Øvrebø Explained

Official Name:Øvrebø
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Agder#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Southern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Agder
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Kristiansand
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Vennesla
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:4715 Øvrebø
Elevation M:225
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:58.2914°N 7.7783°W

Øvrebø is a rural district and village in Vennesla municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 25km (16miles) north-northwest of the city of Kristiansand. The village of Skarpengland lies about east of Øvrebø.

The district of Øvrebø covers the central part of Vennesla municipality. Historically, the district of Øvrebø was a separate municipality known as Øvrebø which existed from 1838 until 1865, and then again from 1896 until 1964.[2] In Skarpengland, there is a bank, a post office, several stores, a motor repair shop, and a school. Øvrebø is known for the "Øvrebø ski", found at Mushom and considered for many years to be Norway's oldest preserved ski. It can be seen in the Holmenkollen Ski Museum in Oslo.

Name

The village is named after the old Øvrebø farm (Old Norse: Øfribœr), since the first Øvrebø Church was built there. The first part of the name means "upper" and second part of the name is identical with the word bœr which means "farm" and it is cognate with the Dutch language word "boer" which means "farmer". The name therefore means "the upper farm".[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Øvrebø, Vennesla (Vest-Agder). yr.no. 2017-01-16.
  2. Web site: Øvrebø – tidligere kommune. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2017-01-16.
  3. Book: Rygh, Oluf. Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt. 9. Oluf Rygh. W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. 1912. Kristiania, Norge. 36. Norwegian.