Nannestad Explained

Nannestad
Idnumber:3238
County:Akershus
District:Romerike
Capital:Teigebyen
Language:Bokmål
Coatofarms:Nannestad komm.svg
Demonym:Nannestadsokning
Munwebpage:www.nannestad.kommune.no
Mayor:Anne-Ragni K. Amundsen
Mayor Party:Ap
Mayor As Of:2007-
Area Rank:259
Area Total Km2:341
Area Land Km2:324
Area Water Percent:0.11
Population As Of:2012
Population Rank:102
Population Total:11362
Populationpercent:0.22
Population Density Km2:31
Population Increase:23.0
Coordinates:60.2456°N 10.9528°W
Utm Zone:32V
Utm Northing:6680371
Utm Easting:0608114
Geo Cat:adm2nd

Nannestad is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Teigebyen.

History

Nannestad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

Store norske leksikon writes that "At søndre Låke gård (a farm), South of Nannestad Church, Skule Bårdsson beat Birkebeinar (a political group), [... on a battlefield] South of the farm".[1]

Name and coat-of-arms

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Nannestad farm (Old Norse: Nannastaðir), since the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of Nanni (an old Norse male name) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1990. The arms show three yellow coltsfoot flowers on a green background. This is a flower that is prevalent in the area.[2]

Geography

Nannestad is located in northwestern Akershus county, with inhabitants concentrated at Romerikssletta. It includes the villages of Maura, Åsgreina, Eltonåsen, Steinsgård and Teigebyen, that last being the administrative centre.

Demographics

In 2017, 539 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 239 had Lithuanian parents and/or were Lithuanian.[3]

--+ Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nannestad by country of origin in 2017-->
AncestryNumber[4]
Poland539
Lithuania239
Pakistan179
Sweden156
Philippines143
Thailand117
Germany61
Romania56
56
53

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://snl.no/Nannestad "På søndre Låke gård, sør for Nannestad kirke, skal hertug Skule Bårdsson ha slått birkebeinerne i et slag sør for gården i 1240."
  2. Web site: Kommunevåpen. 2008-12-20. no.
  3. Web site: Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population. en . ssb.no . 25 June 2017.
  4. Web site: Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population. en . ssb.no . 25 June 2017.
  5. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1800765/ IMDb Database