Eidsberg

Eidsberg Municipality

*Eidsberg kommune*
Eidsberg Municipality Eidsberg kommune
Former municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Østfold within Norway
	Eidsberg within Østfold
	Coordinates: 59°32′13″N 11°21′37″E / 59.53694°N 11.36028°E
Country	Norway
County	Østfold
District	Smaalenene
Administrative centre	Mysen
Government
• Mayor (2003)	Knut Jørgen Herland (Sp)
Area (upon dissolution)
• Total	236 km2 (91 sq mi)
• Land	229 km2 (88 sq mi)
• Rank	#311 in Norway
Population (2004)
• Total	10,121
• Rank	#100 in Norway
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+10.5%
Demonym	Eidsberging
Official language
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0125
Website	Official website
	Data from Statistics Norway

Eidsberg was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the town of Mysen. In 2020, Eidsberg was absorbed into the Indre Østfold municipality.^[4]^[5]

Eidsberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The town of Mysen was separated from Eidsberg to form a municipality of its own on 1 July 1920, but it was merged back into the municipality of Eidsberg on 1 January 1961.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Eidsberg farm (Old Norse: Eiðsberg) because the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of eið 'path around a waterfall' and the last element is berg 'mountain'. Prior to 1847, the name was spelled Edsberg.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms was from modern times. It was granted on 16 March 1962. The arms show a bear, which is taken as a symbol for Arnbjørn Jonsson, who lived in Eidsberg. The bear is canting for Bjørn (Norwegian: bear). He was a well-known warrior during the civil war era under King Håkon Håkonsson, until his death in 1240.^[6]