Nannestad is a

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. It is part of the

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. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of

Teigebyen Teigebyen is the administrative centre in Nannestad municipality, Norway. It is located southwest of Råholt, and northwest of Gardermoen Oslo Airport ( no, Oslo lufthavn; ), alternatively referred to as Oslo Gardermoen Airport or simply G ...

History

Nannestad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

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writes that "At ''søndre Låke gård'' (a farm), South of Nannestad Church,

Skule Bårdsson Skule Bårdsson or Duke Skule (Norwegian: Hertug Skule) (Old Norse: Skúli Bárðarson) ( – 24 May 1240) was a Norwegian nobleman and claimant to the royal throne against his son-in-law, King Haakon Haakonsson. Henrik Ibsen's play '' Kongs- ...

beat Birkebeinar (a political group), .. on a battlefieldSouth of the farm".

Name and coat-of-arms

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old ''Nannestad'' farm (

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: ''Nannastaðir''), since the first church was built here. The first element is the

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of ''Nanni'' (an old Norse male name) and the last element is ''staðir'' which means "

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" or "

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". The

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is from modern times. They were granted in 1990. The arms show three yellow coltsfoot flowers on a green background. This is a flower that is prevalent in the area.

Geography

Nannestad is located in northwestern

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, with inhabitants concentrated at Romerikssletta. It includes the villages of Maura,

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Eltonåsen Eltonåsen is a village in Nannestad municipality, Norway. It is located in Holter in southern Nannestad, west of Løkenfeltet Løkenfeltet is a village in Nannestad municipality, Norway. It is located in Holter in southern Nannestad west of Jes ...

, Steinsgård and

, that last being the administrative centre.

Demographics

In 2017, 539 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 239 had Lithuanian parents and/or were Lithuanian.

Notable people

* Hans Georg Jacob Stang (1830 in Nannestad – 1907) a Norwegian attorney and Norway's Prime Minister in Stockholm from 1888–1889 *

Oluf Wesmann-Kjær Oluf Wesmann-Kjær (2 July 1874 – 16 September 1945) was a Norwegian shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He was born in Nannestad. At the 1920 Summer Olympics he competed in the 50 metre free pistol event, a ...

(1874 in Nannestad – 1945) a shooter, competed at the

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

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Olaf Helset Olaf Helset (28 July 1892 – 21 August 1960) was a Norwegian military officer with the rank of Major General, and a sports administrator. He played a central role in the early resistance during the German occupation of Norway, both civil and mil ...

(1892 in Nannestad – 1960) an Army

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and sports administrator *

Håkon Christie Håkon Andreas Christie (30 August 1922 – 14 December 2010) was a Norway, Norwegian architectural historian, antiquarian and author. Together with his wife, Sigrid Marie Christie (18 April 1923 - 16 May 2004) he worked from 1950 on the history ...

(1922 in Nannestad – 2010) an architectural historian, antiquarian and author * Bjarne Røtterud (1929 in Nannestad – 2011) a Norwegian abstract painter *

Gard Kristiansen Gard Kristiansen (born 3 May 1972) is a retired Norwegian football defender. He grew up in the club Holter IF and was bought by the regional greats Lillestrøm SK in 1995 to play first-tier football. Not quite breaking into the first team, in 19 ...

(born 1972 in Nannestad) a retired football defender with 269 club caps * Katrine Moholt (born 1973 in Nannestad) a Norwegian TV personality and singer IMDb Database
retrieved 21 February 2021 * Sven Atle Kopperud (born 1977 in Nannestad) stage name ''

Silenoz Silenoz (born Sven Atle Kopperud, 1 March 1977) is a Norwegian guitarist who is a founding member, along with Shagrath and Tjodalv, of the Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir of which he is the primary songwriter. He is also guita ...

'', guitarist, founded the

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band

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in 1993 *

Posthum Posthum is a black metal band from Nannestad, Norway. The band was founded in 2004 by Jon Kristian Skare (guitar, bass, vocals) and Morten Edseth (drums). The music is more to the ambient/progressive side of the genre than the aggressive, and can ...

(founded 2004) a black metal band founded by ''Jon Kristian Skare'' and ''Morten Edseth''

Gallery

File:Nannestad torg.JPG, Nannestad plaza File:Nannestad videregående skole2.JPG, Nannestad upper secondary school File:Nannestad kommune.jpg, Field of Nannestad

References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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Municipality website
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