Nannestad is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus in Viken (county), Viken Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Teigebyen.

History

Nannestad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Store norske leksikon writes that "At ''søndre Låke gård'' (a farm), South of Nannestad Church, Skule Bårdsson beat Birkebeiner, Birkebeinar (a political group), [... on a battlefield] South of the farm".

Name and coat-of-arms

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Nannestad'' farm (Old Norse: ''Nannastaðir''), since the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of ''Nanni'' (an old Norse male name) and the last element is ''staðir'' which means "Homestead (buildings), homestead" or "farm". The Coat of arms, coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1990. The arms show three yellow Tussilago, coltsfoot flowers on a green background. This is a flower that is prevalent in the area.

Geography

Nannestad is located in northwestern Viken (county), Viken county, with inhabitants concentrated at Romerikssletta. It includes the villages of Maura, Norway, Maura, Åsgreina, Eltonåsen, Steinsgård and Teigebyen, that last being the administrative centre.

Demographics

In 2017, 539 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 239 had Lithuanian parents and/or were Lithuanian.

Notable people

* Hans Georg Jacob Stang (prime minister), Hans Georg Jacob Stang (1830 in Nannestad – 1907) a Norwegian attorney and List of heads of government of Norway, Norway's Prime Minister in Stockholm from 1888–1889 * Oluf Wesmann-Kjær (1874 in Nannestad – 1945) a shooter, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics, 1920 & 1924 Summer Olympics * Olaf Helset (1892 in Nannestad – 1960) an Army Major General and sports administrator * Håkon Christie (1922 in Nannestad – 2010) an architectural historian, antiquarian and author * Bjarne Røtterud (1929 in Nannestad – 2011) a Norwegian Abstract art, abstract painter * Gard Kristiansen (born 1972 in Nannestad) a retired football defender with 269 club caps * Katrine Moholt (born 1973 in Nannestad) a Norwegian TV personality and singer IMDb Database
retrieved 21 February 2021 * Sven Atle Kopperud (born 1977 in Nannestad) stage name ''Silenoz'', guitarist, founded the symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir in 1993 * Posthum (founded 2004) a black metal band founded by ''Jon Kristian Skare'' and ''Morten Edseth''

Gallery

File:Nannestad torg.JPG, Nannestad plaza File:Nannestad videregående skole2.JPG, Nannestad upper secondary school File:Nannestad kommune.jpg, Field of Nannestad

References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from Statistics Norway *
Municipality website
{{Authority control Nannestad, Municipalities of Akershus Municipalities of Viken (county)