Skiptvet is a
municipality in
Viken county,
Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of
Meieribyen. Skiptvet was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see ''
formannskapsdistrikt
() is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January ...
'').
General information
Name
The municipality (originally the
parish) is named after the old Skiptvet farm (
Old Norse: ''Skipþveit'' and/or ''Skygþveit'') because the first church was built here. The meaning of the first element(s) is not known, and the last element is ''þveit'' 'clearing in the woods'. Prior to 1889, the name was written ''Skibtvet''.
Coat-of-arms
The
coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 27 November 1981. The arms show a silver
dragon
A dragon is a reptilian legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as ...
on a red background. The dragon is derived from a local
legend, in which a dragon went to sleep in the local churchyard every morning. In the evening the dragon went back to the forest, where it had its lair. A
tarn near the church is still called ''Dragehullet'' meaning "the dragon's pit".
Notable people
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Jens Christian Spidberg (1684 in Skiptvet - 1762) cartographer, theologian, priest and Bishop of the
Diocese of Agder og Telemark
The Diocese of Agder og Telemark ( no, Agder og Telemark bispedømme) is a diocese of the Church of Norway, covering all of Agder county and most of Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. The cathedral city is Kristiansand, Norway's fifth la ...
References
External links
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Municipal fact sheetfrom
Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.
Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every yea ...
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Municipalities of Østfold
Municipalities of Viken (county)
Villages in Østfold