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.[3][4] The municipality has a total population of just under 45,000 inhabitants.
Indre Østfold kommune | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms  Viken within Norway | |
 Indre Østfold within Viken | |
| Coordinates: 59°34′56″N 11°10′13″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Viken |
| Area | |
| • Total | 791.93 km2 (305.77 sq mi) |
| • Land | 755.38 km2 (291.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 44,320[1] |
| • Rank | 23 in Norway |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3014 |
| Official language form | Bokmål[2] |
| Website | www |
Notable people
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Jacob Nicolai Wilse
Kirsten Sørlie, 1956
Henning Solberg, 2008
Petter Solberg, 2017
Public service & public thinking
- Haakon IV of Norway (1204 in Eidsberg – 1263) King of Norway 1217 to 1263 [5]
- 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 [6]
- Vidar Sandem (born 1947 in Trøgstad) a Norwegian actor, playwright and theatre director [7]
- 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 [8]
- 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
References
- SSB (Norwegian) retrieved 12 January 2021
- "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. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 780.
- IMDb Database retrieved 22 December 2020
- IMDb Database retrieved 21 December 2020
- IMDb Database retrieved 21 December 2020
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