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Eidsberg

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.

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Eidsberg Municipality
Eidsberg kommune
Former municipality
Flag of Eidsberg Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Eidsberg Municipality
Coat of arms
Østfold within Norway
Østfold within Norway
Eidsberg within Østfold
Eidsberg 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
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
236 km2 (91 sq mi)
 • Land229 km2 (88 sq mi)
 • Rank#311 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
10,121
 • Rank#100 in Norway
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +10.5%
DemonymEidsberging1
Official language
2
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-01253
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.45

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 1240.6

Minorities

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Eidsberg by country of origin in 20177
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

References

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. (2024-01-09). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
  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.
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