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Slemmestad is a village inRøyken inAsker Municipality inAkershus,Norway. Slemmestad is located on the west bank of theOslofjord, west ofOslo.
Historically Slemmestad was located on the old highway running between Oslo andDrammen. Until the establishment of cement factory in 1892, this was a pure farming village. The largest farms were the Lillelien, together withøvre andnedre Slemmestad. Slemmestad was built around theAktieselskabet Christiania Portland Cementfabrik cement plant.
Slemmestad forms part of the Oslo Geological Region (Oslofeltet). This is an ancient, sunken part of the crust reaching in the south atsea level and extending north toBrumunddal inRingsaker Municipality inInnlandet County. By subsidence, the Oslo field had preserved a comprehensive sequence ofshale,limestone,siltstone andsandstone of theCambrian period.
Slemmestad Cement Museum (Slemmestad Cementmuseum) is located in the cement factory's former bag factory in Slemmestad. The museum was opened in 1991. It features photographs, artifacts, records and other documentation that shows 100 years of development of cement production and the great importance of the factory was Slemmestad and the people who lived there.
The newspaperRøyken og Hurums Avis was published in Slemmestad from 1976 to 2003.
Slemmestad Church (Slemmestad kirke) is a wooden structure and has 200 seats. It was dedicated on 25 August 1935. The architect for the church wasIvar Næss (1878–1936). The building was expanded eastward in 1960 with vestry and secondary rooms, and this extension was extended eastwards in 1978. Slemmestad chapel and cemetery are in the southern part of the village, around half kilometer from Slemmestad Church. The cemetery was inaugurated in autumn 1923.[1][2][3]
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