Svelvik Municipality information

Svelvik Municipality

*Svelvik kommune*
Svelvik Municipality Svelvik kommune
Former municipality
	View of the town of Svelvik
	Flag Coat of arms
	Vestfold within Norway
	Svelvik within Vestfold
	Coordinates: 59°36′49″N 10°24′32″E / 59.61368°N 10.40875°E
Country	Norway
County	Vestfold
District	Jarlsberg
Established	1845
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 2020
• Succeeded by	Drammen Municipality
Administrative centre	Svelvik
Area (upon dissolution)
• Total	57.72 km2 (22.29 sq mi)
• Land	56.25 km2 (21.72 sq mi)
• Water	1.47 km2 (0.57 sq mi) 2.5%
Population (2019)
• Total	6,685
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Demonym	Svelviking
Official language
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0711
	Data from Statistics Norway

Svelvik^ⓘ [ˈsvæ̀ɽviːk] is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 58-square-kilometre (22 sq mi) municipality existed from 1845 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Drammen Municipality in Buskerud county. The administrative centre was the town of Svelvik. The other population centres in Svelvik included Nesbygda and Berger.

^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no. 5 May 2006.
^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.

[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.

[lang-2] "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no. 5 May 2006.

[3] "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.

[4] Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.

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Svelvik Municipality Svelvik kommune
Former municipality
View of the town of Svelvik
Flag Coat of arms
Vestfold within Norway
Svelvik within Vestfold
Coordinates: 59°36′49″N 10°24′32″E / 59.61368°N 10.40875°E / 59.61368; 10.40875
Country	Norway
County	Vestfold
District	Jarlsberg
Established	1845
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 2020
• Succeeded by	Drammen Municipality
Administrative centre	Svelvik
Area (upon dissolution)
• Total	57.72 km² (22.29 sq mi)
• Land	56.25 km² (21.72 sq mi)
• Water	1.47 km² (0.57 sq mi) 2.5%
Population (2019)
• Total	6,685
• Density	120/km² (300/sq mi)
Demonym	Svelviking^[1]
Official language ^[3]
• Norwegian form	Bokmål^[2]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0711^[4]
Data from Statistics Norway