Øvre Sandsvær is a former municipality in
Buskerud county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. Its name translates to Upper Sandsvær.
History
From 1837, Øvre Sandsvær was a part of the
Sandsvær presidency. The
kommune was created on January 1, 1908, when Sandsvær was split into Øvre Sandsvær and
Ytre Sandsvær
Ytre Sandsvær is a former municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.
It was created when Sandsvær was split into Ytre and Øvre Sandsvær on 1 January 1908. At that time Ytre Sandsvær had a population of 3,245.
On 1 January 1964 the two municipal ...
. In 1939, one of the municipalities' districts was moved into the
Flesberg
Flesberg is a municipality in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lampeland.
The economy of ...
municipality. On January 1, 1964, Øvre and Ytre Sandsvær were incorporated into the
Kongsberg
Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production ...
municipality.
Population
At the time of its creation in 1908, Øvre Sandsvær had a population of 2,464. In 1939, its population was 2,431. In 1964, just before it ceased to be recognized as a municipality, it had a population of 2,854.
References
External links
List of people in Øvre Sandsvær in 1910
Former municipalities of Norway
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