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Skjeberg is a district of

Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...

, Østfold County,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Skjeberg was formerly a municipality in Østfold County. The last administrative centre was at

Borgenhaugen Borgenhaugen is a borough in the city of Sarpsborg, Norway, located east of the city centre. Before 1992, Borgenhaugen was a part of Skjeberg municipality. The old Skjeberg council hall (''rådhus'') is located here Local placenames * Surfellingen ...

. As of 2018, Skjeberg has a population of 1,397. The parish of Skjeberg was established as a municipality on January 1, 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 property, Hagelund, with 8 inhabitants was moved to the

Halden Halden (), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a town and a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, Rakkestad to the north and Aremark to the east, as well as the Swedish muni ...

municipality on January 1, 1968. The rural municipality of Skjeberg was (together with Tune and

Varteig Varteig is a village in Sarpsborg and a former municipality in Østfold County, Norway. Summary Varteig is located north of the city of Sarpsborg and east of the Glomma river. Varteig was part of the Tune municipality until 1861. It was designat ...

) merged with the city of

January 1, 1992. Prior to the merger, Skjeberg had a population of 14,295.

Skjeberg Church

Skjeberg Church (''Skjeberg Kirke'') is located in what was until 1992, Skjeberg municipality, and now part of the municipality of Sarpsborg. The church is located approximately 7 km southeast of Sarpsborg and is the center of the parish of Skjeberg. The medieval church dates to the 1100s and was enlarged during the 1400s. Skjeberg church is built of stone in Romanesque style, but has a Gothic entrance hall. In the middle of the 17th century, the church received an octagonal rooftop. The oak pulpit is from 1623. The altar dates from approx. 1760.

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm of Skjeberg (

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

: ''*Skjalfberg''), since the first church was built there. The first element is (probably) ''skjalf'' f 'shelf'; the last element is ''berg'' n 'rocky hill, mountain'.

Notable people

Gunnar Skar Gunnar Julius Skar (July 5, 1923 – October 12, 2012) was a Norwegian actor and theater director. Career During the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s he worked as an actor and director at the New Theater and its successor, the Oslo New Theater. Skar also ...

(1923–2012), actor and theater director

References

Villages in Østfold Former municipalities of Norway Sarpsborg Populated places established in 1838 1838 establishments in Norway Populated places disestablished in 1992 {{Østfold-geo-stub