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kommuner (Municipalities). The

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of the Spydeberg municipality was the village of Spydeberg. Spydeberg Kommune ( municipality) was divided into the parishes of Spydeberg, Heli, and Hovin and was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

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). The village of Spydeberg has approximately 5,500 inhabitants. It is located southeast of Oslo and is easily reached by both car and bus and train. At the most there used to be 16 daily buses to Oslo (the

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of Norway), and about 21 train departures. Like the rest of the

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region, many of the citizens of Spydeberg commute daily to Oslo for work.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Spydeberg'' farm ( Old Norse: ''Spjótaberg''), since the first church was built here. The first element is the plural

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of ''spjót'' which means " spear" and the last element is ''berg'' which means " mountain". The word "spear" is here probably referring to some outstanding points of a nearby mountain.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 30 June 1978. The arms show three canting silver spear points (from the word ''spyd'' which comes from the Old Norse word ''spjót'') on a red background. The model for the spear points was unearthed at a burial mound near Mørk in 1905. The three spears represent the three parishes in the municipality. It was designed by Truls Nygaard.

Notable residents

Sister cities

The municipality of Spydeberg has been quite active in international relations for over 20 years. The town has sister cities in Denmark,

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. * Thyholm, Midtjylland, Denmark *

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References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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