Setskog
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Setskog is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It bordered Østfold county to the south, Hedmark county to the north and Sweden to the east.
It was created by a split from Høland municipality on 1 January 1905. At that time Setskog had a population of 754.
On 1 January 1966 Setskog was merged with Nordre Høland, Søndre Høland and Aurskog to form the new municipality Aurskog-Høland. Prior to the merger Setskog had a population of 811.
[edit] The name
Setskog is an old district name. The first element is the name of the lake Setten, the last element is skog m 'forest, woodland'. The meaning of the name Setten is unknown.
[edit] References
- Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen".
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