[2] The theologist Christian Kølle, who owned the manor from 1770 and 1803,[2] contributed to history as he published the topographical pamphlet Kort Beskrivelse over Snarøen, en liten Gaard ved Christiania in 1792.

[3] His daughter Catharine Hermine Kølle, born at Snarøya, is known as the first female painter in Norway.

The sawmill was closed in 1907, and at the same time much of the surrounding land was parcelled out into lots for single-owner homes and cottages.

1 Casper Ruud represents, as well as a curling club, Snarøya CC.

As a district of Bærum, Snarøya is not self-governed, but elects members to the municipal council.

Representatives to the municipal council are elected through a party-list proportional representation system with plural member constituencies.

In national elections, the sub-constituency Snarøya contributes towards the total vote in the county, not the municipality.