Indre Østfold is a municipality in the region of Indre Østfold in

Østfold Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...

county. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 by a merger of the five municipalities

Askim Askim () is a town and a former municipality in (from January 1, 2020) Indre Østfold municipality in the county of Østfold, Norway. The administrative centre of the Askim municipality was the town of Askim. Askim was established as a municip ...

Eidsberg Eidsberg was a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the List of cities in Norway, town of Mysen. In 2020, Eidsberg was absorbed into the Indre Øst ...

, Hobøl, Spydeberg and

Trøgstad Trøgstad was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Skjønhaug. The municipality included the parishes of Skjønhaug, Havnås and Båstad. The parish of ''Trygstad'' was estab ...

. The municipality has a total population of just under 45,000, spread out over several small towns such as

Mysen Mysen is the administrative center of the municipalities of Norway, municipality of Eidsberg in the counties of Norway, county of Østfold in Norway. The town is named after the old farm of Mysen (Old Norse, Norse ''Mysin'', from ''*Mosvin''), si ...

, Spydeberg, Skjønhaug and Tomter. This is quite unusual for Norwegian municipalities.

Notable people

Public service and public thinking

Haakon IV of Norway Haakon IV Haakonsson ( – 16 December 1263; ; ), sometimes called Haakon the Old in contrast to his namesake son, was King of Norway from 1217 to 1263. His reign lasted for 46 years, longer than any Norwegian king since Harald Fairhair. Haak ...

(1204 in Eidsberg – 1263), King of Norway 1217–1263 * Jacob Nicolai Wilse (1736–1801), parish priest in Spydeberg and Eidsberg * Nils Christian Frederik Hals (1758 in Eidsberg – 1838 in Trøgstad), lieutenant colonel, commanded and surrendered

Fredrikstad Fortress Fredrikstad fortress (''Fredrikstad festning'') was a fortification in Fredrikstad, Norway. It was the base of the Østfold Regiment, with defence related responsibilities for the east side of Oslofjord. History Fredrikstad Fortress was construc ...

* Olai Pedersen Wiig (1802 in Trøgstad – 1887)‚ politician, mayor of Trøgstad 1844 to 1847 * Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch (1805 in Eidsberg – 1883), zoologist and academic * Thea Foss (1857 in Eidsberg – 1927), founded

Foss Maritime Foss Maritime (formerly Foss Launch and Tug Company), is an American tugging company. The company was founded in 1889 by Thea Foss (1857–1927) and her husband Andrew Foss. The company is now the largest tug and towing concern on the west coas ...

, the real-life inspiration for ''

Tugboat Annie ''Tugboat Annie'' is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, written by Norman Reilly Raine and Zelda Sears, and starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery as a comically quarrelsome middle-aged couple who operate a tugboat. ...

'' * Emma Hjorth (1858 in Hobøl – 1921), founder of the , the country's first large institution for people with intellectual disabilities * Nordal Wille (1858 in Hobøl – 1924), botanist * Adam Hiorth (1879 in Spydeberg – 1961), barrister and playwright * Olga Bjoner (1887 in Askim – 1969), journalist and Nazi politician * Jørgen Adolf Lier (1906–1994), politician, mayor of Askim several times * Anton Skulberg (1921–2012), scientist and politician, mayor of Spydeberg 1963–1967 * Dagfinn Føllesdal (born 1932 in Askim), Norwegian-American philosopher * Oddbjørn Engvold (born 1938 in Askim), astronomer * Erik Mollatt (born 1941), businessperson, lives in Hobøl

The arts

* Enevold Thømt (1878 in Askim – 1958), decorative painter inspired by Norwegian folk art * Kirsten Sørlie (1926 in Askim – 2013), actress and stage director * Vidar Sandem (born 1947 in Trøgstad), actor, playwright and theatre director *

Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Gar ...

(born 1947 in Mysen), jazz saxophonist * Cecilie Løveid (born 1951 in Mysen), novelist, poet, playwright and writer of children's books * Rune Rudberg (born 1961 in Trøgstad), singer of

dansband (; "dance band"), or in Norwegian and Danish, is a Swedish language, Swedish term for a band that plays (; "dance band music"). ' is often danced to in partner dance, pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. T ...

music * Lene Alexandra (born 1981 in Trøgstad), singer, TV personality and model IMDb Database
retrieved 21 December 2020 * Jon Audun Baar (born 1986 in Tomter, Hobøl), jazz drummer.

Sport

* Brothers

Henning Solberg Henning Solberg (born 8 January 1973) is a Norway, Norwegian Rallying, rally and rallycross driver. Together with his female co-driver Ilka Minor, he currently competes in the World Rally Championship (WRC) with cars of M-Sport. Solberg is the o ...

(born 1973) and

Petter Solberg Petter Solberg (born 18 November 1974), nicknamed "Mr. Hollywood" is a Norwegian former professional rallying, rally and rallycross driver. Solberg debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1998 and was signed by the Ford World Rally Team, For ...

(born 1974), former professional rallycross drivers, born in Askim and grew up in Spydeberg * Jens Kristian Skogmo (born 1987 in Askim), footballer with 285 club caps * Vibeke Skofterud (born 1980 in Askim), Olympic Gold medallist in cross-country skiing

References

External links

* Municipalities of Østfold 2020 establishments in Norway Populated places established in 2020 {{Østfold-geo-stub