Currently, the Norwegian beer market is dominated by two large brewers: The giant Carlsberg-Ringnes based in Oslo and Copenhagen, Denmark, and the smaller Hansa-Borg, based in Bergen and Sarpsborg.
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Borg is originally from Sarpsborg, and is brewed by Borg Bryggerier, that belongs to Hansa-Borg Bryggerier in Sarpsborg.
Østfold Hospital is a hospital with bases in Fredrikstad, Moss, Sarpsborg and Halden.
Sander Skogli (born 4 May 1993 in Sarpsborg, Norway) is a Norwegian ice hockey goaltender who plays for Sparta Warriors.
Stian Johannsen (born October 12, 1971 in Sarpsborg, Norway) is a Norwegian musician known under the stage name "Occultus" and "Cultoculus", among others.
He worked in these cities as a teacher, having graduated as cand.real. from the University of Oslo in 1948 and spent the first year as a teacher in Sarpsborg.
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).
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 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.
Sparta Warriors, also known as IK Sparta Sarpsborg, the ice hockey department of IL Sparta