Solum, Norway

Solum Municipality
Solum herred
View of the Klovholt school
View of the Klovholt school
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Solum within Telemark
Solum within Telemark
Coordinates: 59°10′23″N 9°33′32″E / 59.17298°N 9.55897°E / 59.17298; 9.55897
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictGrenland
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded bySkien Municipality
Administrative centreSolum
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total317.82 km2 (122.71 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total13,706
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
DemonymSolumhering[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0818[2]

Solum is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 318-square-kilometre (123 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Skien Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Solum, just south of Klovholt. Solum Church was the main church for the municipality.[3]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (30 June 2022). "Solum". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 September 2023.