Frogn Municipality
Frogn kommune | |
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 Flag | |
 Akershus within Norway | |
 Frogn within Akershus | |
| Coordinates: 59°41′56″N 10°39′19″E / 59.69889°N 10.65528°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Akershus |
| District | Follo |
| Administrative centre | Drøbak |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Hans Kristian Ranaas (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 86 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| • Land | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #395 in Norway |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 15,959 |
| • Rank | #81 in Norway |
| • Density | 188/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +9.14% |
| Demonym | Frognsokning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3214[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Frogn is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Drøbak. Frogn was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The city of Drøbak was merged with Frogn on 1 January 1962.
Frogn is located at the southern part of the peninsula between the main Oslofjord and Bunnefjorden. It borders Nesodden, Ås and Vestby.
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.