Son, Norway
Encyclopedia
Son is an old town, and a former municipality. It is located in Vestby
municipality in Akershus
.
, 50 kilometres south of the Norwegian capital Oslo, just north of Moss
and near the border of Østfold
, and is located west of the village of Hølen
. Before the merge with Vestby the number of inhabitants in Son was about 800-900 (1940). Today, Son, including Store Brevik has 5035 inabitants (2006).
Son, together with the village of Hølen, was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt
). Son and Hølen were separated as municipalities of their own January 1, 1848. on January 1, 1964, Son was merged with Vestby and is still located in the municipality.
Son is also the home town of the current editor-in-chief of Volda Student-TV, Fredrik Reed.
era, Son became famous as a harbour. Timber came from the nearby areas and was partially floated down the river. On many Dutch maps from that time (the oldest being from 1582) the Oslo fjord is noted as Zoon Water. However, when this period ended, Son lost much of its importance.
Later, Son became known as an 'artist town', as many well-known painters and writers have resided there.
] > [su:n].
Son is probably the old name of the river Hølenselva (Norse
*Són). Some distance up this river lies the parish Såner
(Norse Sánar), and this name is most likely the plural
of *Són. In Norse literature is són f used as a poetic word for blood
, and it is probably an old word for liquid
.
Son is also the home town of the current editor-in-chief of Volda Student-TV, Fredrik Reed.
Until 1889 the name was written Soon.
Vestby
Vestby is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vestby.-Name:...
municipality in Akershus
Akershus
- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...
.
Overview
Son is located at the OslofjordOslofjord
The Oslofjord is a bay in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbjørnskjær and Færder lighthouses and down to Langesund in the south to Oslo in the north....
, 50 kilometres south of the Norwegian capital Oslo, just north of Moss
Moss, Norway
is a coastal city and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...
and near the border of Østfold
Østfold
is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...
, and is located west of the village of Hølen
Hølen
Hølen is a former town and municipality in Akershus county, Norway.Hølen was in early times known for the production of timber, and from the 17th century important trade took place. Timber was floated on the river Såna...
. Before the merge with Vestby the number of inhabitants in Son was about 800-900 (1940). Today, Son, including Store Brevik has 5035 inabitants (2006).
Son, together with the village of Hølen, was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...
). Son and Hølen were separated as municipalities of their own January 1, 1848. on January 1, 1964, Son was merged with Vestby and is still located in the municipality.
Son is also the home town of the current editor-in-chief of Volda Student-TV, Fredrik Reed.
History
In the RenaissanceRenaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
era, Son became famous as a harbour. Timber came from the nearby areas and was partially floated down the river. On many Dutch maps from that time (the oldest being from 1582) the Oslo fjord is noted as Zoon Water. However, when this period ended, Son lost much of its importance.
Later, Son became known as an 'artist town', as many well-known painters and writers have resided there.
The name
The name Son is pronounced with a long [uClose back rounded vowel
The close back rounded vowel, or high back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is u....
] > [su:n].
Son is probably the old name of the river Hølenselva (Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
*Són). Some distance up this river lies the parish Såner
Såner
-Citations:*Godal, Anne Marit . . Store norske leksikon. 10 March 2009. Web. 21 June 2011....
(Norse Sánar), and this name is most likely the plural
Plural
In linguistics, plurality or [a] plural is a concept of quantity representing a value of more-than-one. Typically applied to nouns, a plural word or marker is used to distinguish a value other than the default quantity of a noun, which is typically one...
of *Són. In Norse literature is són f used as a poetic word for blood
Blood
Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells....
, and it is probably an old word for liquid
Liquid
Liquid is one of the three classical states of matter . Like a gas, a liquid is able to flow and take the shape of a container. Some liquids resist compression, while others can be compressed. Unlike a gas, a liquid does not disperse to fill every space of a container, and maintains a fairly...
.
Son is also the home town of the current editor-in-chief of Volda Student-TV, Fredrik Reed.
Until 1889 the name was written Soon.