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Eidsberg

{{Infobox kommune

| name = Eidsberg

|former = yes

| native_name =

| native_name_lang =

| other_name =

| official_name =

| idnumber = 0125

| image_skyline =

| county = Østfold

| district = Smaalenene

| capital = Mysen

| demonym = Eidsberging

| language = Bokmål

| coatofarms = Eidsberg komm.svg

| munwebpage = www.eidsberg.kommune.no

| mayor = Knut Jørgen Herland

| mayor_party = Sp

| mayor_as_of = 2003

| area_rank = 311

| area_total_km2 = 236

| area_land_km2 = 229

| area_water_percent = 0.07

| population_as_of = 2004

| population_rank = 100

| population_total = 10121

| populationpercent = 0.22

| population_density_km2 = 44

| population_increase = 10.5

| coordinates = {{coord|59|32|13|N|11|21|37|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}

| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6602220 | utm_easting = 0633471 | geo_cat = adm2nd

}}

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.[https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/fem-sammenslatte-ostfold-kommuner-har-fatt-nytt-navn/3423381672.html Five merged Østfold municipalities have been renamed (Norwegian)]Indre Østfold (kommune) (Norwegian)

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 ({{langx|no|bear}}). He was a well-known warrior during the civil war era under King Håkon Håkonsson, until his death in 1240.{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|year=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/e/eidsberg.htm|access-date=2008-12-13}}

Minorities

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|+ Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Eidsberg by country of origin in 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population |language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=24 June 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}

style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry

! style="background:#efefef;"|Number

{{flag|Poland}}398
{{flag|Iraq}}178
{{flag|Lithuania}}140
{{flag|Bosnia-Herzegovina}}99
{{flag|Sweden}}81
{{flag|Kosovo}}65
{{flag|Russia}}58
{{flag|Somalia}}47
{{flag|Pakistan}}40
{{flag|Denmark}}36

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Notable people

{{See also|Indre_Østfold_municipality#Notable_people}}

References

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External links

  • {{commons category-inline|Eidsberg}}
  • {{wikivoyage inline|Østfold}}
  • {{wiktionary-inline|Eidsberg}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930223339/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0125 Municipal fact sheet] from Statistics Norway

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Category:Indre Østfold

Category:Former municipalities of Norway