| Spydeberg kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 59°36′55″N 11°4′35″E / 59.61528°N 11.07639°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
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| County | Østfold | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-0123 | ||
| Administrative centre | Spydeberg | ||
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| - Mayor (2003) | Stein Håland (Sp) | ||
| Area (Nr. 362 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 142 km2 (54.8 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 133 km2 (51.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 4,706 | ||
| - Density | 35/km2 (90.6/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 9.7 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 201 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Demonym | Speberging [1] | ||
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| Website | www.spydeberg.kommune.no | ||
Spydeberg is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Spydeberg. It is divided into the parishes Spydeberg, Heli, and Hovin. Spydeberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
The village of Spydeberg has approximately 4,000 inhabitants. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of Oslo and is easily reached by a bus and a train line. There are 16 daily buses to Oslo, and about 12 train departures. A lot of the people in Spydeberg commute to Oslo for work. It is a very pleasant community with quite good infrastructure and is considered to be a safe and nice town to live in for families.
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General information
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Spydeberg farm (Old Norse: Spjótaberg), since the first church was built here. The first element is the plural genitive case of spjót which means "spear" and the last element is berg which means "mountain". The word "spear" is here probably referring to some outstanding points of a nearby mountain.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 30 June 1978. The arms show three canting silver spear points (from the word spyd which comes from the Old Norse word spjót) on a red background. The model for the spear points was unearthed at a burial mound near Mørk in 1905. The three spears represent the three parishes in the municipality. It was designed by Truls Nygaard.[2][3]
Notable residents
- Petter Solberg, the famous World Rally Championship rally driver for Subaru, was born in Askim and raised in Spydeberg. He became Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile World Rally Champion in 2003. At present he lives officially in Monaco.
- Henning Solberg (older brother to Petter Solberg), current WRC rally driver for Ford, is still living at Spydeberg.
- John Unnerud, former Norwegian rally and race ace (a wellknown personality in Scandinavia) is also from Spydeberg.
- Anton Skulberg, a former mayor of Spydeberg, was also a professor and cabinet member.
Sister cities
The municipality of Spydeberg has been quite active in international relations for over 20 years. The town has sister cities in Denmark, Sweden, and Latvia.[4]
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/s/spydeber.htm. Retrieved on 2008-12-15.
- ^ "Spydebergs kommunevåpen". Spydeberg kommune. http://www.spydeberg.kommune.no/modules/theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=1990&Category.ID=22644. Retrieved on 2008-12-15. (Norwegian)
- ^ "Spydebergs vennskapskommuner". Spydeberg kommune. http://www.spydeberg.kommune.no/Modules/theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=2802&Category.ID=22814. Retrieved on 2008-12-15. (Norwegian)
External links
Media related to Spydeberg at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Spydeberg- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Østfold travel guide from Wikitravel
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