vessel concept for the British navy.

Buskerud News: In Modum, a modular town hall for six years

The 100 employees of Modum town hall had to leave their workplace in April, after asbestos was discovered around a window during renovation work. On Monday, the municipality signed an agreement covering the construction and rental of a modular building (NRK Buskerud). The lease runs for six years, and the cost amounts to 19.5 million kroner.

The building will have three floors and will be installed between the current town hall and Fjordbyen. It is designed to accommodate a little more than 80 workstations, along with a meeting room and a canteen. Move-in is planned before 1 March 2027 (NRK Buskerud).

At the same time, the municipality continues to consider its future town hall. Three proposals are on the table: renovating the old building, constructing a new one, or decentralizing administrative services across the municipality's localities (NRK Buskerud).

Strømsgodset are champions and back in Eliteserien

After defeating Stabæk in the final round, Strømsgodset finished top of the 1. divisjon and are returning to Eliteserien. The celebrations continued on Sunday evening in Drammen, where the club's flags were raised in several restaurants, bars and nightlife venues. Around 1500 supporters travelled to the match (NRK Buskerud).

The Drammen club has played 958 matches at Norway's highest level; only eight teams have played more. NRK Buskerud has reviewed the journeys of the last 15 promoted teams: three were relegated immediately, while this season Start and Aalesund are in danger, and Lillestrøm, also promoted last year, is in 4th place. Godset's last promotion in 2007 ended in 10th place; the club then spent 19 years in the elite before last year's relegation.

Kongsberg Maritime targets the British market

Kongsberg Maritime presented Arctic Hunter USV, an uncrewed surface vessel concept designed for anti-submarine warfare in northern regions, to the British navy (NRK Buskerud). The company describes Arctic Hunter as a new concept for this type of mission.

Among the other Buskerud news stories from the past 48 hours, southern Norway is set to record the highest electricity prices of the year, according to The Local Norway; Buskerud county is located in this high-price zone.

In Øvre Eiker, the road to Hakavik remains closed

One year after the collapse of the road to Hakavik in the municipality of Øvre Eiker, no plan for a new road has been presented. More than 50 households remain cut off, and local residents are expressing their frustration at having to wait (NRK Buskerud).

📌 Local briefs

A man in his thirties died on Friday after being stabbed in a locked psychiatric ward at Drammen Hospital. A weapon that may have been used in the crime was seized, and the man charged with murder is to be interrogated on Tuesday (NRK Buskerud).

In the municipality of Ål, brøytestikker, the winter marker stakes, are disappearing along the roads. According to Mesta, each replacement stake costs 1000 kroner; the municipality is calling for the markers to remain in place (NRK Buskerud).

Drammens Tidende reported disturbances at the Colibri junction in Drammen on Monday evening and also reported a consecutive million-krone claim in a bankruptcy in the clothing sector, described as “a great loss.”

Sources: NRK Buskerud, Drammens Tidende, The Local Norway — Period: 09 November 2026 and 10 November 2026