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4 unusual facts about Østfold


Carsten Tank

Carsten Tank was born at Rød Herregård, the family estate at Halden in Østfold County, Norway.

Robert Normann

Robert Uno Normann (born 27 June 1916 in Sundløkka in the former Borge kommune, now Fredrikstad, deceased 20 May 1998 in Sarpsborg, Norway) was a Norwegian guitarist, and is considered one of the jazz guitar pioneers.

Sissel Grottenberg

Sissel Sofie Grottenberg (born 17 August 1956 in Sarpsborg, Østfold) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race and half marathon.

Trond Høiby

Trond Høiby (born January 24, 1973 in Askim, Østfold) is a retired decathlete from Norway.


Aksel Gresvig

Aksel Johan Andersen was born in Græsvig in Onsø, a peninsula and then a municipality in Østfold, as the son of village shopkeeper Ole Andersen (1849–1883) and Randine Andersen (1849–1900).

Albert Nordengen

Nordengen quickly became a much loved figure with the citizens of Oslo and despite being born in rural Østfold, he was a true Oslo patriot (even recording a version of the well-known Norwegian song "Akerselva", a tribute to the popular river that runs through the city).

Elvestad

Hobøl is one of 10 municipalities which, due to their geographical placement miles away from the fjord / coast line, can be put into the area of Indre Østfold (Inner Østfold, the part of Østfold which do not have fjord or coast line), while those areas of Østfold who have fjord / coast line (Moss - Fredrikstad - Sarpsborg - Halden etc.) are called Ytre Østfold (Outer Østfold) and Nedre Glommaregionen (Lower Glomma Region).

H. E. Stokke

He was born in Fredrikstad, Østfold to Anton Johannessen (1857–1936) and his wife Helen Anderson (1865–1944).

Hans Nielsen Hauge

Hans Nielsen Hauge was born the fifth of ten children in his ancestral farm of Hauge in Tune in the county of Østfold.

HIO

Østfold University College (Norwegian: Høgskolen i Østfold, HiØ), a further and higher education institution in south-eastern Norway

Hobølelva

Hobølelva is a river rising in Sværsvann in Oslo, until joining Lake Vansjø in Østfold.

Hurum Line

It was proposed to follow the right-of-way launched in 1873 of branch of the Østfold Line running along the shore of the Bunnefjorden.

Mon Schjelderup

Maria Gustava Schjelderup was born in Fredrikshald (now Halden), Østfold, of parents Captain Christian Bernhard Koren Schjelderup (1819–1889) and Anne Sofie Preus Berg (1831–1898).

Østfold Hospital

Østfold Hospital is a hospital with bases in Fredrikstad, Moss, Sarpsborg and Halden.

Rakkestad Bygdeblad

Rakkestad Bygdeblad was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Rakkestad in Østfold county.

Son, Norway

Son is located at the Oslofjord, 50 kilometres south of the Norwegian capital Oslo, just north of Moss and near the border of Østfold, and is located west of the village of Hølen.

Vikerhavn

Vikerhavn is a small fishing harbour and village on the southern part of the island Asmaløy in the Hvaler municipality of Østfold county, Norway.


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