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. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt) and City in 1720. The rural municipality of
Jeløy Jeløy (until 1920 named ''Moss herred'' - ''Moss rural district'') was a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway. Jeløy was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It was merged with the urban municipali ...
was merged with the city on 1 July 1943. The former municipality of
Rygge Rygge was a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It was merged into Moss, Norway, Moss municipality on January 1, 2020. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rygge. Ryg ...
was merged into it on January 1, 2020. Its administrative district covers areas east of the town, such as the island of Dillingøy in the lake
Vansjø Vansjø is a lake in the municipalities of Moss, Råde, Rygge, Våler in Østfold county, Norway. Vansjø is part of Moss watershed (''Mossevassdraget'') stretching from Østmarka. Vansjø has four inflow rivers. The lake is fed by the Hobø ...
. Parts of the town are located on the peninsula of Jeløy. The city of Moss has 30,723 inhabitants (2012).


Name

The
Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...
form of the name was . It may be derived from an old root ''mer-'' which means to "divide" or "split". The adjacent topography shares similar etymology: * , Mosse-"marsh-river-border"+ (see , , Old Norse for river). The name is thought to be very old and the meaning of it is not clear. * , Mosse-"marsh-river-border"+ (Moss channel). * , Mosse-"marsh-river-border"+ -"court" akin to ''hort''(''us,en''), "garden," from PIE *ghr-ti-, from base *gher- "to grasp, enclose" (see yard) Actually "Moss county".


History

Archeological finds suggest that there were settlements in the area more than 7,000 years ago and continuously through the
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,
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, through to modern times. During the Viking era, the place was known as ''Varna'' (from the Old Norse , or protection) and was the site of a cooperative for battleships held by local warlords on behalf of the king. The first literary reference to the name ''Mo(u)ſs(ß)'' is from Bishop Eystein Aslaksson's Red book (NRA AM fol. 328) from 1396, and by then the town had become a commercial center with craftsmen and mills. By the 16th century, the town's port was significant enough to warrant its own customs official. Liquor
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became one of the dominant industries, and it was not until 1607, after the
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, that the town got its own church. By 1700, Moss had become a hub for both ship and land traffic between
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and Christiania, and in 1704 Moss Jernverk (Moss Ironworks) was established just north of the city center. By 1720 it received its charter as a merchant town, with its own official. This may have had background in an important battle in 1716 that was fought in the town square in Moss in which Norwegian troops commanded by
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prevailed over invading Swedish forces, sent by
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to capture
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. In 1767 a local resident built a "pleasure pavilion" near the town, which survives as the Hotel
Refsnes Gods Refsnes Gods is a hotel near the town of Moss, Norway, on the island of Jeløy. According to Frommer's travel guide, it is "the most elegant resort in the environs of Oslo". The building was originally constructed in 1767 as a pleasure pavilion ...
. In 1814, Moss became the site for the signing of the Convention of Moss, which effectively put an end to the
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kingdom. This set the stage for economic development that has persisted to this day. On the morning of 14 July 2006, a
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exploded above the nearby town of Rygge - moments later, several stony meteorites fell over Moss. A number of meteorites were recovered by local residents and visiting meteorite hunters, which after analysis and classification, were found to be a rare type of carbonaceous chondrite.


Seal and coat-of-arms

Moss became a separate city in 1786 and received its first seal the same year. The seal showed a church under some clouds, placed within a circle. Above the circle were fasces, the late 19th century symbol of freedom. A later seal, dating from around 1829, shows the same composition, but with six birds flying around the church. In the 1930s the city wanted to adopt a
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and the birds were chosen as a possible symbol. The original birds were likely
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s, a symbol of peace. In 1934, the idea of the
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was launched. The residents of Moss have long been referred to as crows. An old tale tells of a number of birds, thought to have been crows, swarming around the church spire due to a fire that started when lightning struck a birds' nest in the spire. The fire was quickly put out; birds became a motif in the city seal (and later coat-of-arms) for that reason. The coat-of-arms was granted on 2 April 1954 and shows a yellow crow on a red background. It was designed by Christian Stenersen.


