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(Redirected from Eidsberg Municipality) Former municipality in Østfold, Norway
Eidsberg Municipality Eidsberg kommune
Former municipality
Flag of Eidsberg MunicipalityFlagCoat of arms of Eidsberg MunicipalityCoat of arms
Østfold within NorwayØstfold within Norway
Eidsberg within ØstfoldEidsberg within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°32′13″N 11°21′37″E / 59.53694°N 11.36028°E / 59.53694; 11.36028
CountryNorway
CountyØstfold
DistrictSmaalenene
Administrative centreMysen
Government
 • Mayor (2003)Knut Jørgen Herland (Sp)
Area
 • Total236 km (91 sq mi)
 • Land229 km (88 sq mi)
 • Rank#311 in Norway
Population
 • Total10,121
 • Rank#100 in Norway
 • Density44/km (110/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)Increase +10.5%
DemonymEidsberging
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0125
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Eidsberg was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the town of Mysen. In 2020, Eidsberg was absorbed into the Indre Østfold municipality.

Eidsberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The town of Mysen was separated from Eidsberg to form a municipality of its own on 1 July 1920, but it was merged back into the municipality of Eidsberg on 1 January 1961.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Eidsberg farm (Old Norse: Eiðsberg) because the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of eið 'path around a waterfall' and the last element is berg 'mountain'. Prior to 1847, the name was spelled Edsberg.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms was from modern times. It was granted on 16 March 1962. The arms show a bear, which is taken as a symbol for Arnbjørn Jonsson, who lived in Eidsberg. The bear is canting for Bjørn (Norwegian: bear). He was a well-known warrior during the civil war era under King Håkon Håkonsson, until his death in 1240.

Minorities

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Eidsberg by country of origin in 2017
Ancestry Number
 Poland 398
 Iraq 178
 Lithuania 140
 Bosnia-Herzegovina 99
 Sweden 81
 Kosovo 65
 Russia 58
 Somalia 47
 Pakistan 40
 Denmark 36

Notable people

See also: Indre_Østfold_municipality § Notable_people

References

  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. Five merged Østfold municipalities have been renamed (Norwegian)
  5. Indre Østfold (kommune) (Norwegian)
  6. Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  7. "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

External links

Østfold county, Norway
Towns and cities
Municipalities
Ytre Østfold
Indre Østfold
Former Municipalities in Østfold
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