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.

[2] The Gjermundbu mound burial (Gjermundbufunnene) was unearthed during 1943 and contained many artifacts, most of those being weaponry or horse harnesses.

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