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 nei ...
and a former municipality in
Østfold 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 municipality. The rest of Varteig was incorporated into
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 nei ...
along with Tune and
Skjeberg.
Varteig is probably best known as the home place of
Inga of Varteig (born about 1185, died 1234), mother of
Håkon Håkonson, 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 dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlement ...
''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'.
References
Other sources
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Populated places established in 1861
Populated places disestablished in 1992
Former municipalities of Norway
Villages in Østfold
Sarpsborg
1861 establishments in Norway
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