Nesodden
| Nesodden kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 59°48′31″N 10°39′20″E / 59.80861°N 10.65556°ECoordinates: 59°48′31″N 10°39′20″E / 59.80861°N 10.65556°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Akershus | ||
| District | Follo | ||
| Administrative centre | Nesoddtangen | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2011) | Nina Sandberg (AP) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 61 km2 (24 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 61 km2 (24 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 416 in Norway | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 16,541 | ||
| • Rank | 61 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 265/km2 (690/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 16.1 % | ||
| Demonym | Nesodding[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0216 | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
| Website | www.nesodden.kommune.no | ||
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Nesodden is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. 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). The new municipality of Oppegård was separated from Nesodden on 1 July 1915.
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General information [edit]
Name [edit]
The name (Old Norse: Nesoddi) is an old district name. The first element is nes which means "headland" and the last element is (the finite form of) odde which means "point".[2]
The very tip of the peninsula is presently called Nesoddtangen, where the last element is (the finite form of) tange which means "spit". In fact, all three elements in this name have (nearly) the same meaning.
Sunnaas Hospital [edit]
Sunnaas Hospital is situated 400 feet a.s.l. above a steep hillside down to the Oslo Fiord. The hospital was founded by Rolf Sunnaas (1916-79) in 1954 as a nursing home, which was authorized as a hospital in 1960, primarily to treat polio patients from Oslo in cooperation with Oslo City Hospital. Rolf Sunnaas had no medical education but had an intuitive sense of choosing the right persons for his enterprice and of employing a highly qualified medical staff. Together with his chief medical doctor, Nils Sponheim, he succeeded in buildig up a modern hospital with international reputation as one of the best institutions for medical rehabilitation in Europe. The hospital is today a university hospital.
Geography [edit]
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. Nesoddtangen has passenger ferry connections to Bærum and Oslo (23 min).
Coat of arms [edit]
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.[3]
Notable residents [edit]
Several Norwegian celebrities currently live in Nesodden.
- news presenters: Bjørn Hansen, illustrator Roar Hagen (VG), journalist (NRK) and author Øystein Rakkenes
- Scientists: professor em. neuroanatomist Terje Lømo; professor, archeologist Christian Keller, med. professor Johan Stanghelle
- actors: Stein Winge, Bjørn Sundquist, Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Jørgen Langhelle, Hildegunn Rise, and Gard B. Eidsvold
- artists: Ulf Kristiansen, Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven)
- authors: Hanne Ørstavik, Olav Njølstad
- politicians: Dagfinn Høybråten, Jan Balstad, Rikke Lind, and Gunnar Garbo
- Painters: Wenche Øyen, Per Kleiva, Helge Revold. Sculptors: Asbjørn Høglund and Nils Aasland.
- model: Helene Rask Anette Stai, Vendela Kirsebom
- singers/songwriters: Sondre Lerche, and Trine Rein.
- comedian: Åsleik Engmark
- composer: Thomas von Sonnenberg;
- athlete: Stig Roar Husby
- polar explorer: Børge Ousland
- Former residents: politicians Kåre Kristiansen, Reiulf Steen, Kjell Magne Bondevik and Tora Aasland. lawyer Arne Haugestad and musician Thomas "Happy-Tom" Seltzer.
References [edit]
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Akershus amt (2 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 86. (Norwegian)
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-20.
External links [edit]
Media related to Nesodden at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Nesodden at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Akershus travel guide from Wikivoyage
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