Editing Asker (section)

==History==

Since the Middle Ages, the Asker parish consisted of the later municipalities Asker and Bærum. In the 19th century, Bærum became the Vestre Bærum and Østre Bærum parish and Asker and Bærum were also established as separate municipalities.

In 2020, Asker merged with [[Røyken]] and [[Hurum]] to form [[Asker, Viken|Asker Municipality]], a larger administrative region than traditional/geographical Asker. The newly-formed Asker Municipality was made part of [[Viken (county)|Viken County]] immediately following the 2020 merge. However, Viken dissolved on 1 January 2024, returning Asker (with the addition of Røyken and Hurum) to the county of [[Akershus]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Thorsnæs |first=Geir |title=Asker |date=2024-01-04 |url=https://snl.no/Asker |work=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |access-date=2024-01-09 |language=no |last2=Askheim |first2=Svein |last3=Kilhavn |first3=Håvard}}.</ref>