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Setskog
Setskog is a village and a former municipality in Viken county, Norway. It bordered Østfold county to the south, Hedmark county to the north and Sweden to the east. History Setskog was created by a split from Høland municipality on 1 January 1905. At that time Setskog had a population of 754. On 1 January 1966 Setskog merged with Nordre Høland, Søndre Høland and Aurskog to form the new municipality Aurskog-Høland. Prior to the merger Setskog had a population of 811. ''Setskog'' is an old district name. The first element is the name of the lake Setten, the last element is ''skog'' meaning 'forest, woodland'. The meaning of the name ''Setten'' is unknown. The Soot Canal, a timber transportation system constructed by Engebret Soot(1786-1859), went through Setskog from 1849 to 1938. It went from the lake Mortsjølungen on the border to Eidskog until the timber was transported on the Grasmobanen railroad, then through several lakes and a long narrow timbercanal, finally en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Municipalities Of Norway
This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist. When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. In 1958 the number had grown to a total of 744 rural municipalities, 64 city municipalities as well as a small number of small seaports with '' ladested'' status. A committee led by Nikolai Schei, formed in 1946 to examine the situation, proposed hundreds of mergers to reduce the number of municipalities and improve the quality of local administration. Most of the mergers were carried out, albeit to significant popular protest. As of January 2006 there are 431 municipalities in Norway, and there are plans for further mergers and political pressure to do so. In 2002 Erna Solberg, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development at the time, expressed a wish to reduce the current tally with 100. The Ministry spent approximately 140 million NOK on a project to elucidate the possibili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Høland
Høland is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. History Høland was created in 1837 as a formannskapsdistrikt, a Norwegian local self-government district. The district Setskog was separated from Høland to form a separate municipality January 1, 1905. The split left Høland with 4,928 inhabitants. Høland municipality existed until 1 July 1924, when it was split to form the two new municipalities of Nordre Høland and Søndre Høland. Before the partition Høland had a population of 5,294. On 1 January 1966, Nordre Høland and Søndre Høland, were merged with Setskog and Aurskog to form the new municipality of Aurskog-Høland. Origins of the Name The name Høland is an old, historic district name. The first element is ''høy'' meaning hay. The last element is ''land'' meaning land (originally in plural).''Norwegian English Dictionary'' (Einar Haugen. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. 1965) People From Høland *Hjalmar Holand, Norwegian-America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setten
Setten is a lake that lies in Setskog in Aurskog-Høland municipality in Akershus. The lake lies in typical forest terrain. The lake has many bays and small islands, and is a popular canoeing, fishing and camping area. The lake is part of the Haldenvassdraget, and empties into Mjermen. The fishing in Setten consists of northern pike, European perch, common roach, common bleak and burbot. Setten was part of the large canal system that ran from Eidskog via the Soot Canal, to Mjermen and later to the lake at Haldensvassdraget. The Soot Canal The Soot Canal ( no, Sootkanalen) was a canal system located in Eidskog Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Constructed in 1849, it has Norway's oldest sluice gates. It was the work of Engebret Soot (1786-1859). It was built to allow timber ... has its start at Setten with Tangen in the north and later down by boat to Kolstad in the south. Lakes of Viken (county) Aurskog-Høland {{Viken-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grasmo
Grasmo is a small settlement in eastern Norway, on the border to Sweden. Its in the northern part of the village of Setskog in Aurskog-Høland municipality in Akershus County. It is currently inhabited by 6-7 families. History The first registered settlement on Grasmo, was in the early 17th century, primarily on two farms, Grasmoen and Grasmo Vestre. Grasmo Vestre is the original settlement, and records shows the earliest settlement was as a makeshift summer farm. One known veteran of the Scandinavian Seven Years war (1807–14), came from Grasmo and participated in the battle of Skotterud in 1814. The farms ceased operations in the early 1970s, and the farm areas are now mainly used for horses. Grasmobanen Grasmobanen was a horse-drawn railroad 1460 meter long, that was in operations from 1849-1938, part of the Soot Canal constructed by Engebret Soot. In 1871, over 72.000 logs was transported on the railroad. In 1918, the railroad shifted from being horse-drawn, to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurskog-Høland
Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold county was merged into Aurskog-Høland on January 1, 2020. General information Name The new municipality of Aurskog-Høland was created on 1 January 1966 after the merger of the four old municipalities of Aurskog, Nordre Høland, Søndre Høland, and Setskog. The name ''Aurskog'' comes from the old ''Ør'' farm (Old Norse: ''Aurr'' which means "gravel"). The last element is ''skog'' (Old Norse: ''skógr'' which means "wood" therefore the meaning of the full name is "the woods around the farm Aurr". Prior to 1918, the name was written "Urskog". The name ''Høland'' is an old district name. The first element is ''høy'' which means " hay" and the last element is ''land'' which means "land". Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurskog
