Editing Svelvik

{{short description|Town in Drammen, Norway}}
{{about|the town in Drammen Municipality, Norway||}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Svelvik
|other_name             = 
|native_name            = 
|nickname               = 
|settlement_type        = [[List of towns and cities in Norway|Town/City]]<ref name="town">In the Norwegian language, the word ''by'' can be translated as "town" or "city".</ref>
|image_skyline          = Svelvik.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the town
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location of the town
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]] 
|subdivision_name1      = [[Eastern Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]] 
|subdivision_name2      = [[Buskerud]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Drammen Municipality]]
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]] 
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] 
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|established_title      = Established as
|established_date       = &nbsp;
|established_title1     = [[Ladested]]
|established_date1      = 1845
|area_footnotes         = <ref name="ssb" />
|area_total_km2         = 2.33
|population_as_of       = 2023
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="ssb" />
|population_total       = 4256
|population_density_km2 = 1825
|population_demonym     = Svelviking
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 3060 Svelvik
|coordinates            = {{coord|59.61368|10.40875|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m            = 5
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Svelvik, Drammen |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-59973/Norge/Buskerud/Drammen/Svelvik |access-date=2024-02-27 |publisher=[[yr.no]]}}</ref>}}

{{audio|Svelvik.ogg|'''Svelvik'''}} {{IPA|no|ˈsvæ̀ɽviːk||}} is a [[List of towns and cities in Norway|town]]<ref name="town" /> in [[Drammen Municipality]] in [[Buskerud]] county, [[Norway]]. The town is located along the west shore of the [[Drammensfjorden]], about {{convert|20|km}} to the southeast of the [[Drammen (town)|town of Drammen]] and about {{convert|8|km}} north of the village of [[Berger, Drammen|Berger]]. The village of [[Klokkarstua]] (in [[Asker Municipality]]) lies about {{convert|2|km}} to the east, across the fjord.<ref name="snl1">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Svelvik (tettsted) |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Svelvik_-_tettsted |date=2023-12-20 |editor-last=Askheim |editor-first=Svein |language=no |access-date=2024-02-27}}</ref>

The {{convert|2.33|km2|acre|adj=on}} town has a population (2023) of 4,256 and a [[population density]] of {{convert|1825|PD/km2}}. The town lies mostly in [[Drammen Municipality]], but a small part of the urban area of Svelvik lies on the other side of the fjord (which is only {{convert|200|m}} wide at that point). About 130 people live right across the fjord in [[Asker Municipality]].<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2023-01-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/beftett/aar}}</ref>

The newspaper ''[[Svelviksposten]]'' has been published in Svelvik since 1983.<ref name="snln">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Svelviksposten |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Svelviksposten |date=2024-02-09 |editor-last=Andersen |editor-first=Thorbjørn |language=no |access-date=2024-02-27}}</ref>

==History==
The town of Svelvik was established as a [[ladested]] on 1 January 1845 when it was separated from [[Strømm Municipality]]. Initially, the new town had a population of 1,201. The town was historically located in [[Vestfold|Jarlsberg og Laurvig]] county (present-day [[Vestfold]] county). Under the [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law, Svelvik was granted self-governing status as a municipality since it was a town. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the town of Svelvik (population: 1,188) was merged with [[Strømm Municipality]] (population: 2,618) to form the new [[Svelvik Municipality]].<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref> On 1 January 2020, Svelvik Municipality (population: 6,685) was merged into the neighboring [[Drammen Municipality]] (which made it switch from [[Vestfold]] to [[Viken (county)|Viken]] county), so from then on, the town of Svelvik has been part of Drammen Municipality. On 1 January 2024, Viken county was dissolved and this area became part of [[Buskerud]] county.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Svelvik'' farm ({{langx|non|Sverðvík}}) since the first [[Svelvik Church]] was built there. The first element comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|sverð}} which means "[[sword]]". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|vík}} which means "[[bay]]" or "[[cove]]". The name "sword bay" is likely referring to the ''Ryggen'' promontory ridge across from the town of Svelvik. The ridge juts out into the [[Drammensfjorden]] like a sword and divides the fjord into two halves. The neighboring farm is called ''Sverstad'' ({{langx|no|Sverðstaðir}}) which has the same etymology.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3YpBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt |date=1907 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=6 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=4 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:MF Svelviksund in Svelvik TRS 070414 014.jpg|thumb|left|The ferry ''MF Svelviksund'' goes between Verket and Svelvik.]]
The town is located on the western shore of the [[Drammensfjorden]]. The narrow Svelvikstrømmen [[strait]] is located part-way along the fjord, near the town of Svelvik. The shortest [[ferry]] line in Norway crosses the fjord there, connecting Svelvik to the [[Hurum]] peninsula.

The little town has small, winding streets and traditional, white-painted houses. Svelvik has many venues for swimming and sunbathing.

==Notable residents==
{{See also|Drammen#Notable_residents}}

==Media gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="100px">
Svelvik_kirke_TRS.jpg|[[Svelvik Church]] is the church in Svelvik, built in 1859 with seating for 450.
Vilt og vakkert ved fjorden.jpg|View from the fjord (Jan 2009) {{credit|Håvard Selby Ebbestad}}
2009 Oktober Strømmen 002.jpg|Oktober evening by the Svelvikstrømmen {{credit|Håvard Selby Ebbestad}}
Svelvik 20080718.jpg|View of the town from the fjord
Jarlsberg og Larviks amt nr 37- Kart over Svelvik, 1870.jpg|Map of the town from 1870
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of towns and cities in Norway]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.svelviksposten.no/ Local news from Svelviksposten]
*{{wiktionary-inline|Svelvik}}
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Drammen}}

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