Ås is the Scandinavian language word for an

esker An esker, eskar, eschar, or os, sometimes called an ''asar'', ''osar'', or ''serpent kame'', is a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North Amer ...

, a ridge of sand and gravel. Ås may also refer to:

People

Ås (surname) Aas or Ås may refer to: *Alexander Aas (born 1978), Norwegian football defender *Alf-Jørgen Aas (1915–1981), Norwegian painter *Arto Aas (born 1980), Estonian politician *Berit Ås (born 1928), Norwegian politician *Einar Jan Aas (born 1955) ...

Berit Ås Berit Ås ( Skarpaas; 10 April 1928 – 14 September 2024) was a Norwegian politician, social psychologist, and feminism, feminist. Ås was the first leader of the Socialist Left Party (Norway), Socialist Left Party (1975–1976), and served as ...

(born 1928), a Norwegian politician and Professor Emerita of social psychology at the University of Oslo *

Olof Ås Olof Alvar Hage Ås (21 September 1892 – 4 September 1949) was a Swedish people, Swedish theater and film actor stage manager. Ås was born in Stockholm, and begin his career on the stage. He then began a career in the 1910s as a stage manager. ...

(1892—1949), a Swedish theater and film actor stage manager *

Peder Ås Peder Ås, previously Peder Aas, is a fictional character and placeholder name used as an example in legal studies in Norway. The character is traditionally associated with the University of Oslo Faculty of Law, where it has occurred on every cand ...

, a fictional character and placeholder name used in Norwegian legal writings

Places

Finland

*''Ås'', the Swedish name for the Harju quarter in Helsinki

Norway

Ås, Akershus Ås is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Follo, Norway, Follo Districts of Norway, traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås. ...

, a municipality in Akershus county *

Ås, Agder Ås is a village in Birkenes municipality in Agder county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan May ...

, a village in Birkenes municipality in Agder county *

Ås Station Ås Station () is a railway station in Ås, Akershus, Ås, Norway on the Østfold Line. The station was opened on 2 January 1879 and designed by Peter A. Blix in Swiss chalet style. The station was modernized in 1992, when the section between Sk ...

, a railway station on the Østfold Line in Ås, Akershus county *

Ås, Trøndelag Ås is the administrative center of Tydal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Nea River, about southwest of the village of Østby, Trøndelag, Østby. Most of the residents of Tydal Municipality live in ...

, a village in Tydal municipality in Trøndelag county

Sweden

Ås, Nora Ås is a locality situated in Nora Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west an ...

, a locality situated in Nora Municipality, Örebro County *

Ås Abbey Ås Abbey (; ) was a Cistercian monastery situated near the present village of Åskloster about 14 km north of Varberg, in Varberg Municipality. It was located near the mouth of the River Viskan into the Kattegat in Halland, formerly part ...

, a former Cistercian monastery situated near the mouth of the River Viskan in Halland *

Ås, Krokom Municipality Ås (from Old Norse ''áss'' 'ridge') is a locality situated in Krokom Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Eu ...

, a locality in Krokom Municipality, Jämtland County

Other

Ås IF Ås IF is a Sweden, Swedish Association football, football club located in Krokom Municipality, Ås near Östersund. Background Ås IF currently plays in Swedish football Division 4, Division 4 Jämtland/Härjedalen which is the sixth tier of Swe ...

, a Swedish football club located in Ås near Östersund *''

Ås Avis ''Ås Avis'' (The Ås Gazette) is a weekly newspaper in the municipality of Ås, Norway published by Mediehuset Indre Østfold/Follo, part of Amedia. The first issue was published on May 26, 2006, and the company also began issuing '' Vestby Avis'' ...

'', a weekly newspaper in the municipality of Ås, Norway *''Ås'', the singular noun for the fabled Norwegian