Asker

This article is about geographical Asker and the former municipality in Akershus. For the four times larger administrative municipality established in 2020, see Asker (municipality).

Asker Municipality
Asker kommune
Former municipality
Coat of arms of Asker Municipality
Coat of arms
Akershus within Norway
Akershus within Norway
Asker within Akershus
Asker within Akershus
Coordinates: 59°50′7″N 10°26′6″E / 59.83528°N 10.43500°E / 59.83528; 10.43500
CountryNorway
CountyAkershus
Administrative centreAsker
Government
 • Mayor (2007)Lene Conradi (H)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
101 km2 (39 sq mi)
 • Land97 km2 (37 sq mi)
 • Rank#385 in Norway
Population
 (30 September 2019)
 • Total
61,906 Increase
 • Rank#11 in Norway
 • Density585/km2 (1,520/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +15.7%
DemonymAskerbøring[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0220[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway
Historical population
YearPop.±%
195113,625—    
196117,755+30.3%
197131,702+78.6%
198135,977+13.5%
199141,903+16.5%
200149,661+18.5%
201155,284+11.3%
201459,037+6.8%
2021?63,381+7.4%
2031?69,296+9.3%
Source: Statistics Norway.[4]

Asker (Norwegian: Asker), also called Asker proper (Askerbygda or gamle Asker in Norwegian), is a district and former municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality Asker (also known as Greater Asker[5]) together with the traditional Buskerud districts Røyken and Hurum; Asker constitutes the northern fourth and is part of the Greater Oslo Region. The administrative center was the town of Asker, which remains so for the new larger municipality. Asker was established as a parish in the Middle Ages and as a municipality on 1 January 1838.

  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. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Projected population – Statistics Norway
  5. ^ Johnsen, Morten Gisle (25 May 2016). "Nå er alt klart for "Stor-Asker" – også Ap vil sammen med Røyken og Hurum". www.budstikka.no.