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Nesodden

Coordinates: 59°48′31″N 10°39′20″E / 59.80861°N 10.65556°E / 59.80861; 10.65556
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Nesodden Municipality
Nesodden kommune
Municipality
Flag of Nesodden Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Nesodden Municipality
Coat of arms
Akershus within Norway
Akershus within Norway
Nesodden within Akershus
Nesodden within Akershus
Coordinates: 59°48′31″N 10°39′20″E / 59.80861°N 10.65556°E / 59.80861; 10.65556
CountryNorway
CountyAkershus
DistrictFollo
Administrative centreNesoddtangen
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Truls Wickholm (AP)
Area
 • Total61 km2 (24 sq mi)
 • Land61 km2 (24 sq mi)
 • Rank#416 in Norway
Population
 (2006)
 • Total16,541
 • Rank#61 in Norway
 • Density265/km2 (690/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +16.1%
DemonymNesodding[1]
Official language
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 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3023[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Nesodden is a municipality in Akershus in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Greater Oslo Region and many residents of the peninsula Nesodden commute to work in Oslo.

It is part of the traditional region of Follo. The administrative centre of the municipality is Nesoddtangen. The parish of Næsodden was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt.

General information

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Name

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The name (Old Norse: Nesoddi) is an old district name. The first element is nes which means "headland" and the last element is (the definite form of) odde which means "point".[4]

The very tip of the peninsula is called Nesoddtangen, where the last element is (the definite form of) tange which means "spit". In fact, all three elements in this name have (nearly) the same meaning, so it can be translated roughly as peninsula-peninsula-peninsula.

Nesodden Church

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Nesodden Church steeple

Nesodden Church (Nesodden kirke) is located in Nesodden parish in Follo rural deanery. The Medieval, Romanesque church is situated southeast of the village of Nesodden. The building material is stone and brick. It was built in 1175. It has a rectangular nave and lower, narrower choir. The church is of long plan and has 130 seats. In the church, there is a Renaissance pulpit from about 1600 decorated with paintings of Jesus and the four Evangelists. The altarpiece from 1715 was carved by Johan Jørgen Schram with a motif showing Jesus in Gethsemane. Domenico Erdmann conducted restoration during 1920. The baptismal font made in clay stone and dates from the Middle Ages.[5]

The church was renovated several times between the 17th and the 20th centuries. The chancel was extended in 1714. The church was most recently restored between 1956 and 1960, both times under the direction of architect Ragnar Nilsen (1896–1986). The church celebrated its 800th anniversary during 1975.[6][7]

Sunnaas Hospital

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Sunnaas Hospital, founded in 1954 as a nursing home, was authorized as a hospital in 1960, primarily to treat polio patients from Oslo in cooperation with Oslo City Hospital. The hospital is a university hospital today.

Minorities

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Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nesodden by country of origin in 2017[8]
Ancestry Number
 Sweden 304
 Poland 300
 Denmark 173
 Germany 171
 United Kingdom 121
 Lithuania 87
 Somalia 84
 Thailand 83
 Romania 73
 USA 70

Geography

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Nesodden is located on the tip of the peninsula between main Oslofjord and its arm Bunnefjorden. It includes the villages Hellvik, Fjellstrand, Bjørnemyr, Nesoddtangen, and Fagerstrand, which is also the name of a reality show that was filmed on Fagerstrand and aired on TV 2 during the first half of 2005.

Coat of arms

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The coat of arms is designed by the architect Christian Doxrud (1917–2002) and authorized 12 December 1986. The coat of arms shows a silver triangle on a blue background as a canting of the geographical position of the municipality, which is situated on a peninsula in the Oslofjord.[9]

The Nesodden Ferries

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Most Nesodden residents rely on a 5 km ferry connection from Nesoddtangen to access Oslo,[10] as the distance by road is 45 km. Nesoddtangen has passenger ferry connections to Lysaker in Bærum (8 min) and Aker Brygge in Oslo (23 min).

Notable people

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Several notable Norwegians live in Nesodden.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Akershus amt (in Norwegian) (2 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 86.
  5. ^ "Nesodden kirke". Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. ^ Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. "Nesodden kirke". Norges Kirker. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  7. ^ Jens Christian Eldal. "Ragnar Nilsen". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  9. ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  10. ^ "Nesoddbåtene – Oslo byleksikon". oslobyleksikon.no. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  11. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 07 March 2021
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