Eidsberg

Infobox_Kommune
name=Eidsberg
idnumber=0125
county=Østfold
landscape=Smaalenene
capital=Mysen
governor=Knut Jørgen Herland (Sp)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=311
area=236
arealand=229
areapercent=0.07
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=100
population=10,121
populationpercent=0.22
populationdensity=44
populationincrease=10.5
demonym=Eidsberging
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=59| lat_min=32| lat_sec=13| lon_deg=11| lon_min=21| lon_sec=37
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6602220 |utm_easting=0633471| geo_cat=adm2nd

munwebpage=www.eidsberg.kommune.no

Eidsberg is a municipality in the county of Østfold, Norway. The center of Eidsberg is the town of Mysen. Neighboring municipalities are Rakkestad, Askim, Skiptvet, Trøgstad and Marker in Østfold, and Aurskog-Høland in Akershus.

Eidsberg was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The town of Mysen was separated from Eidsberg as a municipality of its own July 1, 1920 - but it was again merged with Eidsberg January 1, 1961.

One of Eidsberg's sister cities is Nässjö in Sweden.

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Eidsberg (Norse "Eiðsberg"), since the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of "eið" n 'path around a waterfall', the last element is "berg" n 'mountain'.

Until 1847 the name was written "Edsberg".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1962). It shows the head of a bear.