Røyken

Røyken kommune
Røyken kommune
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms Buskerud within ; Norway
	Røyken within Buskerud
	Coordinates: 59°44′1″N 10°25′44″E
Country	Norway
County	Buskerud
District	Lower Buskerud
Administrative centre	Midtbygda
Government
• Mayor (2015)	Eva Norén Eriksen (H)
Area
• Total	113 km2 (44 sq mi)
• Land	111 km2 (43 sq mi)
• Rank	#378 in Norway
Population (2014)
• Total	20,621
• Rank	#59 in Norway
• Density	153/km2 (400/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+15.2%
Demonym	Røykenbøring[1]
Official language [2]
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0627
Website	Official website
	Data from Statistics Norway

Røyken is a district and village (bygd) and a former municipality in Buskerud in Viken County, Norway. In 2020 Røyken was merged with the municipalities of Hurum and Asker to form the new Asker Municipality (informally called "Greater Asker") located in the newly formed Viken county. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda. The parish of Røken was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

Oslo ATCC, the Area Control Center for the controlled airspace above Østlandet is located here.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Røyken farm (Norse Raukvin), since the first church was built there. The first element is raukr which means "pile, stack; mountain" and the last element is vin which means "meadow" or "pasture".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 15 December 1967. The figure shows a yellow fire on a blue background. It was chosen as a semi-canting symbol to represent smoke (which cannot be depicted in heraldry). The background for the motif is a common misunderstanding of the name as røyken the definite form of røyk meaning "smoke".[3][4]

**Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Røyken by country of origin in 2017**[5]
Ancestry	Number
Poland	829
Lithuania	253
Sweden	216
Germany	172
Denmark	164
India	113
Pakistan	109
Afghanistan	104
UK	96
Iran	85

Geography

Røyken is located south of Lier and Asker, on the northern part of the Hurum peninsula north of Hurum municipality. It lies between Oslofjord and Drammensfjord. It is connected to the eastern side of the Oslofjord via Hurum municipality and the Oslofjord Tunnel. The tunnel is 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) long and connects Hurumhalvøya to Akershus county.

The district includes large amounts of residential zones with beautiful sights of the sea. The administration is situated in the village of Midtbygda. The main population centers are the villages of Hyggen, Hallenskog, Midtbygda, Nærsnes, Røyken, Slemmestad, Spikkestad, and Åros. Many people live in the northern part of Bødalen and its vicinities, which is a continuous residential area that continues throughout Asker and Bærum to Oslo.

Municipality Reform

As part of the municipality reform process instigated by Minister of Local Government Jan Tore Sanner the municipalities of Asker, Hurum and Røyken evaluated if they should merge into a new common municipality during the first half of 2016. A tentative agreement was reached and on 16 June 2016 the Municipal Council of Røyken approved the merger with Asker and Hurum with 24 votes for and 3 against.[6] The merger date was 1 January 2020 and the chosen name was Asker.[6]

Notable people

Einar Jansen (1893 in Røyken – 1960) a Norwegian historian, genealogist and archivist
Jonas Fjeldstad (1894 in Røyken – 1985) a prize-winning oceanographer and mathematician
Ove Bang (1895 in Røyken – 1942) a Norwegian architect, advocated functionalism in architecture
Eberhart Jensen (1922 in Røyken – 2003) a Norwegian astrophysicist
Bjørge Lillelien (1927 in Slemmestad – 1987) a sports journalist and commentator for NRK
Kate Gulbrandsen (born 1965 in Slemmestad) one of Norway's former Eurovision singers
Melissa Wiik (born 1985 in Slemmestad) a footballer with 200 club caps and 63 for Norway women

Gallery

Røyken Steiner High School
Odden Marina
Røyken Rail Station
Røyken City Hall
Røyken Church
Geitungsholmen nature reserve
Kutangen protected nature area, Slemmestad

References

"Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
"Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-01-11.
"Kommunevåpenet" (in Norwegian). Røyken kommune. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
"Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
"Røyken sier ja til sammenslåing" (in Norwegian). Røyken kommune. 2016-06-16. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-06-16.

External links

Media related to Røyken at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Røyken at Wiktionary
Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Buskerud travel guide from Wikivoyage

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

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

[3] Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2009-01-11.

[4] "Kommunevåpenet" (in Norwegian). Røyken kommune. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

[5] "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[Røyken_Kommune_sammenslåing-6] "Røyken sier ja til sammenslåing" (in Norwegian). Røyken kommune. 2016-06-16. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-06-16.