Skien
Municipality in Telemark county, Norway
Also known as Skien kommune · Skien Municipality
- Founded
- January 1, 1838
- , 1358
- Country
- Norway(since 1905)
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- , Union between Sweden and Norway(1814–1905)
- , Kingdom of Norway(1814–1814)
- +2 more
- Norway(since 1905)
- Employees
- 7,404(October 13, 2026)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- 7,404(October 13, 2026)
- Website
- skien.kommune.no
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- skien.kommune.no
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
132 statements · 49% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Sorrento
- Belozersk
- Jõhvi Rural Municipality
- Loimaa
- Jackson
- Onești
- Rendsburg(since 1995)
- Thisted Municipality
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- Shares border with
- Sauherad(until 2019)
- Kongsberg
- Siljan Municipality
- Porsgrunn
- Bamble
- Drangedal Municipality
- Nome Municipality
- Midt-Telemark(since 2020)
- Head of government
- Hedda Foss Five(since 2011) member of political party: Norwegian Labour Party
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Sources- 1.“Politisk organisering”skien.kommune.no/skien-kommune/politikk-og-innsyn/politisk-organisering/
- Hedda Foss Five(since 2011) member of political party: Norwegian Labour Party
- Population
- 56,906(January 1, 2026)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2026”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 56,866(January 1, 2025)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2025”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 56,619(January 1, 2024)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2024”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 55,924(January 1, 2023)
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Sources- 1.“07459: Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2023”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 55,513(January 1, 2022)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2022”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 55,144(January 1, 2021)
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Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2021”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 54,942(January 1, 2020)
- 53,952(January 1, 2016)
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Sources- 1.“Befolkning, 1. januar 2016”ssb.no/befolkning/statistikker/folkemengde/aar-per-1-januar/2016-02-19?fane=tabell&sort=nummer&tabell=256001
- 56,906(January 1, 2026)
- Area
- 779.2 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: landmass, island
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- 783.39 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: whole · including: territorial sea
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- 35.17 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: open area
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- 0 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: snow, ice
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- 57.45 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: lake
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- 2.71 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: river, arroyo
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- 11.45 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: bog
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- 609.09 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: forest
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- 43.45 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: arable land
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- 15.29 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: urban agglomeration
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- 2.17 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: industrial zone
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- 2.43 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: other
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- 779.1991 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: landmass, island
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 783.3807 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: whole
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 4.1817 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: territorial sea
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 35.1019 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: open area
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: snow, ice
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 57.4535 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: lake
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 2.7057 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: river, arroyo
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 11.4499 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: bog
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 609.1639 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: forest
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 43.5226 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: arable land
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 15.2007 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: urban agglomeration
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 2.1721 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: industrial zone
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 2.4289 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: other
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 779.2 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: landmass, island
- Number of households
- 25,006(2018) applies to part: statistic sum
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- 13,733(2018) applies to part: single-family detached home
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- 2,491(2018) applies to part: semi-detached house
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- 3,070(2018) applies to part: terrace house
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- 4,800(2018) applies to part: apartment building
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- 912(2018) applies to part: statistic residue
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- 25,006(2018) applies to part: statistic sum
- Native label
- Skien pronunciation audio: Skien.ogg
- Significant event
- boundary change(January 1, 1968) gave up territory to: Porsgrunn
- boundary change(January 1, 1964) gained territory from: Holla Municipality, Gjerpen Municipality
- boundary change(July 1, 1916) gained territory from: Gjerpen Municipality, Solum Municipality
- Located in
- Telemark(since 2024)
- Bratsberg amt(1838–1918)
- Telemark(1919–2019)
- Vestfold og Telemark(2020–2023)
- Official language
- Bokmål
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- Bokmål
- Industry
- general public administration activities
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Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- general public administration activities
On other databases
36 identifiers linking Skien across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID6949
- BIBSYS ID90886903
- Data Commons IDwikidataId/Q2272
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Skien
- FactGrid item IDQ448212
- FAST ID1205909
- Freebase ID/m/0188dd
- GeoNames ID6453383
- GND ID4356005-2
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDSkien
- INaturalist place ID40385
- ISNI0000000404617446
- J9U entity ID987007548077105171
- KulturNav-IDfebdc75b-e394-43df-a631-c8ac3edbf0dd
- Lex IDSkien
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79084275
- Lokalhistoriewiki.no article IDSkien_kommune
- MusicBrainz area ID2293fb9d-6a6d-4aee-a730-266f08255144
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000976230
- NL CR AUT IDge1257666
- Norwegian municipality number0806
- Norwegian organisation number938759839
- NRK topic ID1.271503
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3975891
- OpenStreetMap relation ID405166
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDskienkommune-ee5f1f
- Quora topic IDSkien-Norway
- Ringgold ID207224
- SNARC IDQ75993
- SSR place name number85015
- VIAF cluster ID154758646
- Who's on First ID1159297035
- WOEID863789
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJgXcyDdcK9HfmvDQWBtrq
- X (Twitter) usernameskienkommune
- Yale LUX IDplace/8c3bc5d9-8f32-4918-85c9-8525cf0cd2f4