Editing Hurum

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{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Hurum
| native_name        =
| native_name_lang   =
| other_name         =
| official_name      =
| idnumber           = 0628
| image_skyline      = Verket Hurum.jpg
| county             = Buskerud
| district           = [[Buskerud#Geography|Lower Buskerud]]
| capital            = [[Sætre, Buskerud|Sætre]]
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| demonym            = Huring or Høring
| coatofarms         = Hurum_komm.svg
| munwebpage         = www.hurum.kommune.no
| mayor              = Monica Vee Bratli
| mayor_party        = [[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2011
| area_rank          = 354
| area_total_km2      = 163
| area_land_km2       = 156
| area_water_percent  = 0.05
| population_as_of   = 2015
| population_rank    = 120
| population_total   = 9 365
| populationpercent  = 0.19
| population_density_km2= 56
| population_increase= 11.5
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|36|11|N|10|31|5|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6608196 | utm_easting = 0585693 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Hurum''' was a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Buskerud]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. As of 1 January 2020 Hurum has merged with the municipalities of [[Røyken Municipality|Røyken]] and [[Asker]] to form the new [[Asker|Asker Municipality]] located in the newly formed [[Viken (county)|Viken]] [[Counties of Norway|county]]. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village [[Sætre, Buskerud|Sætre]].  The municipality of Hurum was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]). The small village of [[Holmsbu]] was granted [[Market town|town status]] in 1847, but it did not become a municipality of its own. It lost its town status on 1 January 1964.

Hurum was once suggested as the location for the new national [[airport]] of Norway. The plan was, however, abandoned, due to fears of too much fog in Hurum, and the main airport is now situated at [[Gardermoen]] in Akershus.

==Etymology==
===Name===
The [[Old Norse]] form of the name was ''Húðrimar''. The meaning of the first element ''(Húð)'' is unknown and the last element is the [[plural]] form of ''rimi'' which means "[[ridge]]".{{fact|date=January 2022}}

===Coat-of-arms===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted on 2 February 1979.  The arms show two blue wavy lines on a silver background.  This was chosen because the municipality is on a peninsula between two [[fjord]]s: [[Oslofjord]] and [[Drammensfjord]]. At the same time the arms are based on the arms of the [[Ivar Huitfeldt|Huitfeldt]] family, who played a major role in the local history. The family used a single bend as arms.<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/h/hurum.htm|access-date=2009-01-10}}</ref>

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Hurum by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=29 July 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date= 2 July 2015 }}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||230
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||146
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}||89
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||65
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}||62
|-
| {{flag|Syria}}||40
|-
| {{flag|Somalia}}||39
|-
| {{flag|UK}}||36
|}

== History ==
Hurum was the site of the [[Hurum air disaster]] on 20 November 1949.<ref>{{Cite web |title=70 years on, Oslo Children's Disaster commemorated |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/70-years-on-oslo-childrens-disaster-commemorated-in-jerusalem-608346 |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:Hurum kirkested 300720088212 rk 84662.jpg|thumb|Monument to Admiral Ivar Huitfeldt]]

==Geography==
The municipality borders [[Røyken]] to the north. To the west the coastline is located close to the eastern coast of [[Vestfold]] with [[Svelvik]]. It is connected to the eastern side of the Oslofjord via [[Oslofjordtunnel]], one of the longest [[undersea tunnel]]s of its kind in [[Northern Europe]]. The tunnel is {{convert|7.2|km|mi}} long and connects Hurumhalvøya to [[Akershus]] county.

Hurum is located on the southern part of Hurumhalvøya, which is the [[headland|peninsula]] between the Oslofjord and Drammensfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Sætre, which together with [[Tofte, Norway|Tofte]] are one of the two most populated villages in Hurum.

==Churches in Hurum==
* [[Filtvet|Filtvet Church]]<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Filtvet_kapell |title=      Filtvet kapell
|publisher=  Norges Kirker|author=   Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie|access-date= December 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kirken-hurum.no/Artikler/Nyheter/ArticleId/18981/Filtvet-kirke|title=Filtvet Kirke|publisher=Hurum kirkelige fellesråd|author=Unspecified|access-date=April 15, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Holmsbu| Holmsbu Church]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Holmsbu_kapell|title=      Holmsbu kapell|publisher=  Norges Kirker|author=   Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie|access-date= December 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kirken-hurum.no/Artikler/Nyheter/ArticleId/18983/Holmsbu-kirke|title=Holmsbu Kirke|publisher=Hurum kirkelige fellesråd|author=Unspecified|access-date=April 15, 2018}}</ref>
*Kongsdelene  Church<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Kongsdelene_kapell|title=Kongsdelene kapell|publisher= Norges Kirker
|author=   Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie|access-date= December 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kirken-hurum.no/Artikler/Nyheter/ArticleId/18980/Kongsdelene-kirke-pa-Saetre|title=Kongsdelene Kirke|publisher=Hurum kirkelige fellesråd|author=Unspecified|access-date=April 15, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Hurum  Church]]

==Hurum Church==
[[File:Hurum kirke NO.jpg|thumb|Hurum Church]]
Hurum Church (''Hurum kirke'') is the parish church for Hurum. This is a medieval era church dating from ca. 1150. The edifice is constructed of stone and has 150 seats. The original church was ravaged by fire the night after Christmas Day 1686. The following year the church received a new roof and turret. In 1849 the church was extensively rebuilt. The interior has undergone a number of changes in the course of time. The cemetery is surrounded by stone wall and has a chapel from 1938. Naval hero and native son, [[Ivar Huitfeldt]] (1665-1710) was buried in the church yard.  The pulpit was received as a gift from his wife, Kirsten Røyem  Huitfeldt (1671–1750).<ref>{{cite web|url=    https://runeberg.org/dbl/8/0161.html|title=  Huitfeldt, Ivar, 1665-1710|publisher=    Dansk biografisk Lexikon |access-date= September 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=     http://www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Hurum_kirke|title= Hurum kirke|publisher =  Norges Kirker|author=  Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie|access-date= September 1, 2016}}</ref>

==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]]

== Notable people ==
* [[Gustav Peter Blom]] (1785 in Hurum – 1869) civil servant, historian and rep. at the [[Norwegian Constitutional Assembly]] at Eidsvoll in 1814
* [[Andreas Tofte]] (1795 in Hurum – 1852) businessman, first [[List of mayors of Oslo|Mayor of Oslo]] in 1837
* [[Thomas Fredrik Olsen (born 1857)|Thomas Fredrik Olsen]] (1857 in Filtvet – 1933) ship company owner of [[Fred. Olsen & Co.]]
* [[Odd Børresen]] (1923 in Sætre – 2010) a linguist, preacher, and missionary in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]]
* [[Reiulf Steen]] (1933 in Hurum – 2014) a Norwegian author, ambassador and politician
* [[Morten Harket]] (born 1959) the voice of the Norwegian band [[a-ha]], lives in Sætre

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hurum}}
{{Wiktionary|Hurum}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001011739/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0628 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]

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