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Ask

Total population

5,650

Coordinates60.07°, 11.03°

Demographic figures from Statistics Norway (SSB). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ask is the administrative centre of Gjerdrum municipality, Norway. It is around 20 km north-east of Oslo. Its population is 6,890 as of 2020.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Trygve Haavelmo

Norwegian economist and econometrician

Christian Krohg

Norwegian politician (1777–1828)

Thomas Skoglund

Norwegian handball player

Lise Myhre

cartoonist

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Ola Wærhaug

Norwegian biathlete

Nicolai Frederik Krohg

Norwegian engineer and officer

Arne Erlandsen

Norwegian footballer and football coach

Jon Knudsen

Norwegian football player and coach (born 1974)

Andreas Bloch

Norwegian artist (1860-1917)

Nils Claus Ihlen

Norwegian politician (1855-1925)

S

Sidsel Ryen

Norwegian actor and singer

G

Georg Anton Krohg

Norwegian engineer and officer

Sverre Malling

Norwegian visual artist (born 1977)

E

Elisabeth Bang

Norwegian actress (1922–2009)

A

Alf Ihlen

Norwegian industrialist (1900-2006)

Arne Scheie

Norwegian sports commenter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Akershus

• Sørumsand
  9.3 mi away · pop. 6,075
• Sørumsand
  9.4 mi away
• Varåa
  11 mi away
• Flateby
  17.3 mi away · pop. 3,926
• Nesoddtangen
  19.7 mi away · pop. 13,444
• Slemmestad
  27.4 mi away
• Gjellum
  28 mi away
• Dolní Jamné
  702.2 mi away · pop. 69
• Mladotice
  702.9 mi away · pop. 443
• Liblín
  708.5 mi away · pop. 301
• Drahoňův Újezd
  712.3 mi away · pop. 144
• Lhota pod Radčem
  715.6 mi away · pop. 267

Browse all places in Akershus →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

small balsam

Impatiens parviflora

Seen 2026-10-06

viper's-bugloss

Echium vulgare

Seen 2026-10-05

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-10-04

Eurasian Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

Seen 2026-10-04

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Seen 2026-09-29

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-28

Feathered Thorn

Colotois pennaria

Seen 2026-09-28

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-26

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).