DRAMMEN  , a seaport of

Norway, in Buskerud and Jarlsberg-Laurvik amter (counties), at the head of Drammen Fjord, a western arm of Christiania Fjord, 33 M. by rail S.W. from Christiania . Pop . (19oo) 23,093 . Its situation, at the mouth of the broad Drammen river, between lofty hills, is very beautiful . It is the junction of railways from Christiania to Haugsund, Kongsberg and Hi nefos, and to Laurvik and Skien . The town is modern, having suffered from fires in 1866, 187o and 1880 . It consists of three parts: Bragernaes on the north, divided by the river from Stri mso and the port, Tangen, on the south . The prosperity of Drammen depends mainly on the timber trade; and saw-milling is an active industry, the logs beingfloated down the river from the upland forests . Timber and wood-pulp are exported (over half of each to Great Britain), with paper, ice and some cobalt and nickel ore . The chief imports are British coal and German machinery . Salmon are taken in the upper reaches of the Drammen .