- Skiptvet
Infobox_Kommune
name=Skiptvet
idnumber=0127
county=Østfold
landscape=
capital=Meieribyen
governor=Svein Olav Agnalt (Ap)
governor_as_of=2007
arearank=384
area=101
arealand=93
areapercent=0.03
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=251
population=3,336
populationpercent=0.07
populationdensity=36
populationincrease=8.7
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=59| lat_min=28| lat_sec=50| lon_deg=11| lon_min=8| lon_sec=40
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6595537 |utm_easting=0621472| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.skiptvet.kommune.noSkiptvet is a municipality in the county of
Østfold ,Norway .Skiptvet was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ).The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Skiptvet (Norse "Skipþveit" and/or "Skygþveit"), since the first church was built here. The meaning of the first element(s) is not known, the last element is "þveit" f 'clearing in the wood'.
Until 1889 the name was written "Skibtvet".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1981). It shows a dragon - and it is based upon an old legend about a dragon living in the parish. (And a tarn near the church is still called "Dragehullet" 'the dragons pit'.)
(See also the coat-of-arms of
Stjørdal .)
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