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Asker is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Akershus

Akershus

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and ?stfold; it has also a short border with Sweden . Akershus is the second largest county by population after Oslo, with more than half a million inhabitants....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the Viken

Viken

Viken is a historical districts of Norway surrounding the Oslofjord in southeastern Norway. The cultural hub is centred in Oslo, but the capital of the region was formerly at Borre, Norway....
traditional region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Asker. The municipality is a suburb

Suburb

Suburbs are commonly defined as the residential areas which surround the central area of the urban area of a town or city. In the United States, suburbs have a prevalence of usually detached single-family homes.....
of Oslo

Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
, the national capital. Asker was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norway local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Charles XIV John of Sweden on 14 January 1837....
).

municipality (originally the parish

Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
) is named after the old Asker farm, since the first church was built here.

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Asker is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Akershus

Akershus

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the Viken

Viken

Districts of Norway

Suburb

Oslo

Formannskapsdistrikt

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish

Parish

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Askar) is the plural

Plural

Plural is a grammatical number, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers....
form of ask which means "ash tree

Ash tree

Fraxinus is a genus of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen. The leaf are opposite , and mostly pinnately-compound, simple in a few species....
".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times. They were granted on 7 October 1975. The arms show a green background with three silver-colored tree

TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
trunks and are thus canting arms

Canting arms

Canting arms is a technique used in European heraldry whereby the name of the individual or community represented in a coat of arms is "translated" into a visual pun or rebus....
. The trees are a kind of willow

Willow

Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
, which were cropped every year to provide food for the animals. The trees thus developed after many years a very typical shape, which was characteristic for the area.

Geography

Its main parts are Asker, Gullhella, Vollen

Vollen

Vollen is a part of the Asker municipality in Akershus county, Norway. For statistical purposes, it's usually treated as part of the Oslo urban area....
, Vettre

Vettre

Vettre is a charming coastal village situated on the shores of the Oslo Fjord. It is proximal to Asker Sentrum and not far from Heggedal and also Borgen....
, Blakstad, Borgen, Drengsrud, Dikemark, Vardåsen, Engelsrud, Holmen, Høn, Hvalstad

Hvalstad

Hvalstad is a village and a small part of the Municipality Asker. Hvalstad has got a little more than 2000 inhabitants. This number has doubled since the seventies....
, Billingstad, Nesøya, Nesbru, and Heggedal

Heggedal

Heggedal is a part of the Asker municipality in Akershus county, Norway. For statistical purposes, it's usually treated as part of the Oslo urban area....
. Asker is a notably coastal place with many beautiful beach

Beach

File:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpgA beach is a geology landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of Rock , such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, pebbles, or cobble....
es, but it is also a place of hills and woods. The district is known for many important businesses. It is also known for gardening. The Skaugum

Skaugum

Skaugum is the official residence of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and of his wife Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway.The estate is located in Asker municipality, about 15 miles southwest of Oslo....
estate, where Crown Prince Haakon of Norway

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway is the heir apparent to the throne of Norway. On birth he was named Prince Haakon Magnus but it was stressed in the announcement that he would go by the name Haakon....
lives with his family, is situated here. The first IKEA

IKEA

IKEA is a privately-held, international home products retailer that sells ready-to-assemble furniture furniture, accessories, and bathroom and kitchen items in their retail stores around the world....
store outside of Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
opened in Asker in 1963 .

Culture

Although Asker is principally a rural municipality, the expansion of Oslo has resulted in its becoming an affluent suburb. Thus numerous celebrities now reside in the area.

Asker is also the home of the Frisk Tigers

Frisk Tigers

The Frisk Tigers are the ice hockey division of IF Frisk Asker, a Norway sports club whose members also participate in inline hockey, snowboarding and football ....
, who won the Norwegian Hockey championship in 1975, 1979, and 2002. Asker Skiklubb is the largest sports club in Norway. It has a long history dating back to 1889. Many of Asker's famous people have been successful individuals associated with the sports club.

Asker, more notably Blakstad, was a stronghold for the Bagler

Bagler

The Bagli Party or Bagler was a faction or party during the Civil war era in Norway. It was formed in Sk?ne, then part of Denmark, in 1196 around the pretender Inge Magnusson to depose king Sverre Sigurdsson....
s, who contended with the Birkebeiner

Birkebeiner

The Birkebein Party or Birkebeinar was the name for a rebellious party in Norway, formed in 1174 around the pretender Eystein Meyla. The name has its origins in propaganda from the opposing party that the rebels were so poor that they made their shoes of birch bark....
s during a civil war

Civil war

A civil war is a war between organized groups to take control of a nation or region, or to change government policies. It is high-intensity conflict, often involving Regular Army, that is sustained, organized and large-scale....
during the Viking

Viking

A Viking is one of the Norsemen explorers, warriors, merchants, and Piracy who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century....
period.

