Mark Horner

General information
🇳🇴 Spydeberg was a municipality in former Østfold county, Norway, until December 31. 2019. At January 1. 2020 it became a part of the new and greater municipality named "Indre Østfold Kommune" after the region, together with Askim and Trøgstad and Eidsberg and Hobøl kommuner (Municipalities).

The administrative centre of the Spydeberg municipality was the village of Spydeberg. Spydeberg Kommune (municipality) was divided into the parishes of Spydeberg, Heli, and Hovin and was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838.

The village of Spydeberg is located 45 km (28 mi) south-east of Oslo and is easily reached by both car and bus and train. At the most there used to be 16 daily buses to Oslo (the capital of Norway), and about 21 train departures. Like the rest of the Indre Østfold region, many of the citizens of Spydeberg commute daily to Oslo for work.
General information The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Spydeberg farm (Old Norse: Spjótaberg), since the first church was built here. The first element is the plural genitive case of spjót which means "spear" and the last element is berg which means "mountain". The word "spear" is here probably referring to some outstanding points of a nearby mountain.

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Spydeberg has a population of over 5,500 people. Spydeberg also forms part of the wider Indre Østfold Municipality which has a population of over 45,201 people. It is also a part of the larger Viken County. Spydeberg is situated 45 km south-east of Oslo.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Spydeberg has links with:

🇸🇪 Kungsör, Sweden 🇱🇻 Straupe, Latvia 🇩🇰 Struer, Denmark

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