Sundvollen

Sundvollen is a village in the municipality of Hole, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Sundvollen is located along the east side of Tyrifjorden where the E16 crosses west over Steinsfjorden, the northeastern arm of Tyrifjorden, to Kroksund. The village had 801 inhabitants as of January 2009.

Sundvollen is most noted for the Sundvolden and Krokkleiva hotels. Sundvolden Hotel is one of Norway’s oldest hotels. It was mentioned in written sources dating from 1648. Krokkleiva Hotel (Krokkleiva på Krokskogen i Hole) is also an inn with long tradition. It was situated on the Old Royal Bergen Road (Den bergenske kongevei), the historic road between Oslo and Hadeland. Kroksund bridge, an old stone structure at Sundvollen, was included in the Old Royal Bergen Road. The road also formed part of the old Pilgrim's Route from Oslo to Trondheim.

Krokskogen forest is a wooded area south of Sundvollen which forms part of the Oslomarka area. The steep Krokkleiva through Krokskogen was part of King Road (Kongevei) between Sundvollen and Kleivstua, originally a coaching inn in 1780 which originally catered to travelers between Christiania and Ringerike. The road was constructed in 3–6 meters wide at the end of the 1700s to raise the road standard with regard to increasing transport of charcoal to Bærums Verk in Lommedalen.

Sundvollen (Sundvolden) was first the name of the local farm, who owned much of the local real estate. The name is connected to the formation of the lake, who narrows in this area. In the census of 1801, 71 persons lived at and nearby the farm (both farmers and serfs with their families). From the farm, the hotel sprung, possibly as a wayside inn from first. As a crucial meeting point, the farm prospered from serving travellers going up to the central Ringerike.

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