Sarpsborg
Sarpsborg kommune | |
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![]() Parts of Sarpsborg | |
![]() Coat of arms ![]() Viken within Norway | |
![]() Sarpsborg within Viken | |
Coordinates: 59°17′09″N 11°06′43″E / 59.28583°N 11.11194°ECoordinates: 59°17′09″N 11°06′43″E / 59.28583°N 11.11194°E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Viken |
Administrative centre | Sarpsborg |
Government | |
• Mayor (2011) | Sindre Martinsen-Evje (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 406 km2 (157 sq mi) |
• Land | 370 km2 (140 sq mi) |
Area rank | 238 in Norway |
Population (30 September 2019) | |
• Total | 56,559 ![]() |
• Rank | 13 in Norway |
• Density | 134/km2 (350/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | 6.6% |
Demonym(s) | Sarping[1] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3003 |
Official language form | Bokmål[2] |
Website | www |
Sarpsborg (pronounced [ˈsɑ̀ʂbɔr] or [ˈsɑ̀rpsbɔrɡ]), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.
Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad. As of 1 January 2018, according to Statistics Norway these two municipalities have a total population of 136,127 with 55,840 in Sarpsborg and 81,278 in Fredrikstad.[3]
Borregaard Industries is, and always has been, the most important industry in the city. The city is also the home of Borg Bryggerier, part of the Hansa Borg Bryggerier, which is Norway's second largest brewery-group.
General information[]
Name[]
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In Norse times the city was just called Borg (from borg which means "castle"). The background for this was the fortification built by Olav Haraldsson (see History section). Later the genitive case of the name of the waterfall Sarpr (Sarp Falls) was added.
In Norse times Østfold county was called Borgarsýsla which means "the county (sýsla) of Borg" and the law district of southeast Norway was called Borgarþing meaning "the thing/court of Borg".
The old name has been revived in the diocese of Borg (1968) and Borgarting Court of Appeal (1995).
Coat of arms[]
The coat-of-arms is from modern times and was granted on 13 November 1991. It is based on a coat of arms dating from 1556 and shows a bear above a castle. The bear was introduced as early as some time in the 13th century, by the earl of Sarpsborg (Comes de Saresburgh), Alv Erlingsson. He used the bear to symbolise his strength.[citation needed] The castle symbolises the fortress (borg) that gave the city its original name.[4]
History[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Sarpsborg.jpg/275px-Sarpsborg.jpg)
The city was founded as Borg by the Viking King Olav Haraldsson (Saint Olaf) in 1016. It was burned to the ground by Swedish invaders in 1567 during the Northern Seven Years' War. Half the population was evacuated down the river to what is today known as Fredrikstad, about 15 kilometres (9 mi) downstream.
Much of the rebuilt town disappeared into the river Glomma during a 1702 mudslide. Again Borg was rebuilt, and it was recreated as a city in 1839, and separated from Tune as a municipality of its own.
The rural municipalities of Tune, Skjeberg, and Varteig were merged with the city on 1 January 1992. The population is steadily growing, and during the summer of 2005 it reached 50,000 inhabitants.
In 2016 the town celebrated its 1,000th anniversary, and the entire year was commemorated by a special programme that encouraged historic preservation within the town.[5]
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1,646 |
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1,382 |
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1,102 |
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841 |
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725 |
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557 |
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492 |
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408 |
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372 |
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297 |
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267 |
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260 |
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240 |
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178 |
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174 |
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161 |
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160 |
City districts[]
- Alvim
- Borgenhaugen
- Brevik
- Fritznerbakken
- Gleng
- Greåker
- Grålum
- Hafslund
- Hafslundsøy
- Hannestad
- Hasle
- Høysand
- Ise
- Klavestadhaugen
- Kurland
- Lande
- Opsund
- Sandbakken
- Sannesund
- Sarpsborg
- Skjeberg
- Valaskjold
- Varteig
- Yven
Sport[]
During the 1950s and 1960s, Sarpsborg was famous for its football (soccer) team, Sarpsborg FK, but is now more known for its ice hockey team, Sparta Warriors. In football, Sarpsborg 08 FF has taken over the local throne, currently playing at the highest national level. On 6 November 2009, they sent arch-rival FFK down from the top division in a play-off game in Fredrikstad stadion. Sarpsborg 08 has a women's football team that was promoted to the women's Division 1 at the end of 2011, at the same time as the club's under-19 girls reached the Junior Cup Final. Sarpsborg BK plays in the highest bandy division.[citation needed]
Sarpsborg is famous for its two elite leagues teams in floorball, and .
Climate[]
Sarpsborg has a humid continental climate (Dfb) or temperate oceanic climate (Cfb), depending on winter threshold used (0 °C (32 °F) as in USA or −3 °C (27 °F) as in Europe). The all-time high 33.5 °C (92.3 °F) was recorded in July 2018. The all-time low −26 °C (−15 °F) was set in December 2002.
