Kråkerøy
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- For the current administrative division of Fredrikstad, see Kråkerøy (borough).
Kråkerøy is an island and a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway.
The island of Kråkerøy was separated from Glemmen as a municipality of its own January 1, 1908. At that time Kråkerøy had a population of 3,311. The rural municipality was (together with Borge, Onsøy and Rolvsøy) merged with the city of Fredrikstad January 1, 1994. Prior to the merger Kråkerøy had a population of 7,445.
In 1948 Kråkerøy was the site of the Kråkerøy speech by then Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen, which became an important part of Norwegian political history.
[edit] The name
The Norse form of the name was Krákarøy. The first element is (probably) the genitive case of kráka f 'crow', the last element is øy f 'island'.
[edit] References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
- Kråkerøy at GEOnet Names Server
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