Aurskog is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre was Aursmoen Aursmoen is a village in the municipality of Aurskog-Høland, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northern .... Aurskog was the location of the Battle of Toverud. The parish of ''Urskog'' was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 July 1919 the district of Blaker was separated to form a municipality of its own. The split left Aurskog with a population of 3.102. On 1 January 1966 Aurskog was merged with Nordre Høland, Søndre Høland and Setskog to form the new municipality Aurskog-Høland. Prior to the merger Aurskog had a population of 3.129. The name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Ør ( Norse ''Aurr'' 'gravel'), since the first church was built here. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Søndre Høland
Søndre Høland is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It was created when Høland municipality was split in two on 1 July 1924. At that time Søndre Høland had a population of 2,106. On 1 January 1964 Søndre Høland was merged with Nordre Høland, Setskog and Aurskog Aurskog is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre was Aursmoen Aursmoen is a village in the municipality of Aurskog-Høland, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries ... to form the new municipality Aurskog-Høland. Prior to the merger Søndre Høland had a population of 2,173. References * Former municipalities of Norway {{Akershus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordre Høland
Nordre Høland is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It was created when Høland municipality was split in two on 1 July 1924. At that time Nordre Høland had a population of 3.188. On 1 January 1966 Nordre Høland was merged with Søndre Høland, Setskog and Aurskog Aurskog is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre was Aursmoen Aursmoen is a village in the municipality of Aurskog-Høland, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries ... to form the new municipality Aurskog-Høland. Prior to the merger Nordre Høland had a population of 4.261. References * Former municipalities of Norway Aurskog-Høland {{Akershus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spruce
A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Piceoideae. Spruces are large trees, from about 20 to 60 m (about 60–200 ft) tall when mature, and have whorled branches and conical form. They can be distinguished from other members of the pine family by their needles (leaves), which are four-sided and attached singly to small persistent peg-like structures ( pulvini or sterigmata) on the branches, and by their cones (without any protruding bracts), which hang downwards after they are pollinated. The needles are shed when 4–10 years old, leaving the branches rough with the retained pegs. In other similar genera, the branches are fairly smooth. Spruce are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (moth and butterfly) species, such as the eastern spruce bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halden
Halden (), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a town and a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, Rakkestad to the north and Aremark to the east, as well as the Swedish municipalities Strömstad, Tanum and Dals-Ed respectively to the southwest, south and southeast. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the mouth of the Tista river on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden. The town of Halden is located about south of Oslo, north of Gothenburg, and east of the border crossing at Svinesund. History Evidence of early human settlements in this region of Norway have been found, particularly in the Svinesund area of the municipality where evidence of early settlements from the Nordic Bronze Age have been found. Named after a small farm ''Hallen'' ( en, "rise" or "slope") first mentioned in 1629, "Halden", became the city of ''Fredrikshald'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eidskog
Eidskog is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vinger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skotterud. Other villages in the municipality include Magnor, Matrand, and Åbogen. The municipality is the 181st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Eidskog is the 155th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,032. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 4.1% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality was established on 1 January 1864 when the old Vinger Municipality was divided in two: Vinger (population: 6,226) in the north and Eidskog (population: 6,920) in the south. On 1 January 1986, the northern part of the Åbogen area (population: 14) was transferred from Kongsvinger Municipality to Eidskog Municipality. Name The municipality was named ''Eidskog'' (historically spelled ''Eidskogen''). T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engebret Soot
Engebret Olsen Soot (26 May 1786 – 3 March 1859) was a Norwegian engineer. He was one of Norway's first canal builders and joined the timber channels at Otteid and Mangen-Grasmo. He is known as the father of the Fredrikshald Canal (now known as the Halden Canal) in south-eastern Norway. He constructed locks and canals for the transport of both watercraft and timber. Biography Engebret Olsen Soot was born in Aurskog (now Aurskog-Høland) in Akershus, Norway. He started his career as a blacksmith and carpenter. In 1804, he built a mill on the Sotbekken, a small river at Lierfoss in Aurskog-Høland. From 1816 until 1825, he was a caretaker at the Mangenskogen forest in Aurskog-Høland. From 1827 to 1846 he was an inspector on the Halden watercourse () in Østfold and Akershus. In 1824 he built works from Fredrikshald to enable log transport from Stora Le in Dalsland, Sweden, into the Fredrikshald watershed. Soot built Otteidkanalen, Norway's first canal in Østre Otteid bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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