Øvre Sandsvær is a former municipality in
Buskerud county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. Its name translates to Upper Sandsvær.
History
From 1837, Øvre Sandsvær was a part of the
Sandsvær presidency. The
kommune was created on January 1, 1908, when Sandsvær was split into Øvre Sandsvær and
Ytre Sandsvær
Ytre Sandsvær is a former municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.
It was created when Sandsvær was split into Ytre and Øvre Sandsvær on 1 January 1908. At that time Ytre Sandsvær had a population of 3,245.
On 1 January 1964 the two municipal ...
. In 1939, one of the municipalities' districts was moved into the
Flesberg municipality. On January 1, 1964, Øvre and Ytre Sandsvær were incorporated into the
Kongsberg
Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production ...
municipality.
Population
At the time of its creation in 1908, Øvre Sandsvær had a population of 2,464. In 1939, its population was 2,431. In 1964, just before it ceased to be recognized as a municipality, it had a population of 2,854.
References
External links
List of people in Øvre Sandsvær in 1910
Former municipalities of Norway
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