| Skiptvet | |
| Idnumber: | 3116 |
| County: | Østfold |
| Capital: | Meieribyen |
| Language: | Bokmål |
| Demonym: | Skjetving |
| Coatofarms: | Skiptvet komm.svg |
| Munwebpage: | www.skiptvet.kommune.no |
| Mayor Party: | Ap |
| Mayor As Of: | 2007 |
| Area Rank: | 384 |
| Area Total Km2: | 101 |
| Area Land Km2: | 93 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.03 |
| Population As Of: | 2004 |
| Population Rank: | 251 |
| Population Total: | 3336 |
| Populationpercent: | 0.07 |
| Population Density Km2: | 36 |
| Population Increase: | 8.7 |
| Coordinates: | 59.4806°N 11.1444°W |
| Utm Zone: | 32V |
| Utm Northing: | 6595537 |
| Utm Easting: | 0621472 |
| Geo Cat: | adm2nd |
Skiptvet is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Meieribyen. Skiptvet was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Skiptvet farm (Old Norse: Skipþveit and/or Skygþveit) because the first church was built here. The meaning of the first element(s) is not known, and the last element is þveit 'clearing in the woods'. Prior to 1889, the name was written Skibtvet.
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 27 November 1981. The arms show a silver dragon on a red background. The dragon is derived from a local legend, in which a dragon went to sleep in the local churchyard every morning. In the evening the dragon went back to the forest, where it had its lair. A tarn near the church is still called Dragehullet meaning "the dragon's pit".[1]
| Ancestry | Number | |
|---|---|---|
 Poland | 124 | |
| 32 | ||
 Lithuania | 27 | |
 Latvia | 27 | |
 Sweden | 23 |