Lierbyen

The village is situated on the Lierelva River in the valley of Lierdalen which extends from Drammensfjord north toward Sylling near Tyrifjorden.

Lierbyen is a part of a greater urban area which also encompasses the villages Lier, Reistad and Kjellstad.

[1][2][3][4][5] Lierbyen was the birthplace of Hans Christian Heg, who emigrated in 1840 with his parents to Muskego, Wisconsin.

Heg served as a colonel and brigade commander in the Union Army in the American Civil War.

His statue by Paul Fjelde was raised in Madison, Wisconsin, with a cast erected in his home village.