Strømm is a former municipality in

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county, Norway.

Separation

The parish of Hurum was divided into two

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on January 1, 1838. The main part of the parish belonged to the county of

Buskerud Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Har ...

, while the annex ''Strømmen'' belonged to the county of Vestfold. The border between the two counties followed the fjord of

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. The town of

Svelvik Svelvik is a town in Drammen municipality, Viken county. It is also a former municipality, which was a part of former Vestfold county. The town of Svelvik was separated from the rural municipality of Strømm to become a municipality of its ow ...

was separated from Strømm as a municipality of its own in 1845 - but these two municipalities were again merged to one January 1, 1964.

Population

Strømm had a population of 794 in 1838. Prior to the merger of 1964 Strømm had a population of 2,618.

The name

The municipality (originally the annex) is named after the old farm Strømmen (

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''Straumr''), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word ''straumr'' 'stream' (referring to the strong stream in the narrow sound between

and Hurum). The name was changed from ''Strømmen'' to ''Strømm'' in 1918.

References

* Former municipalities of Norway Svelvik {{Vestfold-geo-stub