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.[3][4]

Eidsberg kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Østfold within
Norway
Eidsberg within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°32′13″N 11°21′37″E
CountryNorway
CountyØstfold
DistrictSmaalenene
Administrative centreMysen
Government
 • Mayor (2003)Knut Jørgen Herland (Sp)
Area
 • Total236 km2 (91 sq mi)
 • Land229 km2 (88 sq mi)
Area rank311 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total10,121
 • Rank100 in Norway
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
10.5%
Demonym(s)Eidsberging[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0125
Official language formBokmål[2]
Websitewww.eidsberg.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

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.[5]

Minorities
Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Eidsberg by country of origin in 2017[6]
Ancestry Number
 Poland398
 Iraq178
 Lithuania140
 Bosnia-Herzegovina99
 Sweden81
 Kosovo65
 Russia58
 Somalia47
 Pakistan40
 Denmark36

Notable people
See also: Indre_Østfold_municipality § Notable_people

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Five merged Østfold municipalities have been renamed (Norwegian)
  4. Indre Østfold (kommune) (Norwegian)
  5. Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  6. "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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