Asker

This article deals with the place Asker in Norway. For other meanings, see Asker (disambiguation) .

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	Asker
Basic data
Commune number :	3025
Province  (county) :	Viken
Administrative headquarters:	Asker
Coordinates :	59 ° 50 ′  N , 10 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 50 ′  N , 10 ° 26 ′  E
Surface:	376.62 km²
Residents:	94,441  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	251 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	neutral
Postal code :	1372
Website:	www.asker.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Lene Conradi  ( H ) (2007)
Location in the province of Viken

Asker is a municipality in Viken in Norway , and a western suburb of Oslo , right on the Oslofjord . It is in the diocese of Oslo . Asker was part of the former Akershus Province until December 31, 2019 . Asker borders on the municipalities of Bærum , Drammen , and Lier .

On January 1, 2020, the municipalities of Hurum and Røyken were incorporated.

Localities (Delområder)

Asker consisted of 16 villages up to January 1, 2020 (population as of January 1, 2005):

• Nesøya : 3.414
• Nesbru : 3,612
• Billingstad : 2,349
• Hvalstad : 2.002
• Skaugum : 2,047
• Sem : 982
• Syverstad : 1,872
• Fusdal : 4,054
• Asker (center): 2,363
• Drengsrud : 4,061
• Vettre : 5,357
• Borgen : 4,841
• Blakstad : 3,224
• Full : 3,167
• Heggedal : 4,716
• Solberg : 2,698

economy

The company TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Systems is based in Asker.

traffic

Asker has a train station on Drammenbane . This is where the Lieråsen tunnel , opened in 1973, begins , with 10.7 km of Norway's second longest railway tunnel .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Otto Valstad (1862–1950), painter and art collector
• Dagny Berger (1903-1950), Norwegian pilot
• Johan Ferner (1927–2015), silver medalist in sailing 1952, husband of Princess Astrid of Norway
• Torbjørn Yggeseth (1934-2010), ski jumper
• Harald V. (* 1937), King of Norway since 1991
• Tor Fretheim (1946–2018), writer
• Espen Rud (* 1948), jazz drummer
• Simen Agdestein (* 1967), chess player, soccer player
• Anniken Ramberg Krutnes (* 1968), diplomat
• Halvard Hanevold (1969-2019), biathlete
• Kåre Conradi (born 1972), actor
• Ragnhild Gylver (* 1983), writer
• Ida Njåtun (* 1991), speed skater
• Simen Grimsrud (* 1992), ski jumper

Personalities related to the city

• Arne Garborg (1851-1924), writer
• Johan Anker (1871–1940), yacht designer, Olympic champion in sailing in 1912 and 1928
• Tilla Valstad (1871–1957), writer
• Wencke Myhre (* 1947), pop singer; lives in Nesøya in Asker municipality
• Kjell Inge Røkke (* 1958), businessman
• Morten Harket (* 1959), musician, singer and composer
• Vigdis Hjorth (* 1959), writer
• Helge Lund (* 1962), manager
• Stine Lise Hattestad (* 1966), freestyle alpinist
• Tom Stiansen (* 1970), skier, world slalom champion
• Haakon of Norway (* 1973), Crown Prince
• Andreas Ygre Wiig (* 1981), snowboarder; grew up in Asker

Town twinning

Asker maintains city ​​partnerships with the following cities:

• Garðabær , Iceland
• Jakobstad , Finland
• Eslöv , Sweden
• Rudersdal Municipality , Denmark
• Mapo-gu , South Korea

Sports

The community's sporting flagship is the women's football club Asker FK ( Asker SK ). The club has been Norwegian champions six times and cup winners five times. After a forced relegation, the team has been back in the top series , the top division, since 2007 . In 2009 the first team was dissolved and integrated into the Stabæk IF club , the substructure continues to appear as Asker FK.

The men's team appears under the name Asker Fotball and will play in the second-class Adeccoligaen for the first time in 2011 .

Web links

Commons : Asker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Asker in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
2. ↑ Navn på nye kommuner. February 19, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 (Norwegian). 
3. ↑ Stine Lise Hattestad in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
4. ^ Website Asker ( Memento from October 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )