- Nittedal
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Nittedal kommune — Municipality — 
Coat of arms
Akershus within
NorwayNittedal within Akershus
Coordinates: 60°4′23″N 10°52′20″E / 60.07306°N 10.87222°ECoordinates: 60°4′23″N 10°52′20″E / 60.07306°N 10.87222°E Country Norway County Akershus District Romerike Administrative centre Rotnes Government - Mayor (2008) Mette Tønder (H) Area - Total 186 km2 (71.8 sq mi) - Land 179 km2 (69.1 sq mi) Area rank 338 in Norway Population (2006 Q2) - Total 19,722 - Rank 47 in Norway - Density 108/km2 (279.7/sq mi) - Change (10 years) 18.0 % Demonym Nittedøl or
Nittedøling[1]Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) ISO 3166 code NO-0233 Official language form Bokmål Website nittedal.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway Nittedal is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rotnes.
The parish of Nitedal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
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General information
Name
The name (Old Norse: Nitjudalr) is an old district name. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Nitja (now Nitelva) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The meaning of the river name is unknown. Prior to 1918, the name was written "Nittedalen".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 23 January 1987. The arms show the two silver lines running in a bend sinister direction on a green background. They represent the main transportation lines that run through the municipality from Oslo to other parts of the country: the main highway and the railroad, they also can represent skiing tracks, an old winter transportation method. At the same time the two lines symbolize matches, as one of Norway's oldest match factories was founded in Nittedal. The lines also symbolize tree logs, as forestry is of great importance for the local economy.[2][3]
Geography
Nittedal town hall.
Nittedal lies directly northeast of Oslo and serves as a suburb to the capital. It is located on both sides of the Nitelva river. The southernmost population centre is Hagan. Further north lie the centres of Slattum, Rotnes, Åneby, Grønvoll, Varingskollen, and Hakadal.
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Nittedal:[4]
- Fredensborg, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Håbo, Uppsala County, Sweden
- Ingå, Uusimaa, Finland
Famous people
This list includes people who have resided in, or are associated with, Nittedal:
- Jarle Bernhoft, musician
- Berit Berthelsen, pentathlete and long jumper
- John Anders Bjørkøy, footballer
- Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen, biathlete
- Lena Boysen, dog musher
- Arnar Førsund, footballer
- Odd Martinsen, cross-country skier, father of Bente Skari
- Kristian Flittie Onstad, footballer
- Terje Pedersen, javelin thrower
- Marianne Pettersen, footballer
- Borghild Rud, illustrator
- Tommy Rustad, rally driver
- Bente Skari, cross-country skier
- Inge Solli, mayor
- Hanne Staff, orienteer
- Harald Sohlberg, painter
- Svend Rasmussen Svendsen, Norwegian American impressionist artist
- Ib Thomsen, politician
- Terje Thorslund, javelin thrower
- Gudmund Vindland, writer
- Kjell Magne Yri, linguist
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/n/nittedal.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ "Nittedals kommunevåpen". Nittedal kommune. http://www.nittedal.kommune.no/en/Toppmeny/Info-om-Nittedal/Kommunevapen/. Retrieved 2008-12-20. (Norwegian)
- ^ "Lenker". Nittedal kommune. http://www.nittedal.kommune.no/en/Lenker/. Retrieved 2008-12-20. (Norwegian)
External links
Media related to Nittedal at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Nittedal- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Akershus travel guide from Wikitravel
- Nittedal travel guide from Wikitravel
- Varingen: the local newspaper
- Population changes from 1951 onwards
Municipalities of Akershus 
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