- Skjeberg
Skjeberg is a former municipality in
Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre wasBorgenhaugen .The parish of Skjeberg was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ). The property Hagelund with 8 inhabitants was moved toHalden municipality January 1, 1968.The rural municipality of Skjeberg was (together with Tune and
Varteig ) merged with the city ofSarpsborg January 1, 1992. Prior to the merger Skjeberg had a population of 14,295. [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]The urban areas of Skjeberg has a population of 1,919. [cite paper | author=Statistics Norway | title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2006 | date=2006 | url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/tab-2006-07-05-01-en.html]
The name
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm of Skjeberg (
Norse "*Skjalfberg"), since the first church was built there. The first element is (probably) "skjalf" f 'shelf', the last element is "berg" n 'rocky hill, mountain'.References
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