Norwegian lady statues

Moss and
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in the United States are
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. On Good Friday, 27 March 1891, the Norwegian bark ''Dictator'', whose home port was Moss, was lost in the treacherous waters of the
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. The ship had been en route to England from Pensacola, Florida with a cargo of Georgia Pine
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. After being caught and disabled in a storm, she was headed for port at Hampton Roads,
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to make repairs when she encountered another storm just off Virginia Beach. Working in the high winds and seas, lifesaving crews from shore were able to save some of the 17 persons aboard. However, the pregnant wife of Captain J.M. Jorgensen, Johanne, and their 4-year-old son Carl were among the 7 persons who drowned. The ship's wooden female
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had washed ashore. It was placed in a vertical position facing the ocean near the
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as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the shipwreck. It was a landmark there for more than 60 years, but gradually became weathered and eroded. In 1962, Norwegian sculptor
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was commissioned to create two nine-foot bronze replicas of the original figurehead by the City of Moss. The Norwegian Lady Statues were unveiled on 22 September 1962. One was presented as a gift to Virginia Beach, and an exact duplicate was erected in Moss to unite the two sister cities. Each statue gives the appearance of facing the other across the
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. On 13 October 1995,
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visited the Norwegian Lady statue in Virginia Beach, and placed memorial flowers.


Geography

Moss is located on the eastern shore of
Oslofjord The Oslofjord (, ; en, Oslo Fjord) is an inlet in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the and lighthouses and down to in the south to Oslo in the north. It is part of the Skagerrak strait, connecting the Nor ...
, 60 km south of Oslo. The municipality also includes some islands, like Jeløya. The Raet goes through the municipality. The area is forested lowland, the highest point is 140 m asl. 84 % of the population is located in the town Moss.


Climate

Moss has a
humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(Dfb), or a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) if the original threshold in the
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is used. The weather station at Moss Airport Rygge (40 m) started recording temperature in 1955. The all-time high was recorded August 1982, and the all-time low in February 1985. 10 of the record lows are from before 1990, and only the December record low is from after 2000. Rygge airport is located more inland and will have colder lows in winter and autumn than the town. The average date for first overnight freeze (below ) in autumn is October 7 (1981-2010 average) at Rygge.


Industry

The town is known for paper mills, as well as
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and other factories. Dillingøy is known as a place for alternative non-military civil service. Moss is mentioned since the
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and was the site of the signing of the Convention of Moss in 1814, which solidified the union with Sweden. The headquarters of textile producer
Helly Hansen Helly Hansen (HH) is a Norwegian manufacturer and retailer of clothing and sports equipment and a subsidiary of the Canadian retail chain Canadian Tire. Currently headquartered in Oslo, it was previously headquartered in Moss, Norway from its fou ...
were located in Moss until 2009. The maker of international hotel keycards, Trio Ving, also has their headquarters here.


Transport

The railway
Østfold Line The Østfold Line ( no, Østfoldbanen) is a railway line which runs from Oslo through the western parts of Follo and Østfold to Kornsjø in Norway. It continues through Sweden as the Norway/Vänern Line. The northern half is double track and ...
runs through Moss, stopping at Moss Station, which is the southern terminus of one service of the
Oslo Commuter Rail Oslo Commuter Rail ( no, Lokaltog Østlandet) is a commuter rail centered in Oslo, Norway, connecting the capital to six counties in Eastern Norway. The system is operated by Vy (formerly NSB) and its subsidiary Vy Gjøvikbanen, using Class 69 ...
and an intermediate stop for regional trains. Moss connects across the
Oslofjord The Oslofjord (, ; en, Oslo Fjord) is an inlet in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the and lighthouses and down to in the south to Oslo in the north. It is part of the Skagerrak strait, connecting the Nor ...
to Horten via the Moss–Horten Ferry. There are also bus-lines to
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, Gothenburg,
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,
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in addition to local bus lines. Moss port is one of the top 3 busiest container ports in Norway (measured in TEUs).


