Øvrebø is a rural district and village in
Vennesla municipality in
Agder county,
Norway. The village is located about north-northwest of the city of
Kristiansand. The village of
Skarpengland lies about east of Øvrebø.
The district of Øvrebø covers the central part of Vennesla municipality. Historically, the district of Øvrebø was a separate municipality known as
Øvrebø which existed from 1838 until 1865, and then again from 1896 until 1964.
In Skarpengland, there is a bank, a post office, several stores, a motor repair shop, and a school. Øvrebø is known for the "Øvrebø ski", found at
Mushom and considered for many years to be Norway's oldest preserved
ski. It can be seen in the
Holmenkollen Ski Museum
Holmenkollen Ski Museum ( no, Skimuseet i Holmenkollen) is located at the base of the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo, Norway.
The Ski Museum was founded in 1923 and is the world's oldest ski museum. The initiator of the museum was the architect ...
in
Oslo.
Name
The village is named after the old ''Øvrebø'' farm (
Old Norse: ''Øfribœr''), since the first
Øvrebø Church
Øvrebø Church ( no, Øvrebø kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vennesla Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Øvrebø, a short distance west of the village of Skarpengland. It is the church for ...
was built there. The first part of the name means "upper" and second part of the name is identical with the word ''bœr'' which means "
farm" and it is
cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymology, etymological ancestor in a proto-language, common parent language. Because language c ...
with the
Dutch language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' ...
word ''"boer"'' which means "
farmer". The name therefore means "the upper farm".
See also
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History of skiing
References
External links
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Weather information for Øvrebø
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Vennesla
Villages in Agder