Lande is a borough 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,

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, located close to the lake Tunevannet and east of E6, which is the national highway going through

Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsbor ...

History

Lande comes out of the

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

name Landir; and it means "lands".

Sports

Lande has a local football club that are called Lande IF, which are playing within the 7th division of the

Norwegian football league system The Norwegian football league system, or pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Norway. 2017 system in men's football , the current national league system administered by the NFF is organised as 1–1–2–6, where ...

Famous people

The Norwegian actor

Nils Ole Oftebro Nils Ole Oftebro (born 1 December 1944) is a Norwegian actor and illustrator. He was born in Sarpsborg. He worked for Fjernsynsteatret from 1969 to 1971. From 1971 he was assigned to Nationaltheatret. He was artistical director at Torshovteatret ...

was born and raised in Lande.

Schools

There is also an elementary school and junior high school located in Lande, which is called

Lande School Lande may refer to: Places *Lande, Østfold, Norway *Lande, Norway, a village in the municipality of Brønnøy in Nordland, Norway *Château de la Lande (disambiguation), various castles in France *Lac de la Lande, a lake in Vosges, France Other u ...

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