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Skien [²ʃeːən] is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county.
Skien is one of Norway's oldest cities, with an urban history dating back to the Middle Ages, and received privileges as a market town in 1358. From the 15th century, the city was governed by a 12-member council. The modern municipality of Skien was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipalities of Gjerpen and Solum were merged into the municipality of Skien on 1 January 1964.
The conurbation of Porsgrunn/Skien is reckoned by Statistics Norway to be the seventh largest urban area in Norway, straddling an area of three municipalities: Skien municipality (about 62% of the population), Porsgrunn (30%), and Bamble (8%). This area is home to more than 100,000 people.
Skien was historically Norway's most important port town for shipping timber and one of Norway's leading commercial cities with extensive contact with neighbouring countries, particularly Denmark.[citation needed] The city was the birthplace of playwright Henrik Ibsen, and many of his famous dramas are set in places reminiscent of 19th-century Skien.
Porsgrunn, Telemark
Video: 12 April 2019
Porsgrunn is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn. The municipality of Porsgrunn was established on 1 January 1838.
Porsgrunn er en by og en kommune i Grenland i Telemark fylke. Kommunen omfatter de tidligere bykommunene Brevik og Porsgrunn og landkommunen Eidanger. Porsgrunn grenser i nord til Skien og Siljan, i øst mot Larvik i Vestfold, og i vest mot Bamble. Høyeste punkt er Fjerdingen, 360 moh. Kommunen er en del av det området som kalles Grenland. I selve bykjernen bor det rundt 13 000 innbyggere.
Porsgrunn by ligger ved utløpet av Telemarksvassdraget og er en viktig industriby. Den har fått navn etter en grunne i elven som var bevokst med pors (Myrica gale).
Av næringsvirksomhet i Porsgrunn er det prosessindustrien som dominerer. Tidligere var denne virksomheten en del av Norsk Hydro, men i dag er det Yara og Ineos som driver prosessanleggene for kunstgjødsel og polymer, og er Porsgrunns største industriarbeidsgivere. Yara, en av verdens største kunstgjødselfabrikker, er lokalisert her. Bilfinger Industrial Services Norway AS, Equinor, RHI Normag AS, Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik, Isola AS, BEHA, Eramet og Norcem er andre viktige industrielle aktører i Porsgrunn. Mange av virksomhetene er lokalisert i Herøya Industripark. For industrien er all infrastruktur på plass; kraftnett, damp, gassforsyning og havner. Det er derfor attraktivt for bedrifter å etablere seg i kommunen.
2300 studenter går på Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge, studiested Porsgrunn. Studentene gir industrien et godt tilfang av fersk kompetanse.
En ny dobbeltsporet jernbane mellom Porsgrunn og Larvik er under bygging. Den skal stå ferdig i 2018. Det jobbes med en sammenkopling av Vestfoldbanen og Sørlandsbanen via Grenlandsbanen. En slik sammenkopling vil gjøre Porsgrunn til ett av Østlandets viktigste knutepunkter.
Det har blitt hevdet at Porsgrunn opprinnelig var navnet på en av tre små øyer som lå der hvor kjøpesenteret Down Town ligger i dag. Selv om det synes riktig at en av disse øyene har blitt omtalt som «Postgrund», er det trolig, som Tønnesen hevder i byhistorien, at navnet opprinnelig er blitt brukt om Vestsida. I middelalderen var dette et sumpområde hvor pors-planten vokste villig, og planten ble sanket her av nonnene fra Gimsøy kloster. Det er overveiende sannsynlig at disse ga det navnet til stedet som ordrett betyr «grunn hvor det vokser pors».
I 1964 ble Porsgrunn slått sammen med kommunene Eidanger og Brevik, samt mindre deler av Solum, Gjerpen, Hedrum og Brunlanes. Porsgrunn har utviklet seg som utdanningsby de siste årene. Teknisk utdannelse startet med Skiensfjordens Tekniske Fagskole i 1884. I dag er Høgskolen i Telemark etablert i Porsgrunn, også med sivilingeniørutdanning og doktorgrad. Sykepleieutdanning og helsesøsterutdanning er også etablert ved Høgskolens avdeling i Porsgrunn.
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