Eidsberg was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the town of Mysen. In 2020, Eidsberg was absorbed into the

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. Eidsberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

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). The town of Mysen was separated from Eidsberg to form a municipality of its own on 1 July 1920, but it was merged back into the municipality of Eidsberg on 1 January 1961.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Eidsberg farm ( Old Norse: ''Eiðsberg'') because the first church was built here. The first element is the

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of ''eið'' 'path around a waterfall' and the last element is ''berg'' ' mountain'. Prior to 1847, the name was spelled ''Edsberg''.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms was from modern times. It was granted on 16 March 1962. The arms show a

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, which is taken as a symbol for Arnbjørn Jonsson, who lived in Eidsberg. The bear is canting for ''Bjørn'' ( no, bear). He was a well-known warrior during the

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under King Håkon Håkonsson, until his death in 1240.

Minorities

Notable people

References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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