Nannestad Municipality
Nannestad kommune
Municipality
The characteristic landscape of Nannestad
The characteristic landscape of Nannestad
Flag of Nannestad Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Nannestad Municipality
Coat of arms
Akershus within Norway
Akershus within Norway
Nannestad within Akershus
Nannestad within Akershus
Coordinates: 60°14′44″N 10°57′10″E / 60.24556°N 10.95278°E / 60.24556; 10.95278
CountryNorway
CountyAkershus
DistrictRomerike
Administrative centreTeigebyen
Government
 • Mayor (2007-)Anne-Ragni K. Amundsen (Ap)
Area
 • Total341 km2 (132 sq mi)
 • Land324 km2 (125 sq mi)
 • Rank#259 in Norway
Population
 (2012)
 • Total11,362
 • Rank#102 in Norway
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +23%
DemonymNannestadsokning[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3238[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Nannestad is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the 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 Birkebeinar (a political group), [... on a battlefield] South of the farm".[4]

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" or "farm".

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1990. The arms show three yellow coltsfoot flowers on a green background. This is a flower that is prevalent in the area.[5]

Geography

Nannestad is located in northwestern Viken county, with inhabitants concentrated at Romerikssletta. It includes the villages of 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.[6]

Ancestry Number[7]
 Poland539
 Lithuania239
 Pakistan179
 Sweden156
 Philippines143
 Thailand117
 Germany61
 Romania56
 Iran56
 Syria53

Notable people

Jacob Stang, 1884

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ↑ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ↑ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ↑ https://snl.no/Nannestad "På søndre Låke gård, sør for Nannestad kirke, skal hertug Skule Bårdsson ha slått birkebeinerne i et slag sør for gården i 1240."
  5. ↑ "Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  6. ↑ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  8. ↑ IMDb Database retrieved 21 February 2021
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