Varteig is a village in

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 ...

and a former municipality in

Østfold Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side o ...

County, Norway.

Summary

Varteig is located north of the city of Sarpsborg and east of the

Glomma The Glomma, or Glåma, is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers fully 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country. Geography At its fullest length, the ...

river. Varteig was part of the Tune municipality until 1861. It was designated to be a municipality by a split from Tune in 1861. At that time Varteig had a population of 1,405. On 1 January 1992 a small part of the district Furuholmen, with 12 inhabitants, was moved to

Rakkestad Rakkestad is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rakkestad. It is divided into the parishes of Rakkestad, Degernes, and Os. The municipality is the county's second largest b ...

municipality. The rest of Varteig was incorporated into

along with Tune and

Skjeberg Skjeberg is a district of Sarpsborg, Østfold County, Norway. Skjeberg was formerly a municipality in Østfold County. The last administrative centre was at Borgenhaugen. As of 2018, Skjeberg has a population of 1,397. The parish of Skjeberg ...

. Varteig is probably best known as the home place of

Inga of Varteig Inga Olafsdatter of Varteig (''Inga Olafsdatter fra Varteig'') (Varteig, Østfold, 1183 or 1185 – 1234 or 1235) was the mistress of King Haakon III of Norway and the mother of King Haakon IV of Norway. Biography Inga, from Varteig in Østf ...

(born about 1185, died 1234), mother of

Håkon Håkonson Haakon IV Haakonsson ( – 16 December 1263; Old Norse: ''Hákon Hákonarson'' ; Norwegian: ''Håkon Håkonsson''), sometimes called Haakon the Old in contrast to his namesake son, was King of Norway from 1217 to 1263. His reign lasted for 46 y ...

, king of Norway from 1217 to 1263.

Toponymy

The municipality (originally parish) is named after the farm of Varteig (

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 ...

''Varteigr''). Varteig Church (''Varteig kirke'') was first built on its ground. The meaning of the first element is unknown, the last element is ''teigr'' m 'strip of field'.

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Other sources

* Populated places established in 1861 Populated places disestablished in 1992 Former municipalities of Norway Villages in Østfold Sarpsborg 1861 establishments in Norway {{Østfold-geo-stub