Official Name: | Siggerud |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Akershus |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Østlandet |
Subdivision Name2: | Akershus |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Siggerud is a village in the municipality of Ski, Norway, just a few kilometres away from the border of the municipality of Oslo where most of Siggerud's population work. Its population (2005) is 1,353, but probably over 2000 if you count the area around.
Siggerud is a small place, but has recently hosted a number of celebrities, some of which are known outside Norway. The most famous is probably Lasse Kjus who won the alpine World Cup twice. Other celebrities from Siggerud include Christian Ingebrigtsen, who is in the boy band A1, Trude Mostue, well known in the UK as "Trude the Vet", TV host, actor and journalist, Christian Strand (adoptive son of political editor in the newspaper Dagsavisen, Arne Strand), Herman Flesvig, Fredric Aasbø, plus various local celebrities, amongst other people including Christian's dad Stein Ingebrigtsen.