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Aurskog-Høland
Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold county was merged into Aurskog-Høland on 1 January 2020. General information Name The new municipality of Aurskog-Høland was created on 1 January 1966 after the merger of the four old municipalities of Aurskog, Nordre Høland, Søndre Høland, and Setskog. The name ''Aurskog'' comes from the old ''Ør'' farm (Old Norse: ''Aurr'' which means "gravel"). The last element is ''skog'' (Old Norse: ''skógr'' which means "wood" therefore the meaning of the full name is "the woods around the farm Aurr". Prior to 1918, the name was written "Urskog". The name ''Høland'' is an old district name. The first element is ''høy'' which means " hay" and the last element is ''land'' which means "land". Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is from modern times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engebret Soot
Engebret Olsen Soot (26 May 1786 – 3 March 1859) was a Norwegian engineer. He was one of Norway's first canal builders and joined the timber channels at Otteid and Mangen-Grasmo. He is known as the father of the Fredrikshald Canal (now known as the Halden Canal) in south-eastern Norway. He constructed locks and canals for the transport of both watercraft and timber. Biography Engebret Olsen Soot was born in Aurskog-Høland, Aurskog (now Aurskog-Høland) in Akershus, Norway. He started his career as a blacksmith and carpenter. In 1804, he built a mill on the Sotbekken, a small river at Lierfoss in Aurskog-Høland. From 1816 until 1825, he was a caretaker at the Mangenskogen forest in Aurskog-Høland. From 1827 to 1846 he was an inspector on the Halden watercourse () in Østfold and Akershus. In 1824 he built works from Fredrikshald, Norway, Fredrikshald to enable log transport from Stora Le in Dalsland, Sweden, into the Fredrikshald drainage basin, watershed. Soot built Ottei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setskog
Setskog is a village and a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It bordered Østfold county to the south, Hedmark county to the north and Sweden to the east. History Setskog was created by a split from Høland municipality on 1 January 1905. At that time Setskog had a population of 754. On 1 January 1966 Setskog merged with Nordre Høland, Søndre Høland and Aurskog to form the new municipality Aurskog-Høland. Prior to the merger Setskog had a population of 811. ''Setskog'' is an old district name. The first element is the name of the lake Setten, the last element is ''skog'' meaning 'forest, woodland'. The meaning of the name ''Setten'' is unknown. The Soot Canal, a timber transportation system constructed by Engebret Soot(1786-1859), went through Setskog from 1849 to 1938. It went from the lake Mortsjølungen on the border to Eidskog until the timber was transported on the Grasmobanen railroad, then through several lakes and a long narrow timbercanal, finally end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørkelangen
Bjørkelangen is a village of 3,196 inhabitants (January 2015 figures) in the Akershus county of south-eastern Norway. Located immediately north of Lake Bjørkelangen, it became the administrative centre of the Aurskog-Høland Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold county was m ... municipality in 1966. The village is home to a primary school, a junior high school, and two senior high schools: Bjørkelangen Videregående Skole, which is a traditional high school offering a broad academic curriculum, and Kjelle Videregående Skole, which focuses on agricultural and forestry education. Commercial facilities in Bjørkelangen include three grocery stores, two petrol stations, as well as a number of clothing stores and other retail outlets near the main, pedestrianized street. Gallery Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurskog
Aurskog is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre was Aursmoen. Aurskog was the location of the Battle of Toverud. The parish of ''Urskog'' was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 July 1919 the district of Blaker was separated to form a municipality of its own. The split left Aurskog with a population of 3.102. On 1 January 1966 Aurskog was merged with Nordre Høland, Søndre Høland and Setskog to form the new municipality Aurskog-Høland. Prior to the merger Aurskog had a population of 3.129. The name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Ør ( Norse ''Aurr'' 'gravel'), since the first church was built here. The last element is ''skog'' (Norse ''skógr'') 'woods' - and the meaning of the full name is 'the woods around the farm Aurr'. Until 1918 the name was written "Urskog". Bird Hunt of 1938 On the eve of World War II a sudden explosion in the population of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Heyerdahl
Anders Heyerdahl (29 October 1832 – 9 August 1918) was a Norwegian violinist, composer and folk music collector. He was born in what is today Aurskog-Høland and was the younger brother of engineer Halvor Emil Heyerdahl. He studied music mainly under Carl Arnold (composer), Carl Arnold. In addition to his own compositions, he spent the years 1856 to 1861 collecting folk music from Hallingdal and Aurskog. The work was published as ''Norske Dansar og Slåtter''. Heyerdahl also published the local historic work ''Urskogs Beskrivelse'', in 1882. He is the great-grandfather of the Norwegian singer Karin Krog and the granduncle of Thor Heyerdahl. References 1832 births 1918 deaths People from Aurskog-Høland Norwegian violinists Norwegian male violinists Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers {{Norway-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Norway
