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.

Asker Municipality, informally referred to as Greater Asker (Norwegian: Stor-Asker),^[3][4] 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.^[5]

Asker Municipality Asker kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Akershus within Norway
Asker within Akershus
Coordinates: 59°50′7″N 10°26′6″E
Country	Norway
County	Akershus
District	Akershus and Buskerud
Administrative centre	Asker
Government
• Mayor	Lene Conradi (H)
Official language [1]
• 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

Notable people

See also: Asker § Notable_residents_–_'Askerbøringer'

See also: Hurum § Notable_people

See also: Røyken § Notable_people

References

1. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
2. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
3. Johnsen, Morten Gisle (25 May 2016). "Nå er alt klart for "Stor-Asker" – også Ap vil sammen med Røyken og Hurum". www.budstikka.no.
4. "Stopp Stor-Asker". www.budstikka.no. 30 May 2016.
5. "Stortinget vedtok den nye kommunen Archived 2020-01-01 at the Wayback Machine"

External links

• Media related to Asker, Norway at Wikimedia Commons