Skien is a city and municipality in the county of
Telemark, Norway and administrative centre of Telemark County.
Skien was established as a municipality January 1, 1838.
The rural municipalities of Gjerpen and Solum were merged with Skien January 1, 1964.
The conurbation of Skien and Porsgrunn is considered by Statistics Norway the
seventh largest city in Norway straddling an area of three municipalities:
Skien municipality (about 52% of the population), Porsgrunn (35%) and Bamble (11.5%).
The area is home to more than 85,000 people.
The town also has a large Somalian population.
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