Eidsberg

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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.[1][2]

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 (Template:Langx). He was a well-known warrior during the civil war era under King Håkon Håkonsson, until his death in 1240.[3]

Minorities

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Eidsberg by country of origin in 2017[4]
Ancestry Number
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 398
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 178
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 140
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia-Herzegovina 99
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 81
File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo 65
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 58
File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 47
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 40
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 36

Notable people

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References

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  1. Five merged Østfold municipalities have been renamed (Norwegian)
  2. Indre Østfold (kommune) (Norwegian)
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