Health care

Together with Østfold Kalnes Hospital, Østfold Moss Hospital covers general health care services for the municipality. The hospital is a modern unit for planned operations. There is a large outpatient and inpatient activity in a number of disciplines, in the field of
somatics Somatics is a field within bodywork and movement studies which emphasizes internal physical perception and experience. The term is used in movement therapy to signify approaches based on the soma, or "the body as perceived from within", inclu ...
and mental health care as well as an operation department for both inpatient and day surgery. There is an eye department, imaging services, blood sampling and blood bank and more. The municipality also has three health stations - City center, Bredsand and Kambo health stations.


Sport

Moss FK Moss Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club, founded on 28 August 1906. They play in the 2. divisjon, the third highest division in the Norwegian football league system. They played in the Norwegian top flight between 1937-1939, 1953-1954, ...
are the town's football club. They play in the Second Division, and have played in the Norwegian Premier League as recently as 2002.


Notable people

; people from Moss are known locally as ''"Mossinger"'' *
Ari Behn Ari Mikael Behn (; , or ; 30 September 1972 – 25 December 2019) was a Norwegian author, playwright, and visual artist. Known as Mikael Bjørshol until 1996, Behn achieved early literary success with his 1999 short story collection ''Trist so ...
(1972–2019), author and playwright; former husband of
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (born 22 September 1971) is a member of the Norwegian royal family, a businesswoman and a self-described clairvoyant. The only daughter of King Harald V and Queen Sonja, she is fourth in the line of success ...
; brought up in Moss * Tina Bru (born 1986 in Moss), politician and government minister *
Palle Rømer Fleischer Palle Rømer Fleischer (25 October 1781 – 4 April 1851) was a Norwegian Military Officer and Government Minister. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Palle Rømer Fleischer was born at Moss in Østfold, Norw ...
(1781 in Moss – 1851), representative at the
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*
Gregers Gram Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram (15 December 1917 – 13 November 1944) was a Norwegian resistance fighter and saboteur. A corporal and later second lieutenant in the Norwegian Independent Company 1 ( no, Kompani Linge) during the Second World ...
(1846 in Moss – 1929),
Norwegian prime minister The prime minister of Norway ( no, statsminister, which directly translates to "minister of state") is the head of government and chief executive of Norway. The prime minister and Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government department ...
in Stockholm, 1889 to 1891 * Christopher Hansteen (1822 in Moss – 1912), judge, associate justice on the
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, 1867 to 1905 *
Eyvind Hellstrøm Eyvind Hellstrøm (born 2 December 1948) is a Norwegian chef and formerly the part owner of Bagatelle restaurant, a two- Michelin-starred restaurant in the city of Oslo. He was the president of the 2008 Bocuse d'Or Europe, is frequently a judge a ...
((born 1948 in Moss), gourmet chef and TV personality * Knut Jacobsen (1910–1971), actor and costume designer * Gretha Kant (born 1945), politician, mayor of Moss, 1995 to 2003 * Jorunn Kristiansen,
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1959 * David Menkin (born 1977 in Moss), film, TV and voice actor *
Jon Michelet Jon Michelet (14 July 1944, Moss – 14 April 2018, Oslo) was a Norwegian novelist. He had experience in various lines of work, including sailor and dock worker and references to these experiences can be found in his writing. His writing spans sev ...
(1944 in Moss – 2018), novelist, author of crime novels, newspaper columns, and children's books *
Grynet Molvig Ann-Kristin "Grynet" Molvig (born 23 December 1942 in Rygge) is a Norwegian actress and singer. She made her name as a singer in the 1960, with acts such as Kjell Karlsen and Willy Andresen. Later, she also started performing in Sweden, often ...
(born 1942 in Rygge), Norwegian actress and singer *
Hanna Paulsberg Hanna Paulsberg (born 13 November 1987 in Rygge, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor saxophone) and composer. Career Paulsberg started playing saxophone at the age of fifteen, after listening to a cd with American saxophone player S ...
(born 1987 in Rygge), jazz musician (tenor saxophone) and composer * Johan Scharffenberg (1869 in Moss – 1965), psychiatrist, politician, speaker, and writer * Per Schwenzen (1899 in Moss – 1984), writer of screenplays and librettos for operettas * Arild Sibbern (1785 in Rygge – 1863), representative at the
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* Georg Sibbern (1816 in Rygge – 1901),
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1858/61 and 1861/1871 *
Torgrim Sørnes Torgrim Sørnes (born March 2, 1956, in Moss) is a Norwegian physician, historian and author, who has written extensively on Norwegian social and forensic history. Early life and education Sørnes was born in Moss, Østfold, and raised on the ...
(born 1956 in Moss), physician, historian, and author


