Svelvik
| Svelvik kommune | |||
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 Svelvik within Vestfold |
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vestfold | ||
| Administrative centre | Svelvik | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2011) | no (H) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 58 km2 (22 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 56 km2 (22 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 419 in Norway | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| • Total | 6,445 | ||
| • Rank | 153 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 115/km2 (300/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 8.1 % | ||
| Demonym(s) | Svelviking[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0711 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www |
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Svelvik [ˈsvæɽviːk] 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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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.[2]
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.[3][4]
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.
Notable residents
- Steffen Martinsen, football player
- Martin Nymoen, winner of NorgesCup in Mountain bike
- Peter Espevoll, lead singer of death metal band Extol
- Lalla Carlsen, (1889–1967), actress
- Anthon B. Nilsen (alias Elias Kræmmer), (1855–1936), author, businessman and parliamentary politician
- Betzy Kjelsberg,(1866–1950), politician (Venstre)
- no, (1938), jazz banjo player and jazz guitarist
- Runi Langum, (1958) artist
- no, (1970), folk singer, Cornelis Vreeswijk-interpreter
- Frode Hagen, (1974), handball player
- Hans Reidar Andersen (1912-1982) last stonemason
Pictures from Svelvik
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Svelvik.jpg
The built up area and town of Svelvik lies beside no, a narrow sound in no, which connects to Oslofjorden further south. The flow is amongst Norway's strongest.
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Svelvik kirke TRS.jpg
no is a long church from 1859 with seating for 140.
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Vilt og vakkert ved fjorden.jpg
Fra fjorden, januar 2009, by Håvard Selby Ebbestad
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2009 Oktober Strømmen 002.jpg
Oktoberkveld ved Svelvikstrømmen, by Håvard Selby Ebbestad
References
External links
- Svelvik kommune
- Svelvikportalen.no
- Detailed statistics for Svelvik kommune
- Local news from Svelviksposten
- Photographs of Svelvik 1904-1938
- Culture in Svelvik map from Kulturnett.no
- Historical archives of the current Svelvik kommune at no
- Historical archives of the former Svelvik kommune at no
- Historical archives of the former Strømm kommune at no
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Svelvik at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Vestfold travel guide from Wikivoyage
