Drøbak

Drøbak is a town and the centre of the municipality of Frogn, in Akershus county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,409 inhabitants.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Drøbak
Settlement.settlement_type: Unincorporated city Former municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Drøbak, 2019 (01).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Drøbak seen from the Oslofjord
Settlement.pushpin_map: Norway Akershus#Norway
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Akershus
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Akershus
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Follo
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Frogn
Settlement.established_title: City status (regained)
Settlement.established_date: 13 February 2006
Settlement.population_as_of: 2017
Settlement.population_total: 13,409

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Encyclopedic overview

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History
Tourism
Etymology
Drøbak Church
Places
Notable people
See also
References
External links

Drøbak is a town and the centre of the municipality of Frogn, in Akershus county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,409 inhabitants.

== History == Drøbak and Frogn was established as a parish on its own through a royal decree on 8 September 1823. It had been a part of Ås parish.

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