Nittedal is a municipality and city 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

Rotnes Rotnes is the administrative centre of Nittedal municipality, Norway. Its population (2010) is 20 939. It is located by the Norwegian National Road 4 Norwegian National Road 4 ( no, Riksvei 4, ) is a national road in Norway which is the main r ...

. The parish of ''Nitedal'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

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Name

The name ( Old Norse: ''Nitjudalr'') is an old district name. The first element is the

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of the river name ''Nitja'' (now Nitelva) and the last element is ''dalr'' which means " valley" or "dale". The meaning of the river name is unknown. Prior to 1918, the name was written "Nittedalen".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 23 January 1987. The arms show the two silver lines running in a bend sinister direction on a green background. They represent the main transportation lines that run through the municipality from Oslo to other parts of the country: the main highway and the railroad, they also can represent skiing tracks, an old winter transportation method. At the same time the two lines symbolize matches, as one of Norway's oldest match factories was founded in Nittedal. The lines also symbolize tree logs, as forestry is of great importance for the local economy.

Geography

Nittedal lies directly northeast of Oslo and serves as a

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to the capital. It is located on both sides of the Nitelva river. The southernmost population centre is Hagan. Further north lie the centres of Slattum,

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, Varingskollen, and

Hakadal Hakadal is a village in the northern part of Nittedal municipality in Akershus, Norway. The village and parish is the site of Hakadal Church (''Hakadal Kirke''). Hakadal Church dates to around 1610 and was originally constructed in a rectangu ...

History

In 1902 the construction of the Gjøvik Line reached the west side of Nittedal, from Oslo and through the forest.

Demography

Administration

Mayor Hilde Thorkildsen is on suspension from her position. she is still under trial for corruption.

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Nittedal: * - Fredensborg, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark * - Håbo, Uppsala County,

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* - Ingå, Uusimaa, Finland

Notable people

Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2011 Bernhoft2 Harry Wad

This list includes people who were born or have resided in Nittedal: *

Peter Østbye Peter Nielsen Østbye (20 February 1855 - Norway—2 February 1943) was a Norway, Norwegian philology, philologist and academic administrator. He taught classical languages and was a proponent of learning the Latin language. He was an education ...

(1855 in Nittedal - 1943) a philologist and academic administrator * Svend Rasmussen Svendsen (1864 in Nittedal – 1945) a Norwegian American impressionist artist *

Hans Prydz Hans Prydz (4 March 1868 – 19 August 1957) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life He was born in Grini in Bærum, as the son of lieutenant colonel Christen Edvard Prydz (1835–1909) and his wife Isak ...

(1868–1957) a physician and Mayor of Nittedal 1913/22 & 1928/34 *

Gunnar Haarstad Gunnar Haarstad (12 November 1916 – 13 April 1992) was a Norwegian jurist and police officer, a resistance member during World War II, and later head of the Norwegian Police Security Service, Norwegian Police Surveillance Agency for fifteen ye ...

(1916 in Nittedal – 1992) a jurist, police officer, a resistance member during World War II, and head of the Norwegian Police Security Service for fifteen years *

Tor Brustad Tor Brustad (20 December 1926 – 12 September 2016) was a Norwegian biophysicist. Personal life Brustad was born in Nittedal on 20 December 1926, to schoolteacher Johan Ludvig Brustad and Aslaug Kristoffersen. He married Berte-Marie Bjør ...

(1926 in Nittedal – 2016) a Norwegian biophysicist * Nils Vogt (1926 in Hakadal – 2000) a Norwegian civil servant and diplomat *

Kjell Magne Yri Kjell Magne Yri (born 5 November 1943) is a Norwegian priest, linguist and translator. He hails from Hareid. He was interested in linguistics at an early age; during Norwegian classes in secondary school he read books in Greek and Esperanto. Du ...

(born 1943) a Norwegian priest and linguist, lives in Nittedal * Inge Solli (born 1959) a Norwegian politician, deputy county Mayor of Akershus *

Ib Thomsen Ib Thomsen (born 6 October 1961) is a Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demograp ...

(born 1961) politician * Jarle Bernhoft (born 1976 in Nittedal) stage name ''Bernhoft'', singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and lyricist * Marte Wexelsen Goksøyr (born 1982 in Nittedal) an actress, public speaker, writer and public debater with Down syndrome Hanne Staff WOC 2010

Sport

* Hroar Elvenes (1932 in Hakadal – 2014) a speed skater, competed in four Winter Olympics * Odd Martinsen (born 1942) cross-country skier, multiple Olympic medallist, father of

Bente Skari Bente Skari, née Martinsen, (born 10 September 1972) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. She is one of the most successful cross-country skiers ever. Career She won her first Olympic medals in 1998, and won her first gold medal in the 20 ...

Terje Thorslund Terje Thorslund (born 15 March 1945) is a former Norwegian javelin thrower. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he finished eleventh in the javelin final with a throw of 78.24 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 1974 European Championships and fini ...

(born 1945) a former Norwegian champion javelin thrower *

(born 1972 in Nittedal) cross-country skier, multiple Olympic medallist * Hanne Staff (born 1972 in Nittedal) an orienteering athlete * Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen (born 1999 in Nittedal) a Norwegian tennis player

References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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Varingen
the local newspaper

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