Nannestad is a municipality in

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in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Teigebyen.

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

Name and coat-of-arms

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Nannestad'' farm ( Old Norse: ''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 " homestead" or " farm". The coat-of-arms 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 Viken county, with inhabitants concentrated at Romerikssletta. It includes the villages of Maura, Åsgreina, Eltonåsen, Steinsgård and Teigebyen, 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 (1874 in Nannestad – 1945) a shooter, competed at the

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* Olaf Helset (1892 in Nannestad – 1960) an Army Major General and sports administrator * Håkon Christie (1922 in Nannestad – 2010) an architectural historian, antiquarian and author *

Bjarne Røtterud Bjarne Røtterud (29 August 1929 – 12 March 2011) was a Norwegian painter. He was born in Nannestad. He took his education at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry and the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts. He lived in P ...

(1929 in Nannestad – 2011) a Norwegian

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painter * Gard Kristiansen (born 1972 in Nannestad) a retired football defender with 269 club caps *

Katrine Moholt Katrine Moholt (born 21 September 1973 in Nannestad) is a Norwegian television personality and singer. She started her television career in TV Romerike in 1997, and was hired in TV 2 i 2001. She first hosted some small shows ''Gjett hva jeg gjør ...

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retrieved 21 February 2021 * Sven Atle Kopperud (born 1977 in Nannestad) stage name '' Silenoz'', guitarist, founded the

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band Dimmu Borgir in 1993 * Posthum (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
{{Authority control Municipalities of Akershus Municipalities of Viken (county)