- Trøgstad
Infobox_Kommune
name=Trøgstad
idnumber=0122
county=Østfold
landscape=
capital=Skjønhaug
governor=Tor Melvold (Ap)
governor_as_of=2007
arearank=328
area=204
arealand=188
areapercent=0.06
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=193
population=4,953
populationpercent=0.11
populationdensity=284646
populationincrease=3.5
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=59| lat_min=39| lat_sec=5| lon_deg=11| lon_min=20| lon_sec=23
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6614923 |utm_easting=0631858| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.trogstad.kommune.noTrøgstad is a municipality in the county of Østfold, it is divided into the parishes Trøgstad and
Båstad .The parish of "Trygstad" was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ).The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Trøgstad (Norse "Þrygsstaðir" and/or "Þrjúgsstaðir"), since the first church was built here. The meaning of the first element is not known (maybe a male nickname), the last element is "staðir" 'homestead, farm'.
Until 1889 the name was written "Trygstad".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1979). It shows an
anvil . (There used to be a lot of excellent blacksmiths in the municipality.)The scene of the crime for the World War II-era
Feldmann case is at Skrikerudtjernet in Trøgstad.
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