Sports

* Einar Jan Aas (born 1955 in Moss), former footballer with 35 caps for
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*
Agnete Carlsen Agnete Synnøve Carlsen (born 15 January 1971) is a former Norwegian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. With the Norway women's national team, Carlsen won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup and an Olympic bronze medal in 1996. At ...
(born 1971 in Moss), former footballer with 97 caps with Norway women * Erik Holtan (born 1969 in Moss), retired football goalkeeper with 330 club caps * Rune Pedersen (born 1963 in Moss), former football referee *
Thomas Myhre Thomas Harald Myhre (born 16 October 1973) is a Norwegian football manager and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the manager of Moss. The last club he played for before his retirement was Kongsvinger, ha ...
(born 1973, grew up in Moss), retired football goalkeeper with 56 caps for
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*
Erland Johnsen Erland Johnsen (born 5 April 1967) is a Norwegian football manager and former professional footballer who is director of youth at Sarpsborg 08 FF. As a player he was a centre back from 1983 until 1999, notably in the Premier League for Chelse ...
(born 1967, grew up in Moss), retired footballer with 24 caps for
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International relations


Twin towns — Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Moss: * Aguacatán, Guatemala *
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, Iceland *
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, Denmark * Karlstad, Sweden *
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Use of preposition with ''Moss''

"In Moss" is translated ''i Moss''. In the 1800s one said n Moss''på Moss''.


In popular culture

*A traditional expression, he hay scale at Moss''høyvekta på Moss'', means "something that you can not trust". *Moss is known throughout Norway for the local "dish" "Pølse i Vaffel" - sausage in waffle. The dish consists of a
Vienna Sausage A Vienna sausage (german: Wiener Würstchen, Wiener; Viennese/Austrian German: ''Frankfurter Würstel'' or ''Würstl''; Swiss German: ''Wienerli''; Swabian: ''Wienerle'' or ''Saitenwurst'') is a thin parboiled sausage traditionally made of por ...
served in a Scandinavian style waffle with ketchup and mustard. The dish was most likely created in the 1960s, but this is widely discussed.
Eyvind Hellstrøm Eyvind Hellstrøm (born 2 December 1948) is a Norwegian chef and formerly the part owner of Bagatelle restaurant, a two- Michelin-starred restaurant in the city of Oslo. He was the president of the 2008 Bocuse d'Or Europe, is frequently a judge a ...
- who later became a Michelin-star chef - and his brother Jan are often referred to as the creators. Eyvind Hellstrøm has not denied this in interviews.


Gallery

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References


External links


Municipal fact sheet
from Statistics Norway *
Municipal website

Municipal website



Foto-Moss.com

Mossby.no
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Moss Avis
local newspaper
Short historical summary of Moss



"Mofs Avis", parodic local newspaper
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