Skien
municipality in Vestfold and Telemark county, Norway
Skien is a city and a municipality in Telemark, Norway. Skien is the capital of Vestfold og Telemark county. Skien has a population of 55 079.[1]
GeographyEdit
Skien is located in the South-East of Telemark. The closest city to Skien is Porsgrunn. Together Skien and Porsgrunn is the seventh largest urban area in Norway.[2] Skienselva is a river flowing through the city, dividing Skien in half.
Notable peopleEdit
- Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906), Norwegian author.
- Bård Tufte Johansen (born 1969), Norwegian comedian.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Kommunefakta". SSB (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ↑ "List of urban areas in Norway by population". Wikipedia. 2020-10-24.