Eikeberg

Eikeberg or Ekeberg is a village in Holmestrand Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the north of the village of Sande i Vestfold and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the south of the village of Skoger (in Drammen Municipality). The European route E18 highway and the Vestfoldbanen railway line both pass by just to the west of the village. The village of Klever is located on the other side of the E18 highway to the northwest of Eikeberg.^[3]

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Village
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Coordinates: 59.63823°N 10.23814°E / 59.63823; 10.23814
Country	Norway
Region	Eastern Norway
County	Vestfold
District	Jarlsberg
Municipality	Holmestrand Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	0.32 km2 (0.12 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	59 m (194 ft)
Population  (2024)[1]
• Total	468
• Density	1,461/km2 (3,780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	3074 Sande i Vestfold

The 0.32-square-kilometre (79-acre) village has a population (2024) of 468 and a population density of 1,461 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,780/sq mi).^[1]

This village is where the writer Ragnhild Jølsen was born. The author Jens Bjørneboe's wrote the book "Dream and the wheel" about the life of Ragnhild Jølsen, and wrote about Eikeberg in this book.