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Indre Østfold is a municipality in the region of Indre Østfold in Viken county . The municipality was established on January 1, 2020, by a merger of the five municipalities Askim , Eidsberg , Hobøl , Spydeberg and Trøgstad.[4][5]^{[circular reference]} The municipality has a total population of just under 45,000 inhabitants.^{[citation needed]}

Indre Østfold kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms Viken within Norway
Indre Østfold within Viken
Coordinates: 59°34′56″N 11°10′13″E
Country	Norway
County	Viken
District	indre Østfold
Government
• Mayor	Saxe Frøshaug (Senterpartiet)
Area
• Total	791.93 km2 (305.77 sq mi)
• Land	755.38 km2 (291.65 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	45,201[1]
• Rank	#23 in Norway
Demonym(s)	indre østfolding[2]
Official language [3]
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-3014
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Notable people

Public service & public thinking

• Haakon IV of Norway (1204 in Eidsberg – 1263) King of Norway 1217 to 1263 [6]
• Jacob Nicolai Wilse (1736–1801) a parish priest in Spydeberg and Eidsberg
• Nils Christian Frederik Hals (1758 in Eidsberg – 1838 in Trøgstad) a lieutenant colonel, commanded and surrendered Fredrikstad Fortress
• Olai Pedersen Wiig (1802 in Trøgstad - 1887) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Trøgstad 1844 to 1847
• Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch (1805 in Eidsberg – 1883) a Norwegian zoologist and academic
• Thea Foss (1857 in Eidsberg – 1927) founded Foss Maritime, the real-life person for Tugboat Annie
• Nordal Wille (1858 in Hobøl – 1924) a Norwegian botanist
• Adam Hiorth (1879 in Spydeberg – 1961) a Norwegian barrister and playwright
• Olga Bjoner (1887 in Askim – 1969) a Norwegian journalist and Nazi politician
• Jørgen Adolf Lier (1906–1994) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Askim several times
• Anton Skulberg (1921–2012) a scientist and politician, Mayor of Spydeberg 1963–1967
• Dagfinn Føllesdal (born 1932 in Askim) a Norwegian-American philosopher
• Oddbjørn Engvold (born 1938 in Askim) a Norwegian astronomer
• Erik Mollatt (born 1941) a Norwegian millionaire businessperson, lives in Hobøl

The Arts

• Enevold Thømt (1878 in Askim – 1958) a decorative painter inspired by Norwegian folk art
• Kirsten Sørlie (1926 in Askim – 2013) a Norwegian actress and stage director [7]
• Vidar Sandem (born 1947 in Trøgstad) a Norwegian actor, playwright and theatre director [8]
• Jan Garbarek (born 1947 in Mysen) a Norwegian jazz saxophonist
• Cecilie Løveid (born 1951 in Mysen) a novelist, poet, playwright and writer of children's books
• Rune Rudberg (born 1961 in Trøgstad) a Norwegian singer of dansband music
• Lene Alexandra (born 1981 in Trøgstad) a Norwegian singer, TV personality and model [9]
• Jon Audun Baar (born 1986 in Tomter, Hobøl) a Norwegian jazz drummer.

Sport

• brothers Henning Solberg (born 1973) & Petter Solberg (born 1974) former professional rallycross drivers, born in Askim and grew up in Spydeberg
• Jens Kristian Skogmo (born 1987 in Askim) a Norwegian footballer with 285 club caps
• Vibeke Skofterud (born 1980 in Askim Olympic Gold medallist in cross-country skiing

References

External links

• Media related to Indre Østfold at Wikimedia Commons

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