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Frosta kommune — Municipality — 
Coat of arms
Nord-Trøndelag within
NorwayFrosta within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°36′14″N 10°46′28″E / 63.60389°N 10.77444°ECoordinates: 63°36′14″N 10°46′28″E / 63.60389°N 10.77444°E Country Norway County Nord-Trøndelag Administrative centre Frosta Government – Mayor (2009) Frode Revhaug (H) Area – Total 76.34 km2 (29.5 sq mi) – Land 74.30 km2 (28.7 sq mi) – Water 2.04 km2 (0.8 sq mi) Area rank 399 in Norway Population (2011) – Total 2,538 – Rank 307 in Norway – Density 34/km2 (88.1/sq mi) – Change (10 years) 4.3 % Demonym Frosting[1] Time zone CET (UTC+1) – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) ISO 3166 code NO-1717 Official language form Neutral Website frosta.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway Frosta is the smallest municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Frosta. The municipality is located in the middle of the Trondheimsfjord, on a peninsula just north of Trondheim. It also includes the island of Tautra which is connected to the mainland by a causeway bridge.
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General information
Frosta was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It is one of very few municipalities in Norway with unchanged borders since that date.[2]
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was (also) Frosta. The meaning of the name is unknown. Historically, the name was also spelled Frosten.[3]
Coat-of-arms
The coat of arms was granted in 1987. The arms show a gold sceptre or mace on a green background. The coat-of-arms is inspired by the old seal of the Frostating, where King Magnus VI the law-mender is sitting with a lily sceptre in his hand.[4]
Churches
The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Frosta. It is part of the Sør-Innherad deanery and the Diocese of Nidaros.
Churches in Frosta Parish
(Sokn)Church Name Location
of the ChurchYear Built Frosta Frosta Church Frosta 1866 Logtun Church Logtun 1500s History
Tinghaugen, Frostating
Several rock engraving sites can be found in the parish, together with burial mounds from Viking times. Archaeologists have for the first time found the remnants of a Viking harbour (Vikinghavna på Fånestangen) in Norway at Frosta. A number of logs sticking up along the shoreline at Frosta have been dated back to around year 1000.
Norway's oldest court, Frostating, had its seat here at Tinghaugen, close to the mediaeval church at Logtun. On the island of Tautra can be found the remains of Tautra Abbey, a Trappist (Reformed Cistercian) convent, established in 1207.
Economy
Agriculture makes up the largest business in Frosta, which is sometimes called "Trondheim's kitchen garden" due to the substantial production of vegetables, strawberries, and flowers.
Notable residents
- Anna Ceselie Brustad Moe, politician for the Centre Party
- Lars Myraune, military leader and politician
- Karin Pettersen, team handball player and Olympic medalist
- Vidar Riseth, former football player
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1903) (in Norwegian) (dokpro.uio.no). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 62. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=240369&avid=53391.
- ^ "Nord-Trøndelag fylke" (in Norwegian). http://home.no.net/~thuridcs/Kommvpn/N-Trondelag/beskr-n-trondelag.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
External links
- Nord-Trøndelag travel guide from Wikitravel
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Turist information (Norwegian)
- Local newspaper (Norwegian)
- Tautra Cistercian abbey
- Municipal main page (Norwegian)
- The international Frosta festival (Norwegian)
- Hauganfjæra Camping (Norwegian)
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