Ski is a town in Nordre Follo municipality in Viken. The
settlement had a total of 20,144 inhabitants as of 1 January 2020
and extends into Ås municipality. Ski is the administration center
for Nordre Follo municipality. In 2004, the municipal council in Ski
chose to give the town city status.
The eastern and western
lines of the Østfold line meet at Ski, and the place therefore
became from 1878 a communication center for parts of eastern Viken.
Ski is said to be a typical station town. A typical feature of the
town is its extensive use of brick, which is repeated in the largest
apartment buildings as well as Ski Storsenter and the town hall. In
the village are among other things Ski station, a hospital and Ski
stadium. There is an industrial area on the outskirts of the town.
Ski Storsenter was expanded in 2003 with a large number of shops, a
large cinema with eight halls, an expanded library and Thon Hotell,
and is the first so-called multi-center in Norway. On 15 October
2008, the center was again expanded with access to a new floor.
The name "Ski" comes from the old form Skeidi which is derived
from the word skeid. Skeid means a place where you hold races . The three horse heads in the municipal coat of arms of the
old Ski municipality symbolize this origin.
The name "Ski" comes from the old form Skeidi, which is derived from the word skeid. Skeid means a place where races or races are held. The three horse heads in the municipal coat of arms symbolize this origin.
Prehistoric times
11,000 years ago there was a shoreline at
Stunner in Ski municipality, and a Stone Age settlement was found there.
The stunner find is kept at the History Museum. Remains from the later
Nøstvet culture from around 5000 and 4000 BC have also been found. The
municipality also has many monuments from the Iron Age, including
several burial mounds
Middle Ages
Ski medieval church and
Kråkstad church were built in the second half of the 12th century,
probably around 1160. Both Kråkstad church and Ski church were thus 850
years old in 2010.
Recent times
The railway station in Ski was
opened in 1879 when the Østfold Railway (Smaalens Railway) was
completed. This led to the station town of Ski eventually becoming the
municipality's population and economic centre. Until 1931, the
municipality was called Kråkstad, but was then divided into Ski and
Kråkstad. On 1 January 1964, Ski and Kråkstad were again merged under
the name Ski.
Ski municipality was 165.5 km² in size, and large parts of this were
forestry land, public green space or other open land. Only 9,000 decares
was built-up area.
Ski's highest peak was Tømmeråsen (313 m above
sea level), while the Ski City itself is approximately 128 meters above
sea level. Just east of Ski-byen is the Ski airport, and further
south-east is the Granerud shooting range. Further east of this, near
the border to Hobøl/Indre Østfold, lies Hjellsåsen with a twelve-metre
high observation tower.
The city and town of Ski
The central
parts of the settlement Ski received city status in the summer of 2004
and were called Ski-byen. Ski is a hub on the Østfold Railway, and a
large part of the place's growth is precisely due to this function as an
important station town. Skiing has developed into a regional center for
the Follo area.
The Oslo agglomeration extends into the former Ski municipality. This
applies to the settlement at Langhus, which was previously considered a
separate settlement.
The municipality otherwise consisted of the
towns:
Ski (total of 20,836 inhabitants) Ski agglomeration comprises
of these 6,613 inhabitants in Ås municipality.
Siggerud (1,493
inhabitants)
Kråkstad (1,121 inhabitants)
Skotbu (Wrong town
code/name residents)
Sandvoll (269 inhabitants)
The main industry in Ski municipality was trade and industry. The
municipality was the largest workplace with 1,241 man-years (in 1999).
Many of Ski's residents commute to Oslo for work.
Millennium site
The municipality's millennium venue was the park
area at the Town Hall in Ski.
Twin cities
In the early 1950s,
the Nordic municipalities of Gladsaxe in Denmark, Solna in Sweden and
Ski started a partnership. In 1980, the municipality of Birkala in
Finland joined the collaboration.
Ski Ice Hall
Ski Ice Hall is the 14th ice rink that was built in
Norway. It was opened on 3 December 1987 and is the home ground for the
ice hockey team Ski Icehawks. The hall has 600 standing places for the
public in addition to a café and a cloakroom facility.
Gunhild Ziener (1868–1937), pioneer within Norwegian labor-. and
women's movement
Tore Gjelsvik (1916–2006), resistance fighter,
director of the Norwegian Polar Institute
Ingrid Bjoner (1927–2006),
opera singer
Yngve Hågensen (b. 1938), former LO leader
Karin
Endsjø (b. 1942), Norwegian athlete
Arne Strand (b. 1944), former
editor-in-chief of Dagsavisen, political commentator
Stein
Ingebrigtsen (b. 1945), musician
Arild Retvedt Øyen (b. 1946),
ambassador
Nils Gunnar Lie (b. 1950), journalist and presenter (NRK
and TV 2)
Anne-Karine Strøm (b. 1951), vocalist
Hans Brattskar (b.
1956), diplomat and politician (H)
Trude Mostue (b. 1968), Norwegian
veterinarian
Øystein Aarseth (1968-1993), member of the band Mayhem
Lasse Kjus (b. 1971), alpine climber, world champion
Martin Andresen
(b. 1977), footballer and business leader
Christian Ingebrigtsen (b.
1977), musician
Christian Strand (b. 1980), journalist and presenter
(NRK)
Axel "el Axel" Purcell (b. 1980), musician
Arne Post (b.
1983), athlete
Mari Eriksmoen (b. 1983), soprano and opera singer
Ina Kringlebotn (b. 1983) soprano and opera singer
Linn-Kristin
Riegelhuth (b. 1984), handball player
Jenny Jordahl (b. 1989),
cartoonist and illustrator