Editing Asker (section)

== Culture ==
Although Asker is principally a rural municipality, the expansion of Oslo has resulted in its becoming an affluent suburb. Thus numerous celebrities now reside in the area. According to SSB (Statistics Norway), Asker ranks as the 2nd wealthiest municipality in Norway based on median household income.

=== Sports ===
Asker is also the home of the sports club [[IF Frisk Asker]]; the club won the Norwegian Hockey championship in 1975, 1979, 2002, and 2019. [[Asker Skiklubb]] is the largest sports club in Norway. It has a long history dating back to 1889. Many of Asker's famous people have been successful individuals associated with the sports club.

The city is the home of [[Asker svømmeklubb]]. Asker women's football club has been home to many international players including four who played in the [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in China.

=== Politics ===
Asker is politically dominated by the conservatives, and the mayor is [[Lene Conradi]] who represents the [[Conservative Party of Norway]] ''(Høyre)''.

===Church===
[[File:Asker kirke 280720087946.jpg|thumb|Asker Church]]
Asker Church (''Asker Kirke'') is located not far from [[Skaugum]] in Asker. The neo-Gothic red brick church was built in 1879 based upon designs by architect [[Jacob Wilhelm Nordan]]. The church renovation in 1930 was led by the architects [[Gudolf Blakstad]] and [[Herman Munthe-Kaas]]. Architect [[Arnstein Arneberg]] was in charge of the renovation in the 1950s. The church was the site of the wedding of [[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|Princess Ragnhild]] and [[Erling Lorentzen]] in 1953. The statue of [[Princess Märtha of Sweden|Crown Princess Märtha]] in front of the church was designed by sculptor [[Dyre Vaa]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://kulturminnesok.no/minne/?queryString=https://data.kulturminne.no/askeladden/lokalitet/83800|title=   Asker kirke|publisher =   Kulturminnesøk|access-date= 1 March 2018}}</ref>