Glemmen is a parish and former municipality with the city of

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 15 ...

Østfold Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side o ...

county, Norway.

History

The parish of ''Glemminge'' was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January ...

). A part of Glemmen with 2,013 inhabitants was moved to

1 January 1867. The island of

Kråkerøy Kråkerøy is an island and a former municipality in Viken county, Norway. The island of Kråkerøy was separated from Glemmen as a municipality of its own January 1, 1908. At that time Kråkerøy had a population of 3,311. The rural municipality ...

was separated from Glemmen to form a municipality of its own 1 January 1908. The split left Glemmen with 10,430 inhabitants. The rest of Glemmen was merged with the city of

January 1, 1964. Prior to the merger Glemmen had a population of 16,520. The name ''Glemmen'' has given name to two churches. Glemmen Old Church (''Gamle Glemmen Kirke'') is a Romanesque church built of rubble in the 12th century and is probably the city's oldest building. The font, made of

soapstone Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is composed largely of the magnesium rich mineral talc. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occur in the zo ...

from

Aremark Aremark is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby. Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Øymark was ...

, dates from about 1225. The altarpiece is from 1708 and the pulpit from 1731.''Gamle Glemmen Kirke'' (Kulturnett.no)
Glemmen New Church (''Glemmen nye kirke''). The church was built of brick and dates from 1853. In 1888, it was extended and made into a

cruciform Cruciform is a term for physical manifestations resembling a common cross or Christian cross. The label can be extended to architectural shapes, biology, art, and design. Cruciform architectural plan Christian churches are commonly described ...

church. Glemmen is also the site of Glemmen senior high school (''Glemmen Videregående Skole'').

Notable residents

Tom Thoresen Tom Thoresen (born 16 May 1947 in Glemmen) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 1977, and was re-elected on five occasions. On the local level Thoresen was a member of Fredr ...

, politician for the

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centr ...

Sverre Walter Rostoft Sverre Walter Rostoft (12 December 1912 – 26 April 2001) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. Early life and education He was born in Glemmen as a son of ship captain Georg Walter Andersen (1887–1952) and ...

(1912–2001), politician for the

Norwegian Conservative Party The Conservative Party or The Right ( nb, Høyre, nn, Høgre, , H; se, Olgešbellodat) is a liberal-conservative political party in Norway. It is the major party of the Norwegian centre-right, and was the leading party in government as part of ...

Henry Gundersen Henry Gundersen (3 March 1920 – 17 March 1945) was a Norwegian resistance member who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. He was born in Glemmen, and lived in Oslo. He was educated at the Norwegian National Academy of C ...

(1920–1945), Norwegian resistance member who was executed during the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

Erik Skogstrøm Erik Fillip Skogstrøm (15 May 1926 – 19 April 2014) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in Glemmen, and became a journalist in '' Fredriksstad Blad'' in 1947. He was promoted to editor-in-chief in 1971, and remained so until 1991. Sko ...

, journalist and newspaper editor who chaired the regional

Norwegian Union of Journalists The Norwegian Union of Journalists ( no, Norsk Journalistlag, NJ) is a trade union in Norway. It consists of editorial personnel in newspapers, magazines, television and radio, as well as freelance journalists. A member organization of the Norweg ...

The name

Until 1918 the name was written ''Glemminge''. The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm Glemmen ( Norse ''Glymheimar''), since the first church was built on its ground. The first element is probably the old name of a brook, the last element is the plural form of ''heimr'' 'home, homestead, farm'. The name of the (supposed) brook is derived from the verb ''glymja'' 'rumble, make noise'.

References

Other sources

External links

Glemmen New Church
Former municipalities of Norway Fredrikstad {{Østfold-geo-stub