🇳🇴 Frogn is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Drøbak. Frogn was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. The city of Drøbak was merged with Frogn on 1 January 1962. Frogn is located at the southern part of the peninsula between the main Oslofjord and Bunnefjorden. It borders Nesodden, Ås and Vestby.
Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Frogn farm (Old Norse: Fraun), since the first church was built here. The name must be very old and the meaning is unknown. One theory is that it is derived from the Norse word frauð which means "manure" and the meaning would then be "the fertilized field" (see also Frogner and Tøyen).
Prior to 1889, the name was written "Fron". Between 1837 and 1865, the name of the municipality was Drøbak landdistrikt.
Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 20 May 1988. The arms symbolize the Oscarsborg Fortress in silver on a blue background. The fortress is on the Drøbaksund in the Oslofjord in the municipality. The fortress was built in the late 19th century and played a major role in the defence of Norway in the beginning of World War II.
Frogn has a population of over 15,959 people. Frogn also forms part of the wider Viken County which has a population of over 1,213,354 people. Frogn is situated 31 km north-east of Ski.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Frogn has links with:
🇸🇪 Åmål, Sweden 🇫🇮 Loimaa, Finland 🇩🇪 Mitte, Germany 🇪🇪 Türi, Estonia🇸🇪 Upplands Väsby 59.52
🇸🇪 Sollentuna 59.453
🇮🇹 Montecatini Terme 10.783
🇩🇪 Nordhausen 10.794
🇩🇪 Bad Schwartau 10.683
🇳🇴 Nesoddtangen 10.65
🇮🇹 Reggio Emilia 10.641
🇩🇪 Kaufbeuren 10.625
Locations Near: Frogn 10.7186,59.6996
🇳🇴 Nesoddtangen 10.65,59.867 d: 19
🇳🇴 Tønsberg 10.424,59.298 d: 47.6
🇳🇴 Drammen 10.205,59.744 d: 29.2
🇳🇴 Fredrikstad 11.107,59.283 d: 51.2
Antipodal to: Frogn -169.281,-59.7
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15701.3
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14963.2
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14910.9
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15065
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11089.6
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 10996.7
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 10982.4
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 10978.2