Bærum

About Bærum

Bærum municipality is located just west of Oslo, in the region of Viken county. With its 127 000 inhabitants, Bærum is Norway's fifth most populous municipality. Sandvika is the municipality's administrative centre, while Bærum Verk is the municipality's geographical centre. The municipality consists of an area of ​​189 square kilometres. The municipality employs 12 000 people.

Bærum is close to the Oslofjord with exciting islands and small island communities, wide and open lush valleys, cultivated fields, hilly terrain, challenging rock walls and deep forests. The municipality has the country's richest species diversity.

Bærum municipality's four main objectives are:

  • Sustainable services that give citizens the opportunity for increased self-reliance, mastery and learning.
  • A balanced social development - diversity, green and urban.
  • An innovative and adaptable organisation with the power to execute/that is able to implement decisions
  • Use dialogue and participation to find better solutions


The KPI results

The results of the survey will be useful in Bærum municipality's further work on sustainability in the municipality. The survey shows that the municipality is well placed to meet the UN's sustainability goals in many areas. But especially in mobility, resource use and construction, there is work to be done. On the overall dimensions of economy, environment and society we are within the targets. This also applies to many of the sub-dimensions. This is a continuous trend in the other Norwegian municipalities. This will also be expected of a well-developed society such as Norway. It will therefore be important to work systematically on all indicators.