- Rolvsøy
Rolvsøy is an island and a former municipality in
Østfold county, Norway.It was created by a split from Tune on
1 January 1911 . At that time Rolvsøy had a population of 2,381.On
1 January 1994 Rolvsøy was incorporated intoFredrikstad , the neighboring municipality to the south. Prior to the merger Rolvsøy had a population of 5,947.The
Tune ship , aviking ship dating from ca. 900, was found in Rolvsøy in 1867. It was so named because Rolvsøy was a part of Tune at that time.The name
The
Norse form of the name was (probably) "*Rolfsøy". The first element is then the genitive case of the male name "Rolf r", the last element is "øy" f 'island'.References
*cite paper | author=Dag Jukvam / Statistics Norway | title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen | date=1999 | url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdfl
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