Nesodden

Nesodden kommune
Municipality

Coat of arms
Akershus within
Norway

Nesodden within Akershus
Coordinates: 59°48′31″N 10°39′20″E / 59.80861°N 10.65556°E / 59.80861; 10.65556Coordinates: 59°48′31″N 10°39′20″E / 59.80861°N 10.65556°E / 59.80861; 10.65556
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(s) Nesodding[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-0216
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.nesodden.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

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.

General information

Name

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".[2]

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

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. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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. [7] [8]

Nesodden Church steeple

















Sunnaas Hospital

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 today a university hospital.

Minorities

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nesodden by country of origin in 2017[9]
Ancestry Number
 Sweden304
 Poland300
 Denmark173
 Germany171
 United Kingdom121
 Lithuania87
 Somalia84
 Thailand83
 Romania73
 USA70


Geography

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 Lysaker in Bærum (8 min) and Aker Brygge in Oslo (23 min).

Coat of arms

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.[10]

Notable residents

Several Norwegian celebrities live in Nesodden.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Akershus amt (in Norwegian) (2 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 86.
  3. ↑ "Nesodden kirke". Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Nesodden kirke". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ Helen Holager. "Johan Jørgen Schram". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Domenico Erdmann". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  7. ↑ Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. "Nesodden kirke". Norges Kirker. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Jens Christian Eldal. "Ragnar Nilsen". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  10. ↑ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 20 December 2008.
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