Matrand is a village in

Eidskog Municipality 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, ...

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...

county,

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. The village is located approximately south of the town of Kongsvinger and about north of the village of

Skotterud Skotterud is the administrative centre of Eidskog Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Norwegian National Road 2 and the Kongsvingerbanen railway line. Skotterud sits about south of the town of Kongsvinger ...

. Matrand is approximately northwest of the border with Sweden. The village is located along the

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and the

Kongsvingerbanen The Kongsvinger Line ( no, Kongsvingerbanen) is a railway line between the towns of Lillestrøm and Kongsvinger in Norway and onwards to Charlottenberg in Sweden. The railway was opened on 3 October 1862 and is Norway's second standard gauge ...

railway line.

Battle of Matrand

Matrand was host to the bloodiest battle of the entire Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814. This was where Lieutenant Colonel Andreas Samuel Krebs (1766-1818), who was leading the Norwegian forces, attacked the temporary stronghold set up by the Swedish forces led by

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Carl Pontus Gahn (1759–1825).

Eidskog Museum

The Eidskog Museum is located at Matrand. It was officially opened on 7 June 1985 as the first museum facility in Eidskog. This building had been a primary school for Matrand from 1879 until 1971. There are permanent exhibitions of school material, as well as banner exhibitions.

Eidskog Church

Eidskog Church Eidskog Church ( no, Eidskog kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Eidskog Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Matrand. It is one of the churches for the Eidskog parish which is part of the S ...

is located at Matrand. It was built of wood in 1665. The architect and builder was Knut Mortensen. The church has a baroque altarpiece from 1667. The brass baptismal font was given as a gift to the church in 1682. An Olsen & Jørgensen organ from 1898 was restored in 1974. The church is part of the Diocese of Hamar and can seat 350 people.

References

External links

Eidskog Museum websiteEidskog Church website
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