Skiptvet

Skiptvet kommune
Municipality

Skiptvet church

Coat of arms
Østfold within
Norway

Skiptvet within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°28′50″N 11°8′40″E / 59.48056°N 11.14444°ECoordinates: 59°28′50″N 11°8′40″E / 59.48056°N 11.14444°E
Country Norway
County Østfold
Administrative centre Meieribyen
Government
 • Mayor (2007) Svein Olav Agnalt (Ap)
Area
 • Total 101 km2 (39 sq mi)
 • Land 93 km2 (36 sq mi)
Area rank 384 in Norway
Population (2004)
 • Total 3,336
 • Rank 251 in Norway
 • Density 36/km2 (90/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 8.7 %
Demonym Skjetving[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-0127
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.skiptvet.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Skiptvet is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Meieribyen. Skiptvet was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Skiptvet farm (Old Norse: Skipþveit and/or Skygþveit), since the first church was built here. The meaning of the first element(s) is not known and the last element is þveit which means "clearing in the woods". Prior to 1889, the name was written "Skibtvet".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 27 November 1981. The arms show a silver dragon on a red background. The dragon is derived from a local legend, in which a dragon went to sleep in the local churchyard every morning. In the evening the dragon went back to the forest, where it had its lair. A tarn near the church is still called Dragehullet meaning "the dragon's pit".[2]

See also: Coat-of-arms of Stjørdal

References

  1. ↑ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ↑ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-15.

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