What is "hvalstad"

Hvalstad is a village and a small part of the Municipality Asker. Hvalstad has slightly more than 2000 inhabitants, a number that has doubled since the seventies. Hvalstad is located 20 kilometres from the centre of Oslo.

Hvalstad Station is on Drammensbanen (the Oslo-Drammen Railway line) opened on October 7, 1872.