The city is the home of Asker svømmeklubb

Asker svømmeklubb

Asker Sv?mmeklubb is a swimming club based in Asker, Norway. At present ASK is the one of the biggest swimming clubs in Norway according to memberships, second only to its neighbour B?rumssv?mmerne....
. Asker women's football club has been home to many international players including four who played in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.

Politics

Asker is politically dominated by the conservatives, and the mayor is Lene Conradi who is a member of the Conservative Party of Norway

Conservative Party of Norway

The Conservative Party is a Norway political party. Founded in 1884, it is Norway's second oldest party. The current leader is Erna Solberg....
(Høyre).

History

The Maud

In 1916 (or 1917) the Maud

Maud (ship)

The Maud was a ship built for Roald Amundsen for his second expedition to the Arctic. Designed for his intended voyage through the Northern Sea Route, the vessel was specially built at a shipyard in Asker, Norway on the the Oslofjord....
, which had been built in local shipyard

Shipyard

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s, was launched into Oslofjord

Oslofjord

The Oslofjord is a bay in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbj?rnskj?r fyrstasjon and F?rder lighthouses and down to Langesund in the south to Oslo in the north....
. The ship which had been constructed and built especially for Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen , was a Norwegian people Exploration of polar regions. He led the first Antarctica expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912....
and was to sail through the Northeast Passage

Northern Sea Route

The Northern Sea Route is a shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Russian coasts of the Russian Far East and Siberia....
. After being seized by creditors in Seattle, Washington

Washington

Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
, United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, she was sold to the Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. The company was incorporated by British royal charter in 1670 as The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay; it is now domiciled in Canada and has adopted the mo...
as a supply vessel. After being renamed the Baymaud she sailed to Cambridge Bay

Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

Cambridge Bay named for Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, is a Hamlet located in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut of Nunavut, Canada. The traditional Inuinnaqtun name for the area is Ikaluktuutiak or Iqaluktuttiaq meaning "good fishing place"....
, Nunavut

Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....
, Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
where, in 1930, she sprung a leak and sank. In 1990, the ship was sold by the Hudson's Bay Company to the town with the expectation that she would be returned to Asker. Although a Cultural Properties Export permit was issued, the price tag to repair and move the ship was 230 million kroner

Norwegian krone

The krone is the currency of Norway. The plural form is kroner. It is subdivided into 100 ?re . The ISO 4217 code is NOK, although the common local abbreviation is kr....
($43,200,000) and the permit expired.

Notable residents

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned

Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
with Asker: - Eslöv

Eslöv Municipality

Esl?v Municipality is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, situated in Sk?ne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Esl?v....
, Skåne County

Skåne County

Sk?ne County is the southernmost Counties of Sweden or l?n, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical Provinces of Sweden Scania....
, Sweden

Sweden

Garðabær

Gar?ab?r is a municipality in the Greater Reykjav?k area of Iceland. As of 2008, its population was approximately 10,000.The municipality is the location of a 5067 m? TV studio, where the LazyTown children series is recorded....
, Höfuðborgarsvæðið

Greater Reykjavík Area

The 'Greater Reykjav?k area' is the metropolitan area of the Iceland capital Reykjav?k, with a population of 202,000 inhabitants, about 64% of Iceland population....
, Iceland

Iceland

Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
- Jakobstad

Jakobstad

Jakobstad is a List of towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland in Ostrobothnia , Finland....
, Länsi-Suomi

Western Finland

The Province of Western Finland is a Provinces of Finland of Finland. It borders the provinces of Oulu , Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia towards ?land....
, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
- Mapo-gu

Mapo-gu

Mapo-gu is a gu, or district, within Seoul, South Korea. It lies northwest of the Han River . Several universities and government buildings are located here....
, Seoul

Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
, South Korea

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
- Rudersdal

Rudersdal municipality

Rudersdal Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. It is situated approximately 20 kilometers north of Copenhagen. It covers an area of 73 square kilometre and in 2008 a total population of 53,869....
, Region Hovedstaden

Region Hovedstaden

Region Hovedstaden is an administrative Regions of Denmark of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties of Denmark with five larger regions....
, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
- Tórshavn

Tórshavn

T?rshavn is the Capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the north west of the town lies the high mountain H?sareyn, and to the southwest, the high Kirkjub?reyn....
, Tórshavnar kommuna

Tórshavnar kommuna

T?rshavnar kommuna is the municipality of the Faroese capital T?rshavn and its surroundings. The municipality covers the southern half of Streymoy island and adjacent Islands in the Faroe Islands....
, Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands or Faeroe Islands or simply Faroe or Faeroes are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately half way between Scotland and Iceland....

External links

from Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway is the Norway statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1000, Statistics Norway releases more than 800 Norwegian statistical publications every year on its web site....
(local newspaper for Asker and Bærum)
(School for Upper Secondary Education)