District Follo Area rank 416 in Norway Area 61 km² Local time Friday 3:22 PM | Demonym(s) Nesodding Population 16,541 (2006) | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 65% Humidity Points of interest Oslofjord, Langøyene island, Kirkevika | ||
Nesodden is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Follo. The administrative centre of the municipality is Nesoddtangen. The parish of Næsodden was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Oppegård was separated from Nesodden on 1 July 1915.
Contents
- Map of Nesodden Norway
- Name
- Nesodden Church
- Sunnaas Hospital
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Notable residents
- References
Map of Nesodden, Norway
Name
The name (Old Norse: Nesoddi) is an old district name. The first element is nes which means "headland" and the last element is (the finite form of) odde which means "point".
The very tip of the peninsula is called Nesoddtangen, where the last element is (the finite form of) tange which means "spit". In fact, all three elements in this name have (nearly) the same meaning.
Nesodden Church
Nesodden Church (Nesodden kirke) is located in Nesodden parish in Follo rural deanery. The medieval stone church is situated southeast of the village of Nesodden. The building material is stone and brick. It was built in 1175. It has a rectangular nave and lower, narrower choir. The church is of long plan and 130 of seats. In the church there is a Renaissance pulpit, carved altarpiece from 1715 and baptismal font from the Middle Ages. The chancel was extended in 1714.
The church was renovated several times between 1600 and the 1900s. The church was most recently restored between 1956-1960. The church celebrated its 800th anniversary during 1975.
Sunnaas Hospital
Sunnaas Hospital, founded in 1954 as a nursing home, was authorized as a hospital in 1960, primarily to treat polio patients from Oslo in cooperation with Oslo City Hospital. The hospital is today a university hospital.
Geography
Nesodden is located on the tip of the peninsula between main Oslofjord and its arm Bunnefjorden. It includes the villages Hellvik, Fjellstrand, Bjørnemyr, Nesoddtangen, and Fagerstrand, which is also the name of a reality show that was filmed on Fagerstrand and aired on TV 2 during the first half of 2005. Nesoddtangen has passenger ferry connections to Lysaker in Bærum (8 min) and Aker Brygge in Oslo (12 min or 23 min).
Coat of arms
The coat of arms is designed by the architect Christian Doxrud (1917-2002) and authorized 12 December 1986. The coat of arms shows a silver triangle on a blue background as a canting of the geographical position of the municipality, which is situated on a peninsula in the Oslofjord.
Notable residents
Several Norwegian celebrities live in Nesodden.