Indre Østfold (municipality)
Indre Østfold kommune | |
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 Coat of arms  Viken within Norway | |
 Indre Østfold within Viken | |
| Coordinates: 59°34′56″N 11°10′13″E / 59.58222°N 11.17028°ECoordinates: 59°34′56″N 11°10′13″E / 59.58222°N 11.17028°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Viken |
| District | indre Østfold |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Saxe Frøshaug (Senterpartiet) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 791.93 km2 (305.77 sq mi) |
| • Land | 755.38 km2 (291.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 45,201[1] |
| • Rank | #23 in Norway |
| Demonym(s) | indre østfolding[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3014 |
| Official language form | Bokmål[3] |
| Website | www |
Indre Østfold is a municipality in the region of Indre Østfold in Viken county . The municipality was established on January 1, 2020 by a merger of the five municipalities Askim , Eidsberg , Hobøl , Spydeberg and Trøgstad.[4][5][circular reference] The municipality has a total population of just under 45,000 inhabitants.[citation needed]
Notable people[]
Public service & public thinking[]
- Haakon IV of Norway (1204 in Eidsberg – 1263) King of Norway 1217 to 1263 [6]
- Jacob Nicolai Wilse (1736–1801) a parish priest in Spydeberg and Eidsberg
- Nils Christian Frederik Hals (1758 in Eidsberg – 1838 in Trøgstad) a lieutenant colonel, commanded and surrendered Fredrikstad Fortress
- Olai Pedersen Wiig (1802 in Trøgstad - 1887) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Trøgstad 1844 to 1847
- Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch (1805 in Eidsberg – 1883) a Norwegian zoologist and academic
- Thea Foss (1857 in Eidsberg – 1927) founded Foss Maritime, the real-life person for Tugboat Annie
- Nordal Wille (1858 in Hobøl – 1924) a Norwegian botanist
- Adam Hiorth (1879 in Spydeberg – 1961) a Norwegian barrister and playwright
- Olga Bjoner (1887 in Askim – 1969) a Norwegian journalist and Nazi politician
- Jørgen Adolf Lier (1906–1994) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Askim several times
- Anton Skulberg (1921–2012) a scientist and politician, Mayor of Spydeberg 1963–1967
- Dagfinn Føllesdal (born 1932 in Askim) a Norwegian-American philosopher
- Oddbjørn Engvold (born 1938 in Askim) a Norwegian astronomer
- Erik Mollatt (born 1941) a Norwegian millionaire businessperson, lives in Hobøl
The Arts[]
- Enevold Thømt (1878 in Askim – 1958) a decorative painter inspired by Norwegian folk art
- Kirsten Sørlie (1926 in Askim – 2013) a Norwegian actress and stage director [7]
- Vidar Sandem (born 1947 in Trøgstad) a Norwegian actor, playwright and theatre director [8]
- Jan Garbarek (born 1947 in Mysen) a Norwegian jazz saxophonist
- Cecilie Løveid (born 1951 in Mysen) a novelist, poet, playwright and writer of children's books
- Rune Rudberg (born 1961 in Trøgstad) a Norwegian singer of dansband music
- Lene Alexandra (born 1981 in Trøgstad) a Norwegian singer, TV personality and model [9]
- Jon Audun Baar (born 1986 in Tomter, Hobøl) a Norwegian jazz drummer.
Sport[]
- brothers Henning Solberg (born 1973) & Petter Solberg (born 1974) former professional rallycross drivers, born in Askim and grew up in Spydeberg
- Jens Kristian Skogmo (born 1987 in Askim) a Norwegian footballer with 285 club caps
- Vibeke Skofterud (born 1980 in Askim Olympic Gold medallist in cross-country skiing
References[]
- ^ SSB (Norwegian) retrieved 12 January 2021
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Five merged Østfold municipalities have been renamed (Norwegian)
- ^ Indre Østfold (kommune) (Norwegian)
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 780.
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 22 December 2020
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 21 December 2020
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 21 December 2020
External links[]
Media related to Indre Østfold at Wikimedia Commons
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