Såner is a parish and village in
Vestby
Vestby is a municipality in former Akershus now Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vestby.
General information Name
The municipality (originally t ...
municipality,
Viken
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*Viken, Scandinavia, a historical region
*Viken (county), a Norwegian county established in 2020
*Viken, Sweden, a bimunicipal locality in Skåne County, Sweden
*Viken (lake), a lake in Sweden, part of the part of the Göta cana ...
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 the ...
.
The name
The parish is named after the old farm Såner (
Norse ''Sánar''), since the first church was built there. The name is probably the plural form of an old rivername (see under
Son
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Social issues
In pre-industrial societies and some current c ...
).
Until 1921 the name was written "Saaner".
Citations
*Godal, Anne Marit (ed.).
"Såner" ''
Store norske leksikon''. 10 March 2009. Web. 21 June 2011.
Villages in Akershus
Vestby
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