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.