Indre Østfold (municipality)
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] The municipality has a total population of just under 45,000, Wich is spread out over several small towns, such as Askim, Mysen, Spydeberg, Skjønhaug and Tomter. This is quite unusual for Norwegian Municipalities.
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 | |
| 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 | indre østfolding[2] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3014 |
| Website | Official website |
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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