Frogn Explained

Frogn
Idnumber:3214
County:Akershus
District:Follo
Capital:Drøbak
Demonym:Frognsokning
Language:Bokmål
Coatofarms:Frogn komm.svg
Munwebpage:www.frogn.kommune.no
Mayor:Hans Kristian Ranaas
Mayor Party:Sp
Mayor As Of:2019
Area Rank:395
Area Total Km2:86
Area Land Km2:85
Area Water Percent:0.03
Population As Of:2020
Population Rank:81
Population Total:15959
Populationpercent:0.29
Population Density Km2:188
Population Increase:9.14
Coordinates:59.6989°N 10.6553°W
Utm Zone:32V
Utm Northing:6619044
Utm Easting:0593159
Geo Cat:adm2nd

Frogn is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Drøbak. Frogn was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The city of Drøbak was merged with Frogn on 1 January 1962.

Frogn is located at the southern part of the peninsula between the main Oslofjord and Bunnefjorden. It borders Nesodden, Ås and Vestby.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Frogn farm (Old Norse: Fraun), since the first church was built here. The name must be very old and the meaning is unknown. One theory is that it is derived from the Norse word frauð which means "manure" and the meaning would then be "the fertilized field" (see also Frogner and Tøyen).

Prior to 1889, the name was written "Fron". Between 1837 and 1865, the name of the municipality was Drøbak landdistrikt.[1]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 20 May 1988. The arms symbolize the Oscarsborg Fortress in silver on a blue background. The fortress is on the Drøbaksund in the Oslofjord in the municipality. The fortress was built in the late 19th century and played a major role in the defence of Norway in the beginning of World War II.[2]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Frogn by country of origin in 2017[3]
AncestryNumber
Poland208
Sweden196
Denmark131
Lithuania110
Germany94
India89
Somalia82
United Kingdom64
Philippines55
Eritrea49

Notable people

Sport

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway.

Twin towns — Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Frogn:[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: 2007. Drøbak landdistrikt. Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. no. 16 October 2009.
  2. Web site: Norske Kommunevåpen. 1990. Nye kommunevåbener i Norden. 2008-12-18.
  3. Web site: Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population . en . ssb.no . 29 June 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true . 2 July 2015 .
  4. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0854012/ IMDb Database
  5. Web site: Vennskapskommuner . Frogn municipality . 2008-12-18 . no . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080713132851/http://www.frogn.kommune.no/portal/default.aspx . July 13, 2008 .