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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Indre Østfold Municipality

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

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

References

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  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Five merged Østfold municipalities have been renamed (Norwegian)
  6. ^ Indre Østfold (kommune) (Norwegian)
  7. ^ "Haakon" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 780.
  8. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 22 December 2020
  9. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 21 December 2020
  10. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 21 December 2020