Haugsbygd

Haugsbygd (formerly known as Vangsbygd and Vangsfjerdingen) is a village in Ringerike municipality, northeast of the center of Hønefoss, in Buskerud, Norway.

[1] Currently Haugsbygd mainly consist of agricultural estates and modern residential areas of detached houses.

The Sætrang discovery (Sætrangfunnet) was a rich grave finds from a burial mound dating to ca.

A Viking Age helmet with aventail and a single fragmented, but possibly complete mail shirt have been excavated at the Gjermundbu farm.

The helmet has a rounded cap and has a "spectacle" guard around the eyes and nose that formed a sort of mask.

Haug Church at Haugsbygd, in Ringerike, Buskerud County, Norway
Ringerike landscape seen from Haugsbygd
Gjermundbu helmet from mound burial (Museum of National Antiquities)