Spydeberg Explained

Spydeberg was a municipality in former Østfold county, Norway, until December 31. 2019. At January 1. 2020 it became a part of the new and greater municipality named Indre Østfold Kommune after the region, together with Askim and Trøgstad and Eidsberg and Hobøl (municipalities).

The administrative centre of the Spydeberg municipality was the village of Spydeberg. Spydeberg Kommune (municipality) was divided into the parishes of Spydeberg, Heli, and Hovin and was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

The village of Spydeberg has approximately 5,500 inhabitants. It is located 45km (28miles) southeast of Oslo and is easily reached by both car and bus and train. At the most there used to be 16 daily buses to Oslo (the capital of Norway), and about 21 train departures. Like the rest of the Indre Østfold region, many of the citizens of Spydeberg commute daily to Oslo for work.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Spydeberg farm, since the first church was built here. The first element is the plural genitive case of which means 'spear' and the last element is 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 which comes from the Old Norse word ) 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.^{[1] [2]}

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Spydeberg by country of origin in 2017^[3]

Ancestry	Number
Poland	84
Lithuania	61
	48
Eritrea	44
Myanmar	44
Sweden	36
Denmark	34

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]

• Thyholm, Midtjylland, Denmark
• Straupe, Pārgauja, Latvia
• Kungsör, Västmanland, Sweden

External links

• • • • Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway

Notes and References

1. Web site: Norske Kommunevåpen. 1990. Nye kommunevåbener i Norden. 2008-12-15.
2. Web site: Spydebergs kommunevåpen. Spydeberg kommune. 2008-12-15. no.
3. Web site: Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population. en . ssb.no . 24 June 2017.
4. Web site: Spydebergs vennskapskommuner. Spydeberg kommune. 2008-12-15. no. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120219090728/http://www.spydeberg.kommune.no/Modules/theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=2802&Category.ID=22814. 2012-02-19.