Municipalities in Norway are the basic unit of local government. Norway is divided into 15 administrative regions, called Counties of Norway, counties. These counties are subdivided into 357 municipality, municipalities (as of 2024). The capital city Oslo is both a county and a municipality. Municipalities are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient Health care, health services, old age, senior citizen services, welfare spending, welfare and other Social work, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Direct election, directly elected representatives. The mayor is Indirect election, indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. Law enforcement and Church of Norway, church services are provided at a national level in Norway. Municipalities are undergoing continuous change by dividing, consolidating, and adjusting boundaries. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Vaaler
Johan Vaaler (March 15, 1866 – March 14, 1910) was a Norway, Norwegian inventor and patent clerk. He has often erroneously been identified as the inventor of the common paper clip. Biography John was at Aurskog-Høland in Akershus, Norway. Vaaler worked from 1892 until his death in 1910 as a patent examiner and manager at the patent office of Alfred Jørgen Bryn (''Alfred J. Bryns Patentkontor'') in Kristiania (now Oslo). Around 1899, Vaaler designed a kind of binding to hold paper together, consisting of a thread of steel wire. He applied for a German patent on November 12, 1900 and it was granted on June 6, 1901. He also filed an application for a United States patent on January 9, 1901. The U.S. patent was granted on June 4, 1901. Unknown to Vaaler, a more functional and practical paper clip was already in production by the United Kingdom, British Gem Manufacturing Company Ltd, but not yet marketed in Norway. His design was inferior because it lacked the two fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rømskog
Rømskog was a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Rømskog. The former municipality of Rømskog was separated from Rødenes on 1 January 1902. Rømskog was well known as one of the smallest municipalities in Norway, in numbers of citizens, with just above 600 citizens. The word "skog" means "forest" in Norwegian language, Norwegian, and that is what Rømskog consists of together with the agricultural landscape. Farms and huge / deep forests and small lakes like the lake of Rømsjøen. Deep forests that Rømskog shares with the neighbouring municipalities across the border of Sweden. Slavasshøgda is a hill in Rømskog, and is the highest point in former Østfold county at . At January 1. 2020 Rømskog merged with neighbouring Aurskog-Høland Township, kommune (List of municipalities of Norway, municipality). General information Name The Old Norse form of the nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordre Høland
Nordre Høland is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It was created when Høland municipality was split in two on 1 July 1924. At that time Nordre Høland had a population of 3.188. On 1 January 1966 Nordre Høland was merged with Søndre Høland, Setskog and Aurskog to form the new municipality Aurskog-Høland Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold county was m .... Prior to the merger Nordre Høland had a population of 4.261. References * Former municipalities of Norway Aurskog-Høland {{Akershus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Christensen Kollerud
Christian Christensen Kollerud (6 August 176728 March 1833) was a Norwegian farmer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Christian Christensen Kollerud was born at Setskog in Høland (now Aurskog-Holand), in Akershus, Norway. He attended school in Halden, Fredrikshald (now Halden) while living with future Norwegian Government minister, Carsten Tank at ''Rød Herregård'', the family estate at Halden of merchant Nils Carstensen Tank (1725–1801). Christian Christensen Kollerud owned several farms including ''Øvre Kollerud'' in Høland as well as operating a sawmill. He represented Akershus at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, together with Peder Anker and Christian Magnus Falsen. He was married in 1788 with Mette Marie Colstad (1768–1816). They were the parents of Halvor Olaus Christensen and Thorvald Christian Christensen (1833–1913), both of whom served in the Norwegian Parliament. References External links Related Reading< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Søndre Høland
Søndre Høland is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It was created when Høland municipality was split in two on 1 July 1924. At that time Søndre Høland had a population of 2,106. On 1 January 1964 Søndre Høland was merged with Nordre Høland, Setskog and Aurskog to form the new municipality Aurskog-Høland Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold county was m .... Prior to the merger Søndre Høland had a population of 2,173. References * Former municipalities of Norway {{Akershus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betzy Akersloot-Berg
Betzy Rezora Akersloot-Berg (16 December 1850 – 18 December 1922) was a Norwegian-born seascape and landscape painter who spent most of her career on the Dutch island of Vlieland in Friesland. Biography She was born in the village of Aurskog in Akershus, Norway. Her parents, Casper Cristiansen Berg (1828-1914) and Bartha Nordbye (1829-1912) were landowners. Later, they moved to Oslo, Christiania (now Oslo) where her father became a businessman. Originally, she trained as a nurse, then worked as a combination nurse and missionary among the Sami people, Sami in Finnmark. However, she found herself attracted to painting and ultimately decided to take lessons at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (''Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole''), where she studied with Wilhelm von Hanno and Frits Thaulow. Later, she worked with Otto Sinding and followed him when he moved to Munich in Germany.Tone Skedsmo Betzy Akersloot-BergNorsk Kunstnerleksikon During a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
