Ski (Norway)

Ski is a former Norwegian municipality in the former Fylke Akershus , now Viken . The seat of the administration was in the village of the same name. The city of “Ski” is about 20 km south of Oslo. The name "Ski" is derived from the old form "Skeide", which in turn comes from the word "Skeid". “Skeid” means: a place where races are held. The three horse heads in the municipal coat of arms symbolized this origin.

On January 1, 2020, Ski was transferred to the newly founded municipality of Nordre Follo .

Localities

There are three villages with over 200 inhabitants in the municipality of Ski.

• ski
• Kråkstad
• Siggerud

Langhus with over 10,000 inhabitants is already politically part of the settlement area of Oslo .

Town twinning

• Gladsaxe
• Pirkkala
• Viimsi
• Solna

Sons and daughters of the place

• Thorvald Torgersen (1862–1943), painter
• Ørnulf Andresen (* 1944), racing cyclist
• Dag Kolstad (* 1955), author
• Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (* 1984), handball player
• Betina Riegelhuth (* 1987), handball player
• Marita Skammelsrud Lund (* 1989), soccer player

Web links

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

• Skis in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Navn på nye kommuner. February 19, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 (Norwegian).