Editing Hurum (section)

==Merging and dissolution==
On 9 May 2016, a referendum on the status of the municipality was held, with a majority of voters voting to merge Hurum with [[Røyken]] and [[Asker]] to create a new and larger Asker. Subsequently, on 21 June the same year, a majority of municipal councillors voted in favor of applying for the merger, which was subsequently accepted by the local councils of both Røyken and Asker. It was determined that the municipalities would officially merge on 1 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurum.kommune.no/innholdssider/politikk-og-innsyn/hurum-i-fremtiden---kommunereform/|title=HURUM I FREMTIDEN - KOMMUNEREFORM|publisher=Hurum Kommune|author=Unspecified|access-date=September 22, 2019}}</ref> During the [[2019 Norwegian local elections]], voters in the three municipalities voted on who they wanted to govern the new municipality rather than their three original municipalities, the newly elected councillors took their seats on the same day as the municipalities merged.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/valg/2019/resultat/nb/sted/3025|title=Valgresultat 2019|publisher=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|author=Unspecified|access-date=September 22, 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Fred. Olsen (1857–1933), skipsreder.png|100px|thumb|Fred. Olsen, ca.1900]]