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| Svelvik kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 59°37′25″N 10°22′18″E / 59.62361°N 10.37167°ECoordinates: 59°37′25″N 10°22′18″E / 59.62361°N 10.37167°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vestfold | ||
| Administrative centre | Svelvik | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2003) | Knut Erik Lippert (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 58 km2 (22.4 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 56 km2 (21.6 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 419 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 6,445 | ||
| • Rank | 153 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 115/km2 (297.8/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 8.1 % | ||
| Demonym | Svelviking[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0711 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.svelvik.kommune.no | ||
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Svelvik (help·info) is a town and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Svelvik.
The town of Svelvik was separated from the rural municipality of Strømm to become a municipality of its own in 1845. The two municipalities were merged back together on 1 January 1964.
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[edit] General information
[edit] Name
The Norse form of the name was Sverðvík. The first element is sverð n 'sword', the last element is vík f 'cove, wick'. A neighbouring farm has the name Sverstad (Norse Sverðstaðir). The word sverð is probably referring to the promontory ridge Ryggen ('the back') in Hurum: This ridge is lying right opposite Svelvik and Sverstad, and it is almost (like a sword) cutting the Drammensfjord in two parts.[2]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 September 1964. Svelvik is an important harbor and its economy is thus also based on the harbor. The arms show a gold-colored trident on a red background, as a symbol for the sea.[3][4]
[edit] Geography
The narrow Svelvikstrømmen sound separates Svelvik from the municipality of Hurum, and the county of Buskerud. This sound is served by a ferry, which has the shortest line in Norway.
The village is quite characteristic, with small winding streets and traditional, white-painted houses. Svelvik is a summer paradise with many possibilities for swimming and sunbathing.
[edit] Famous inhabitants
- Steffen Martinsen, football player
- Martin Nymoen, winner of NorgesCup in Mountain bike
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1907). Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt (6 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. http://books.google.com/books?id=3YpBAAAAIAAJ. (Norwegian)
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/s/svelvik.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ "Kommunevåpenet". Svelvik kommune. http://www.svelvik.kommune.no/Asp/svelvik/svelvik.nsf/id/5D194D78FB561942C12572F3004FF862?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2009-01-14. (Norwegian)
[edit] External links
Media related to Svelvik at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary entry for Svelvik- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Vestfold travel guide from Wikitravel
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