Frogn

Frogn kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Akershus within Norway
Frogn within Akershus
Coordinates: 59°41′56″N 10°39′19″E / 59.69889°N 10.65528°E / 59.69889; 10.65528Coordinates: 59°41′56″N 10°39′19″E / 59.69889°N 10.65528°E / 59.69889; 10.65528
Country	Norway
County	Akershus
District	Follo
Administrative centre	Drøbak
Government
– Mayor (2007)	Thore Vestby (H)
Area
– Total	86 km2 (33.2 sq mi)
– Land	85 km2 (32.8 sq mi)
Area rank	395 in Norway
Population (2004)
– Total	13,153
– Rank	81 in Norway
– Density	155/km2 (401.4/sq mi)
– Change (10 years)	21.1 %
Demonym	Frognsokning[1]
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0215
Official language form	Bokmål
Website	www.frogn.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Frogn is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Drøbak. Frogn was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The city of Drøbak was merged with Frogn on 1 January 1962.

Frogn is located at the southern part of the peninsula between the main Oslofjord and Bunnefjorden. It borders Nesodden, Ås and Vestby.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Frogn farm (Old Norse: Fraun), since the first church was built here. The name must be very old and the meaning is unknown. One theory is that it is derived from the Norse word frauđ which means "manure" and the meaning would then be "the fertilized field". Prior to 1889, the name was written "Fron".

Between 1837 and 1865, the name of the municipality was Drøbak landdistrikt.^[2]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 20 May 1988. The arms symbolize the Oscarsborg Fortress in silver on a blue background. The fortress is on the Drøbaksund in the Oslofjord in the municipality. The fortress was built in the late 19th century and played a major role in the defence of Norway in the beginning of World War II.^[3]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway

Twin towns — Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Frogn:^[4]

• - Åmål, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
• - Loimaa, Länsi-Suomi, Finland
• - Türi, Järva County. Estonia

References

1. ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/. 
2. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Drøbak landdistrikt" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Dr%C3%B8bak_landdistrikt. Retrieved 16 October 2009. 
3. ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/f/frogn.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-18. 
4. ^ "Vennskapskommuner" (in Norwegian). Frogn municipality. http://www.frogn.kommune.no/portal/default.aspx. Retrieved 2008-12-18. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Media related to Frogn at Wikimedia Commons
• The Wiktionary definition of Frogn
• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
• Akershus travel guide from Wikitravel
• Drøbak travel guide from Wikitravel