Asker

Asker is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway and a suburb of Oslo.

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Municipality - County - Akershus - Norway - Suburb - Oslo

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Main parts are Asker, Gullhella, Vollen, Vettre, Blakstad, Holmen, Hvalstad, Nesøya, Nesbru and Heggedal. Asker is a notably coastal place with many beautiful beaches, but is also a place of hills and woods. The district is known for many important businesses. It is also known for gardening. The farm Skaugum, in which the Norwegian Crown Prince and his family live, is situated here. The first IKEA store outside of Sweden opened in Asker in 1963.

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Norwegian Crown Prince - IKEA - Sweden - 1963

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Principally a rural municipality, however expansion of Oslo has resulted in it becoming an affluent suburb. Thus numerous celebrities now reside in the area.

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Asker is also the home of Frisk Asker Tigers, who won the Norwegian Hockey championship in 2002. Asker Skiklubb is a nationally well known sports club. It has a long history dateing back to 1889. Many of Askers famous people have been successfull indivuals associated with the sports club.

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Frisk Asker Tigers - Asker Skiklubb

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Asker, more notably Blakstad, was a stronghold for the Baglers, whom contended with the Birkebeiners during a Civil War during the Viking period.

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Bagler - Birkebeiner - Civil War - Viking

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