Mysen is the administrative center of the

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Eidsberg Eidsberg was a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the List of cities in Norway, town of Mysen. In 2020, Eidsberg was absorbed into the Indre Øst ...

in the

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. The town is named after the old farm of Mysen ( Norse ''Mysin'', from ''*Mosvin''), since the town is built on its ground. The first element is ''mosi'' m 'bog, marsh', and the last element is '' vin '' m 'meadow, pasture'.

History

Between 1920 and 1961, it was a separate municipality. Mysen became an independent municipality on 1 July 1920, when it was spun off from Eidsberg. On 1 January 1961, Mysen was merged again with Eidsberg. As with many other places in Eastern Norway, Mysen has grown up around a railway station, after Østfold Line's Eastern Line opened in 1882. Today, the station is an end stop for most local trains on the eastern line. Therefore, Mysen is a communication center for inner Østfold, with bus routes to most of the surrounding area, as well as Töcksfors in Sweden. The village had 6,084 inhabitants as of 1 January 2011. During the

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, there was a

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at Mysen. One camp commandant was Hans Aumeier, who was later tried and convicted at the

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Notable people from Mysen

Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Gar ...

, musician * Atle Næss, author * Eva Røine, psychologist and author * Brage Vastevik, gravity mountain biker

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Former municipalities of Norway Cities and towns in Norway Populated places in Østfold Eidsberg {{Østfold-geo-stub

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Notable people from Mysen

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