world.wikisort.org - NorwayFrogn is a municipality in former Akershus now 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 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The city of Drøbak was merged with Frogn on 1 January 1962.
Municipality in Viken, Norway
Frogn kommune |
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 Coat of arms  Viken within Norway |
 Frogn within Viken |
Coordinates: 59°41′56″N 10°39′19″E |
Country | Norway |
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County | Viken |
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District | Follo |
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Administrative centre | Drøbak |
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• Mayor (2019) | Hans Kristian Ranaas (Sp) |
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• Total | 86 km2 (33 sq mi) |
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• Land | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
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• Rank | #395 in Norway |
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• Total | 15,959 |
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• Rank | #81 in Norway |
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• Density | 188/km2 (490/sq mi) |
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• Change (10 years) | +9.14% |
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Demonym(s) | Frognsokning[1] |
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• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
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Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
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• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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ISO 3166 code | NO-3022 |
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Website | Official website |
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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.[3]
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.[4]
Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Frogn by country of origin in 2017[5]
Ancestry |
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Poland | 208 |
Sweden | 196 |
Denmark | 131 |
Lithuania | 110 |
Germany | 94 |
India | 89 |
Somalia | 82 |
United Kingdom | 64 |
Philippines | 55 |
Eritrea | 49 |
Notable people
- Niels Carlsen (1734 in Drøbak – 1809) a timber merchant, landowner, shipowner and banker
- Jens Carl Peter Brandt (1848 in Frogn – 1912) lawyer, property owner and Mayor of Frogn, 1884 to 1895
- Carl Julius Evensen (1851 in Drøbak – 1937) a Norwegian shipmaster and Antarctic explorer
- Håkon Anton Fagerås (born 1975 in Drøbak) a Norwegian sculptor
- Gunnar Isachsen (1868 in Drøbak – 1939) a Norwegian military officer and polar scientist
- Louise Isachsen (1875 in Drøbak – 1932) a physician, Norway's first female surgeon
- Per Deberitz (1880 in Drøbak – 1945) a Norwegian neo-impressionist painter
- Viggo Brun (1885–1978 in Drøbak) a professor, mathematician and number theorist
- Noralv Teigen (1932 – 2017 in Drøbak) an actor, theatre instructor and theatre director [6]
- Øystein Øystå (1934–2014) a Norwegian writer and long-jumper, lived in Drøbak
- Olav Skjevesland (1942 in Drøbak – 2019) theologian, Bishop of Agder og Telemark
- Martin Schanche (born 1945) former racing driver, now aspiring politician, lives in Drøbak
- Terje Mikkelsen (born 1957 in Drøbak) a Norwegian conductor
- Solveig Kringlebotn (born 1963 in Drøbak) Norwegian operatic soprano
- Sven Ombudstvedt (born 1966) a businessperson, CEO of Norske Skog, lives in Drøbak
- Arifur Rahman (born 1984) a Bangladeshi-Norwegian political cartoonist, illustrator and animator; lives in Drøbak
Sport
- Gunnar Andersen (1890 in Drøbak – 1968) a footballer with 46 caps for Norway and ski jumper
- Tore Johannessen (1922–2005) an ice hockey referee, lived in Drøbak
- Pål Trulsen (born 1962 in Drøbak) a curler, team gold medallist at 2002 Winter Olympics
- Anders Pedersen (sailor) (born 1991 in Drøbak), is a Norwegian competitive sailor.
- Andrine Tomter (born 1995 in Drøbak) a footballer with 170 club caps and 16 with Norway women
International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway
Twin towns — Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Frogn:[7]
References
External links
Viken county, Norway |
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- Main article: Viken
- Capitals: Oslo, Moss, Drammen, Sarpsborg
- County government: Viken
- County lists:
- County Governors
- Villages
- Oslo diocese churches
- Tunsberg diocese churches
- Borg diocese churches
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- Son (1604-1963)
- Hvitsten (1837-1964)
- Hølen (1837-1943)
- Drøbak (1842-1961)
- Holmsbu (1847-1964)
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Municipalities | Current | Hallingdal and Numedal | |
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Lower Buskerud and Viken | |
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Hadeland and Ringerike | |
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Romerike | |
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Follo | |
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Østfold | |
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На других языках
- [en] Frogn
[ru] Фрогн
Фрогн (норв. Frogn) — коммуна в губернии Акерсхус в Норвегии. Административный центр коммуны — город Дрёбак. Официальный язык коммуны — букмол. Население коммуны на 2007 год составляло 14 245 чел. Площадь коммуны Фрогн — 85,66 км², код-идентификатор — 0215.
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