Rødenes is a former municipality in the former

Østfold Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The parish of ''Rødenæs'' was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

). The district of

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 ...

was separated from Rødenes as a municipality of its own January 1, 1902. The split left Rødenes with a population of 1,378. Rødenes was merged with

Øymark Øymark is a former municipality now located in Marker municipality in Østfold county, Norway. Øymark was originally a part of Aremark formannskapsdistrikt (from 1837), but on 1 July 1903 Øymark was separated from Aremark to form a separat ...

to form the new municipality Marker January 1, 1964. Before the merger Rødenes had a population of 1,314.

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm Rødenes, since the first church was built there. The first element is (maybe) derived from Norse ''rauðr'' 'red', the last element is ''nes'' n 'headland'.

Rødenes Church

Rødenes Church (''Rødenes kirke'') is a medieval era church in the Rødenes parish. Rødenes church belongs to Østre Borgesyssel deanery of the

Diocese of Borg Borg is a diocese in the Church of Norway. The diocese includes parishes in the counties of Østfold and Akershus, excluding Asker and Bærum. It was created in 1969 by separation from the Diocese of Oslo. The Cathedral City is Fredrikstad. Fred ...

. The church is of

Romanesque architecture Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries. The style eventually developed into the Gothic style with the shape of the arches providing a simple distinction: the Ro ...

style and dates from 1230. The church has a rectangular nave and lower and narrower choir. The pulpit of oak is from the 1600s. The altarpiece dates from the 1720s. The edifice is of stone and brick. The church is of long plan and has 240 number of seats. The church underwent extensive reconstruction in the years 1703–1709. Between 1949 and 1952, the church was restored.

References

Former municipalities of Norway {{Østfold-geo-stub