Asker (municipality)

This article is about the municipality in Viken established in 2020. For the smaller district and former municipality of the same name, see Asker.

Municipality in Akershus, Norway

Asker Municipality

Asker kommune

Municipality

Coat of arms

Akershus within Norway

Asker within Akershus

Coordinates: 59°50′7″N 10°26′6″E﻿ / ﻿59.83528°N 10.43500°E﻿ / 59.83528; 10.43500
Country| Norway
County| Akershus
District| Akershus and Buskerud
Administrative centre| Asker
Government

• Mayor| Lene Conradi (H)
Official language

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• Norwegian form| Bokmål
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code| NO-3203[2]
Website| Official website

Data from Statistics Norway

Asker Municipality is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway, that was established in 2020 by the merger of Asker in Akershus and Røyken and Hurum in Buskerud county. Asker proper (also called Askerbygda) constitutes the northern fourth of the municipality, while Røyken and Hurum constitute the southern three quarters. It is part of the Greater Oslo Region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Asker.[3]

## Notable people

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See also: Asker § Notable_residents_–_'Askerbøringer'

See also: Hurum § Notable_people

See also: Røyken § Notable_people

## References

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1. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2024-01-09). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
3. ^ "Stortinget vedtok den nye kommunen Archived 2020-01-01 at the Wayback Machine"

## External links

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* Media related to Asker, Norway at Wikimedia Commons

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Akershus county, Norway

* Main article: Akershus
* Capital: Oslo
* County government: Akershus County Municipality
* County lists:
* County Governors
* Villages
* Churches

| Towns and cities|

| Current|

* Lillestrøm (1997)
* Sandvika (2003)
* Ski (2004)
* Drøbak (2006)
* Jessheim (2012)

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Former|

* Son (1604–1963)
* Hvitsten (1837–1964)
* Hølen (1837–1943)
* Drøbak (1842–1961)
* Holmsbu (1847–1964)

Municipalities|

| Asker og Bærum|

* Asker
* Bærum

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Hadeland|

* Jevnaker
* Lunner

Follo|

* Enebakk
* Frogn
* Nesodden
* Nordre Follo
* Vestby
* Ås

Romerike|

* Aurskog-Høland
* Eidsvoll
* Gjerdrum
* Hurdal
* Lillestrøm
* Lørenskog
* Nannestad
* Nes
* Nittedal
* Rælingen
* Ullensaker

Former Municipalities in Akershus

* Aker (1838–1948)
* Aurskog (1838–1966)
* Blaker (1919–1962)
* Drøbak (1838–1962)
* Feiring (1870–1964)
* Fet (1838–2020)
* Høland (1838–1924)
* Hølen (1848–1943)
* Kråkstad (1838–1964)
* Lillestrøm (1908–1962)
* Oppegård (1915–2020)
* Nordre Høland (1924–1966)
* Setskog (1905–1966)
* Skedsmo (1838–2020)
* Ski (1931–2020)
* Son (1848–1964)
* Son/Hølen (1838–1848)
* Søndre Høland (1924–1964)
* Sørum (1838–2020)

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25 most populous municipalities of Norway

As of 1 January 2024, according to Statistics Norway [1]

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1. Oslo (717,710)
2. Bergen (291,940)
3. Trondheim (214,565)
4. Stavanger (149,048)
5. Bærum (130,921)

6. Kristiansand (116,986)
7. Drammen (104,487)
8. Asker (98,815)
9. Lillestrøm (94,201)
10. Fredrikstad (85,230)

11. Sandnes (83,702)
12. Tromsø (78,745)
13. Sandefjord (66,231)
14. Nordre Follo (63,560)
15. Sarpsborg (59,771)

16. Tønsberg (59,174)
17. Ålesund (58,509)
18. Skien (56,619)
19. Bodø (53,712)
20. Moss (52,051)

21. Larvik (48,715)
22. Lørenskog (48,188)
23. Indre Østfold (47,006)
24. Arendal (46,355)
25. Ullensaker (43,814)

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