Separation

The parish of Hurum

Hurum

Hurum is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village Klokkarstua. The municipality of Hurum was established on 1 January 1838 . The small village of Holmsbu was granted town status in 1847, but it did not become a municipality of its own...

 was divided into two 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...

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

Buskerud

is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen.-Geography:...

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

Drammensfjord

Drammensfjord is a fjord in Norway that connects to Ytre Oslofjord on the west side. It stretches to the north and northeast. The Drammenselva river discharges into the head of the fjord...

.

The town of Svelvik

Svelvik

is a town and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Svelvik.The town of Svelvik was separated from the rural municipality of Strømm to become a municipality of its own in 1845. The two municipalities were merged back together on 1...

 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 (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....

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

Svelvik

is a town and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Svelvik.The town of Svelvik was separated from the rural municipality of Strømm to become a municipality of its own in 1845. The two municipalities were merged back together on 1...

 and Hurum

Hurum

Hurum is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village Klokkarstua. The municipality of Hurum was established on 1 January 1838 . The small village of Holmsbu was granted town status in 1847, but it did not become a municipality of its own...

).

The name was changed from Strømmen to Strømm in 1918.