Øvrebø
Øvrebø is a rural district and village in Vennesla municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 25 km (16 mi) north-northwest of the city of Kristiansand. The village of Skarpengland lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of Øvrebø.
Øvrebø | |
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Village | |
 View of the village church | |
  Øvrebø Location of the village  Øvrebø Øvrebø (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 58°17′29″N 07°46′42″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Southern Norway |
| County | Agder |
| District | Kristiansand |
| Municipality | Vennesla |
| Elevation | 225 m (738 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 4715 Øvrebø |
The district of Øvrebø covers the central part of Vennesla municipality. Historically, the district of Øvrebø was a separate municipality known as Øvrebø which existed from 1838 until 1865, and then again from 1896 until 1964.[2] In Skarpengland, there is a bank, a post office, several stores, a motor repair shop, and a school. Øvrebø is known for the "Øvrebø ski", found at Mushom and considered for many years to be Norway's oldest preserved ski. It can be seen in the Holmenkollen Ski Museum in Oslo.
Name
The village is named after the old Øvrebø farm (Old Norse: Øfribœr), since the first Øvrebø Church was built there. The first part of the name means "upper" and second part of the name is identical with the word bœr which means "farm" and it is cognate with the Dutch language word "boer" which means "farmer". The name therefore means "the upper farm".[3]
See also
References
- "Øvrebø, Vennesla (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- Store norske leksikon. "Øvrebø – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 36.
External links
Vest-Agder travel guide from Wikivoyage- Weather information for Øvrebø (in Norwegian)