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Svelvik

Coordinates: 59°37′25″N 10°22′18″E / 59.62361°N 10.37167°E / 59.62361; 10.37167
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Drammen Municipality
Drammen kommune
Municipality
Flag of Drammen Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Drammen Municipality
Coat of arms
Viken within Norway
Viken within Norway
Drammen within Viken
Drammen within Viken
Coordinates: 59°37′25″N 10°22′18″E / 59.62361°N 10.37167°E / 59.62361; 10.37167
CountryNorway
CountyViken
Administrative centreSvelvik
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Andreas Muri [no] (H)
Area
 • Total58 km2 (22 sq mi)
 • Land56 km2 (22 sq mi)
 • Rank#419 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total6,445
 • Rank#153 in Norway
 • Density115/km2 (300/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +8.1%
DemonymSvelviking[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3005[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Svelvik [ˈsvæ̀ɽviːk] is a town and former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway, now a part of Drammen municipality in Viken county.

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.

General information

Name

The Old 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 probably refers to the promontory ridge Ryggen ('the back') in Hurum: This ridge lies right opposite Svelvik and Sverstad, and is almost (like a sword) cutting the Drammensfjord in two parts.[4]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 September 1964. The arms show a gold-colored trident on a red background, as a symbol for the sea.[5][6]

Geography

The Svelvik ferry line is the shortest in Norway.

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 has many venues for swimming and sunbathing.

Media

The newspaper Svelviksposten is published in Svelvik.[7]

Notable residents

Pictures from Svelvik

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1907). Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt (in Norwegian) (6 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri.
  5. ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
  6. ^ "Kommunevåpenet" (in Norwegian). Svelvik kommune. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
  7. ^ Store norske leksikon: Svelviksposten.
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