Kråkstad
| Kråkstad | |
|---|---|
| — Village and Former municipality — | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Østlandet |
| County | Akershus |
| District | |
| Municipality | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Post Code | |
Kråkstad is a village and former municipality in Ski municipality, Akershus county, Norway.
The parish of Kraakstad was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Ski was separated from Kråkstad July 1, 1931 - and the rest of Kråkstad was merged with Ski January 1, 1964.
The village has 839 inhabitants (2006), and a train station on Indre Østfoldbanen. The Norwegian footballer Martin Andresen grew up in this village. Members of the black metal band Mayhem lived in a house near the village in the early 1990s.
There are some remains of an old hillfort in the forest above Vientjern (a small lake), a few kilometers outside Kråkstad.
Etymology [edit]
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm Kråkstad (Norse Krákustaðir), since the first church was built there. The first element is probably an old rivername (*Kráka), the last element is staðir 'homestead, farm'. The meaning of the (hypothetical) rivername is 'crow-river' (the river sounding like a crow'?).
Until 1921 the name was written Kraakstad.
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Coordinates: 59°41′N 10°53′E / 59.683°N 10.883°E
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