Råde is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of

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). The neighbouring municipalities are Rygge, Våler, Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad. There are four major villages in the municipality: Karlshus, Saltnes,

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Slangsvold Slangsvold is a settlement and a 5 km-long valley located in the north-eastern part of the municipality of Råde in Norway. Slangsvold has about 100 inhabitants. The principal industry of Slangsvold is farming; other industries are a bus compa ...

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Råde'' farm ( Old Norse: ''Róða''), since the first church was built here. The name is identical with the word ''róða'' which means "bar, pole, or rod". Here it is referring to one of Norway's many terminal moraines, and the farm and the church named after it. Prior to 1921, the name was written ''"Raade"''.

History

Traces of settlements from 3000 BC have been located at

Vansjø Vansjø is a lake in the municipalities of Moss, Råde, Rygge, Våler in Østfold county, Norway. Vansjø is part of Moss watershed (''Mossevassdraget'') stretching from Østmarka. Vansjø has four inflow rivers. The lake is fed by the Hobø ...

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 30 May 1980. The arms are canting for the name of the municipality. It shows a yellow bend on a green background. The arms thus symbolise the moraine and glacial path from the Ice ages that runs through the municipality. The colour green symbolises the fertile soil.

Demography

Råde Church

Råde church (''Råde kirke'') is a medieval era church in Råde parish. The church belongs to Vestre Borgesyssel deanery in Diocese of Borg. The church dates from 1185 and is of Romanesque style. The edifice is of brick and stone and has 300 seats. The church has a rectangular nave and narrow choir with an apse which is semicircular. The baptismal font is from the 1500s and the altarpiece is from 1638. The altarpiece was painted both in 1862 and 1918. In 1950–60, the altarpiece was restored. The church was extensively repaired in 1860–1862. In the late 1950s, restoration work initiated.

Climate

Climate data is supplied by Rygge meteorological station by the airport, located right on the border between Rygge and Råde.

Culture

'' Helleristning'' petroglyphs ">petroglyph.html" ;"title="petroglyph">petroglyphs from the Bronze Age have been found in Råde.

Notable people

* Johannes Gerckens Bassøe (born 1878 in Råde – 1962) a Norwegian jurist and civil servant who was the first Governor of Svalbard *

Egil Hovland Egil Hovland (October 18, 1924 – February 5, 2013) was a Norwegian composer. Hovland was born in Råde. He studied at the Oslo conservatory with Arild Sandvold and Bjarne Brustad, in Copenhagen with Vagn Holmboe, at Tanglewood with Aaron ...

(born 1924 in Råde – 2013) a Norwegian composer who wrote in diverse styles *

Hermund Nygård Hermund Nygård (born 16 May 1979 in Råde, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums) and composer residing in Oslo, known from collaborations with musicians like Hallgeir Pedersen, Staffan William-Olsson, Anders Aarum, Steinar Raknes, Erlend ...

(born 1979 in Råde) a Norwegian jazz drummer *

Vidar Martinsen Vidar Martinsen (born 11 March 1982) is a Norwegian footballer currently playing for Råde IL Råde Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Råde, Østfold. It has sections for association football, race walking, team handball, floorball, ...

(born 1982 in Råde) a Norwegian footballer with over 250 club caps

References

External links

* *
Municipal fact sheet
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