Tofte

Tofte is a village in the Asker municipality in , . It is situated on the Hurum Peninsula on the Oslo Fjord. It is the second largest settlement in Hurum.
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  • Type: Village with 3,160 residents
  • Description: village in Asker municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: “Tofte, Norway”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Statkraft osmotic power prototype in Hurum and Ranvikholmen Nature Reserve.

Industrial building
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Statkraft osmotic power prototype is the world's first osmotic power plant, based on the energy of osmosis. The power plant is run by Statkraft. The power plant is located at Tofte in Hurum, , with rooms at the factory area at Södra Cell Tofte cellulose factory.

Nature reserve
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3 km southwest of Tofte.

Nature reserve
Photo: Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a nature reserve, which is situated 3 km south of Tofte.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hvitsten and Ramme Gaard.

Hamlet
Photo: Colliekar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a former town in county, Norway, located between and . It is the smallest town that has ever existed in Norway: In 1951 it had 76 inhabitants, and an area of just 0.07 km2. is situated 9 km northeast of Tofte.

Hamlet
Photo: Øyvind, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an organic farm and country estate located by the , just north of in the municipality of , . was previously owned by billionaire philanthropist Petter Olsen. is situated 9 km northeast of Tofte.

Tofte

Latitude
59.54154° or 59° 32′ 30″ north
Longitude
10.55699° or 10° 33′ 25″ east
Population
3,160
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
NO NZH and NO TOF
Open location code
9FFGGHR4+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 297758633
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3134429
Wiki­data ID
Q3434129
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tofte” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Tofte (kapital sa munisipyo sa Noruwega)”
  • Cebuano: “Tofte”
  • Chinese: “托夫特”
  • Croatian: “Tofte”
  • Czech: “Tofte”
  • Danish: “Tofte”
  • Dutch: “Tofte”
  • Finnish: “Tofte”
  • French: “Tofte”
  • German: “Tofte (Hurum)”
  • German: “Tofte”
  • Javanese: “Tofte, Norway”
  • Javanese: “Tofte”
  • Malay: “Tofte, Norway”
  • Malay: “Tofte”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tofte”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tofte i Hurum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tofte”
  • Norwegian: “Tofte”
  • Romanian: “Tofte”
  • Spanish: “Tofte”
  • Swedish: “Tofte”
  • “Tofte”

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