| Eidsberg | |
| Former: | yes |
| Idnumber: | 0125 |
| County: | Østfold |
| District: | Smaalenene |
| Capital: | Mysen |
| Demonym: | Eidsberging |
| Language: | Bokmål |
| Coatofarms: | Eidsberg komm.svg |
| Munwebpage: | www.eidsberg.kommune.no |
| Mayor: | Knut Jørgen Herland |
| Mayor Party: | Sp |
| Mayor As Of: | 2003 |
| Area Rank: | 311 |
| Area Total Km2: | 236 |
| Area Land Km2: | 229 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.07 |
| Population As Of: | 2004 |
| Population Rank: | 100 |
| Population Total: | 10121 |
| Populationpercent: | 0.22 |
| Population Density Km2: | 44 |
| Population Increase: | 10.5 |
| Coordinates: | 59.5369°N 11.3603°W |
| Utm Zone: | 32V |
| Utm Northing: | 6602220 |
| Utm Easting: | 0633471 |
| Geo Cat: | adm2nd |
Eidsberg was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the town of Mysen. In 2020, Eidsberg was absorbed into the Indre Østfold municipality.[1] [2]
Eidsberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The town of Mysen was separated from Eidsberg to form a municipality of its own on 1 July 1920, but it was merged back into the municipality of Eidsberg on 1 January 1961.
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Eidsberg farm (Old Norse: Eiðsberg) because the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of eið 'path around a waterfall' and the last element is berg 'mountain'. Prior to 1847, the name was spelled Edsberg.
The coat-of-arms was from modern times. It was granted on 16 March 1962. The arms show a bear, which is taken as a symbol for Arnbjørn Jonsson, who lived in Eidsberg. The bear is canting for Bjørn (Norwegian: bear). He was a well-known warrior during the civil war era under King Håkon Håkonsson, until his death in 1240.[3]
| Ancestry | Number | |
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 Poland | 398 | |
 Iraq | 178 | |
 Lithuania | 140 | |
| 99 | ||
 Sweden | 81 | |
| 65 | ||
| 58 | ||
 Somalia | 47 | |
 Pakistan | 40 | |
 Denmark | 36 |