Solum, Norway

Solum, Norway

Solum is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway.

The municipality was created as Solum formannskapsdistrikt in 1837. According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 3,557. Solum was located west of the city Skien, and encompassed districts such as Nenset, Tollnes, Flakvarp, Skotfoss og Klyve. On 1 July 1916 an area with 1,042 inhabitants was moved to Skien, and on 1 July 1920 an area with 1,614 inhabitants was moved to Porsgrunn.

On 1 January 1964 the rest of Solum was incorporated into Skien, along with Gjerpen and Valebø district. Prior to the merger Solum had a population of 13,706.

References

*cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl
*cite web |url=http://www.rhd.uit.no/dok/nos08.html |title=Hjemmehørende folkemengde Telemark 1801-1960 |accessdate= |author=Registreringssentral for historiske data |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=University of Tromsø |language= no icon


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