Indre Østfold (municipality)

(Redirected from Indre Østfold municipality) Municipality in Østfold, Norway

Indre Østfold Municipality Indre Østfold kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Østfold within Norway
Indre Østfold within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°34′56″N 11°10′13″E / 59.58222°N 11.17028°E / 59.58222; 11.17028
Country	Norway
County	Østfold
District	Indre Østfold
Government
• Mayor	Saxe Frøshaug (Senterpartiet)
Area
• Total	791.93 km (305.77 sq mi)
• Land	755.38 km (291.65 sq mi)
Population
• Total	45,201
• Rank	#23 in Norway
Demonym	Indre Østfolding
Official language
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-3118
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Indre Østfold is a municipality in the region of Indre Østfold in Østfold county. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 by a merger of the five municipalities Askim, Eidsberg, Hobøl, Spydeberg and Trøgstad. The municipality has a total population of just under 45,000, spread out over several small towns such as Askim, Mysen, Spydeberg, Skjønhaug and Tomter. This is quite unusual for Norwegian municipalities.

Notable people

Public service and public thinking

Haakon IV of Norway (1204 in Eidsberg – 1263), King of Norway 1217–1263
Jacob Nicolai Wilse (1736–1801), parish priest in Spydeberg and Eidsberg
Nils Christian Frederik Hals (1758 in Eidsberg – 1838 in Trøgstad), lieutenant colonel, commanded and surrendered Fredrikstad Fortress
Olai Pedersen Wiig (1802 in Trøgstad – 1887)‚ politician, mayor of Trøgstad 1844 to 1847
Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch (1805 in Eidsberg – 1883), zoologist and academic
Thea Foss (1857 in Eidsberg – 1927), founded Foss Maritime, the real-life inspiration for Tugboat Annie
Emma Hjorth (1858 in Hobøl – 1921), founder of the Emma Hjorth Home [no], the country's first large institution for people with intellectual disabilities
Nordal Wille (1858 in Hobøl – 1924), botanist
Adam Hiorth (1879 in Spydeberg – 1961), barrister and playwright
Olga Bjoner (1887 in Askim – 1969), journalist and Nazi politician
Jørgen Adolf Lier (1906–1994), politician, mayor of Askim several times
Anton Skulberg (1921–2012), scientist and politician, mayor of Spydeberg 1963–1967
Dagfinn Føllesdal (born 1932 in Askim), Norwegian-American philosopher
Oddbjørn Engvold (born 1938 in Askim), astronomer
Erik Mollatt (born 1941), businessperson, lives in Hobøl

The arts

Enevold Thømt (1878 in Askim – 1958), decorative painter inspired by Norwegian folk art
Kirsten Sørlie (1926 in Askim – 2013), actress and stage director
Vidar Sandem (born 1947 in Trøgstad), actor, playwright and theatre director
Jan Garbarek (born 1947 in Mysen), jazz saxophonist
Cecilie Løveid (born 1951 in Mysen), novelist, poet, playwright and writer of children's books
Rune Rudberg (born 1961 in Trøgstad), singer of dansband music
Lene Alexandra (born 1981 in Trøgstad), singer, TV personality and model
Jon Audun Baar (born 1986 in Tomter, Hobøl), jazz drummer.

Sport

Brothers Henning Solberg (born 1973) and Petter Solberg (born 1974), former professional rallycross drivers, born in Askim and grew up in Spydeberg
Jens Kristian Skogmo (born 1987 in Askim), footballer with 285 club caps
Vibeke Skofterud (born 1980 in Askim), Olympic Gold medallist in cross-country skiing