hideClimate data for Sarpsborg 1991-2020 (57 m, extremes 1991-2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
27 (81) |
30 (86) |
31.5 (88.7) |
33.5 (92.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
25 (77) |
18.8 (65.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.4 (29.5) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
0.9 (33.6) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7 (45) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
7.2 (44.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −21.5 (−6.7) |
−23 (−9) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
−6 (21) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
2 (36) |
7 (45) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−1 (30) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−26 (−15) |
−26 (−15) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 76.7 (3.02) |
51.9 (2.04) |
49.4 (1.94) |
49.2 (1.94) |
54.4 (2.14) |
71.9 (2.83) |
67.2 (2.65) |
89.3 (3.52) |
84.9 (3.34) |
105.4 (4.15) |
101.3 (3.99) |
85.3 (3.36) |
886.9 (34.92) |
Source 1: yr.no/Norwegian Meteorological Institute[7] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: eklima/met.no[8] |
Musical artists and bands[]
- Apoptygma Berzerk
- Artch
- At Your Leisure
- Jan Groth
- Moose Empire
- Patrik Svendsen
- Ragnarok
- Robert Normann
- Stian Johannsen
- Tonic Breed
- Witchhammer
Notable residents[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Zacharias_Mellebye_2.jpg/125px-Zacharias_Mellebye_2.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/26771_Oscar_Torp.jpg/125px-26771_Oscar_Torp.jpg)
Public service[]
- Zacharias Mellebye (1781 in Skjeberg – 1854) farmer, military officer and rep. at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly
- Harald Dahl (1863–1920), father of the British writer Roald Dahl came from Sarpsborg
- Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) explorer, first person to reach the South Pole, came from Borge
- Oscar Torp (1893 in Skjeberg – 1958) former Prime Minister of Norway, 1951-1955
- Carl Fredrik Wisløff (1908–2004) theologian and Christian preacher, grew up in Sarpsborg
- Øistein Strømnæs (1914 in Sarpsborg – 1980) head of XU, the WWII intelligence organization
- Torbjørn Sikkeland (1923 in Varteig – 2014) chemist, nuclear physicist and radiation biophysicist
- Thorvald Gressum (1932–2008) a politician and Mayor of Sarpsborg 1984 to 1995
- Kai Eide (born 1949 in Sarpsborg) a diplomat and writer; roles with the United Nations
- Erik Varden (born 1974), a Roman Catholic spiritual writer and Bishop-Prelate of Trondheim
The Arts[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Nils_Ole_Oftebro_som_konge_i_spelet_1992.jpg/125px-Nils_Ole_Oftebro_som_konge_i_spelet_1992.jpg)
- Julius Fritzner (1828 in Skjeberg – 1882) a restaurateur and hotelier in Christiania
- Bjarne Bø (1907 in Skjeberg – 1998) a Norwegian actor [9]
- Arne Arnardo, (1912 in Sarpsborg – 1995) circus performer and owner, "Circus King of Norway"
- Walther Aas, (Norwegian Wiki) (1928–1990), neo-romantic artist; lived in Sarpsborg from 1954
- Kjell Karlsen (1931 in Sarpsborg – 2020) band leader, composer, jazz pianist and organist
- Nils Ole Oftebro (born 1944 in Sarpsborg) a Norwegian actor and illustrator [10]
- Jan Groth (born 1946 in Greåker) vocalist, songwriter, artist with Aunt Mary and other bands
- Ketil Gudim (born 1956 in Sarpsborg) a Norwegian dancer and actor [11]
- Einstein Kristiansen (born 1965 in Greåker) a cartoonist, designer and TV-host
- Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim (born 1969 in Sarpsborg) record producer, musician and composer
- Stian Johannsen (born 1971 in Sarpsborg) stage name Occultus, black metal musician
- Stephan Groth (born 1971) musician with Apoptygma Berzerk; lived in Sarpsborg since 1986
- Jasmin Haugstuen Please (born 1988) actress [12]
- Ulrikke Brandstorp (born 1995 in Sarpsborg) singer, songwriter and musical actress [13]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Thomas_Myhre_04.jpg/125px-Thomas_Myhre_04.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/2009_Women%27s_British_Open_-_Marianne_Skarpnord_%282%29.jpg/125px-2009_Women%27s_British_Open_-_Marianne_Skarpnord_%282%29.jpg)
Sport[]
- Therese Bertheau (1861 in Skjeberg – 1936) a pioneering female Norwegian mountaineer
- John Anderson (1873 in Sarpsborg – 1949) US Major League Baseball player for 15 seasons
- Bjørn Spydevold (1918 in Sarpsborg – 2002) a footballer with 37 caps for Norway
- Bent Skammelsrud (born 1966 in Sarpsborg) footballer, with 366 club caps, mainly for Rosenborg BK and 38 for Norway
- Thomas Myhre (born 1973 in Sarpsborg) goalkeeper with 346 club caps and 56 for Norway
- Raymond Kvisvik (born 1974 in Sarpsborg) footballer, with 425 club caps and 11 for Norway
- Jens Arne Svartedal (born 1976 in Sarpsborg), cross-country skier, team silver medallist at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Per-Åge Skrøder (born 1978 in Sarpsborg), ice hockey player with men's national team
- Marianne Skarpnord (born 1986 in Sarpsborg) pro. golfer, plays on Ladies European Tour
- Jonas Holøs (born 1987 in Sarpsborg), ice hockey player with men's national team
- Marie Solberg (born 1988 in Sarpsborg) a sailor, bronze medallist at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Twin towns - Sister cities[]
Sarpsborg has several sister cities:[14]
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References[]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ "Population 1 January and population changes until now this year. The whole country, counties and municipalities". Statistics Norway. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Vedtak om bruk av byvåpenet i den nye kommunen" (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ^ "Sarpsborg 1016-2016".
- ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "yr.no/met.no".
- ^ "eklima portal".
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 12 March 2021
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 12 March 2021
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 12 March 2021
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 12 March 2021
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 12 March 2021
- ^ "Vennskapsbyer" (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg kommune. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
- ^ "::Bethlehem Municipality::". www.bethlehem-city.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
External links[]
- Sarpsborg
- Cities and towns in Norway
- Former capitals of Norway
- Municipalities of Østfold
- Municipalities of Viken
- Populated places on the Glomma River