Nesodden is a municipality in

Akershus Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county ...

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

Nesoddtangen Nesoddtangen is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Nesodden in Akershus, Norway. Nesoddtangen is located on the tip of the peninsula between the inner Oslofjord (''Indre Oslofjord'') and its arm Bunnefjorden. It is si ...

. The parish of ''Næsodden'' was established as a municipality on 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 ...

). The new municipality of Oppegård was separated from Nesodden on 1 July 1915.

General information

Name

The name ( Old Norse: ''Nesoddi'') is an old district name. The first element is ''nes'' which means "

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" and the last element is (the definite form of) ''odde'' which means "point". The very tip of the

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is called Nesoddtangen, where the last element is (the definite form of) ''tange'' which means " spit". In fact, all three elements in this name have (nearly) the same meaning, so it can be translated roughly as peninsula-peninsula-peninsula.

Nesodden Church

Nesodden Church (''Nesodden kirke'') is located in Nesodden parish in Follo rural deanery. The Medieval, Romanesque church is situated southeast of the village of Nesodden. The building material is stone and brick. It was built in 1175. It has a rectangular nave and lower, narrower choir. The church is of long plan and has 130 seats. In the church, there is a Renaissance pulpit from about 1600 decorated with paintings of Jesus and the four Evangelists. The altarpiece from 1715 was carved by Johan Jørgen Schram with a motif showing Jesus in Gethsemane. Domenico Erdmann conducted restoration during 1920. The baptismal font made in clay stone and dates from the Middle Ages. The church was renovated several times between the 17th and the 20th centuries. The chancel was extended in 1714. The church was most recently restored between 1956 and 1960, both times under the direction of architect Ragnar Nilsen (1896–1986). The church celebrated its 800th anniversary during 1975.

Sunnaas Hospital

Sunnaas Hospital, founded in 1954 as a nursing home, was authorized as a hospital in 1960, primarily to treat polio patients from Oslo in cooperation with Oslo City Hospital. The hospital is a university hospital today.

Minorities

Geography

Nesodden is located on the tip of the peninsula between main Oslofjord and its arm

Bunnefjorden Bunnefjorden, sometimes referred to as Bunne Fjord, is a part of the Oslofjord in south eastern Norway, located east of the Nesodden peninsula.https://snl.no/Bunnefjorden "en indre arm av Oslofjorden i Viken fylke. Fjorden .. skilt fra hovedfjord ...

. It includes the villages Hellvik, Fjellstrand,

Bjørnemyr Bjørnemyr is a Norwegian village located on the west coast of the municipality of Nesodden Nesodden is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Follo. The administrative centre of the muni ...

, Nesoddtangen, and

Fagerstrand Fagerstrand is a village in the municipality of Nesodden, in the county of Viken, in the country of Norway. It is south of Oslo on the peninsula of Nesodden. Fagerstrand has 1977 inhabitants (2006) making it the second largest village on Nesodden ...

, which is also the name of a reality show that was filmed on Fagerstrand and aired on TV 2 during the first half of 2005. Nesoddtangen has passenger ferry connections to Lysaker in Bærum (8 min) and Aker Brygge in Oslo (23 min).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is designed by the architect Christian Doxrud (1917–2002) and authorized 12 December 1986. The coat of arms shows a silver triangle on a blue background as a canting of the geographical position of the municipality, which is situated on a peninsula in the Oslofjord.

Notable residents

Several notable Norwegians live in Nesodden. * scientists: professor, archeologist

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, professor em. neuroanatomist

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and med. professor Johan Stanghelle * politicians:

Jan Balstad Jan Balstad (born 16 November 1937 in Oslo) is a Norwegian labour leader for the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, and a politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of trade and shipping affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs In ...

, Gunnar Garbo,

Christian Hintze Holm Christian Hintze Holm (born 8 December 1964) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral dis ...

, Dagfinn Høybråten,

Rikke Lind Rikke Lind (born 27 June 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Oslo as a daughter of an independent businessperson. She finished her secondary education at Nesodden in 1988 and graduated as a teacher from Oslo Uni ...

and

Nina Sandberg Nina Sandberg (born 18 February 1967) is a Norwegian politician. She served as mayor of Nesodden from 2011 to 2017, and was elected representative to the Storting for the period 2017–2021 for the Labour Party. Career Sandberg is a polit ...

* polar explorer: Børge Ousland *

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Aleksander Fjeld Andersen Aleksander Fjeld Andersen (born 15 April 1997) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2021. He is the older brother of fellow Norwegian biathlete Filip Fjeld Andersen Filip Fjeld Andersen (born 4 July ...

and

Stig Roar Husby Stig Roar Husby (born 12 September 1954 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He represented Strindheim IL and IL i BUL. In 3000 metres he finished fourth at the 1973 European Junior Championships and eighth a ...

* actors:

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Espen Klouman Høiner Espen Klouman Høiner (born 31 August 1981, in Nesodden, Akershus) is a Norwegian writer and actor. He graduated from Westerdals School of Communication and Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in Oslo. He first appeared in the teen drama ''B ...

, Jørgen Langhelle,

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, Bjørn Sundquist and Stein Winge, * authors: Olav Njølstad,

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and Aksel Sandemose * painters: Ulf Kristiansen, Wenche Øyen,

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and cartoonist

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* musicians/singers/songwriters: John Bevan,

Geir Johnson Geir Johnson (13 June 1953 – 16 September 2021) was a composer, writer and initiator of culture projects living at Nesodden outside Oslo. He was born in Fredrikstad, and received his first musical training as a soprano soloist in boys' choirs in ...

, Rune Kristoffersen, Sondre Lerche, Madden, Trine Rein, Alexander Rybak, Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven) and

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* news presenters: Bjørn Hansen * comedian:

Åsleik Engmark Åsleik Audgar Engmark (27 December 1965 – 12 February 2017) was a Norwegian comedian, actor, singer, director and stage writer, best known for his work as one of the co-founders of the Norwegian cabaret group Lompelandslaget, and as Timon i ...

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retrieved 07 March 2021 * models:

Helene Rask Anne-Helene Rask Arnesen (born 11 November 1980), better known as Helene Rask, is a Norwegian model from Nesodden. She began modelling when she was 17, she is known for appearing in magazines such as '' FHM'', '' Vi Menn'', '' Henne'', ''Se o ...

Anette Stai Karen Anette Stai, born 24 March 1961, is a Norwegian model. She was one of the top fashion models in the 1980s. Stai won the first Supermodel of the World contest in 1980. After a few years of working as a model Stai felt burnt out. She was off ...

;and * former residents: politicians

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, Reiulf Steen, Kjell Magne Bondevik and

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; lawyer

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, musician Thomas "

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References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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* {{Authority control Municipalities of Akershus Municipalities of Viken (county) Peninsulas of Viken