Fet, Norway

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Fet Municipality
Fet kommune
Former municipality
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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Akershus within Norway
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Fet within Akershus
Coordinates: 59°52′47″N11°13′14″E / 59.87972°N 11.22056°E / 59.87972; 11.22056
Country Norway
County Akershus
District Romerike
Administrative centre Fetsund
Government
 • Mayor (2005)Lisbet Lofthus Gabrielsen (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total176 km2 (68 sq mi)
 • Land137 km2 (53 sq mi)
 • Rank#347 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total9,485
 • Rank#108 in Norway
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase2.svg +10.5%
Demonym Fetsokning [1]
Official language
[2]
 •  Norwegian form Bokmål
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-0227 [3]
Website Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

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

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Fet was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Rælingen was separated from Fet on 1 July 1929. The part of Enebakk municipality lying east of lake Øyeren was transferred to Fet in 1962. On 1 January 2020 Fet was merged with Skedsmo and Sørum municipalities to form Lillestrøm municipality.

General information

Name

The name (Old Norse: Fit) was first recorded in 1321 (a Fit). The word fit means 'vigorous meadow'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 19 December 1986. The arms show a logging hook, which was used in the area to haul the logs cut in the surrounding forests. The logs were transported over the streams and lakes to the sawmills. The people used long poles with hooks to haul the logs. The colours of the arms are green and silver because the name is derived from an old word describing a field (green) near a lake (silver). [4]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Fet by country of origin in 2017 [5]
AncestryNumber
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 455
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 167
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 105
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 79
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 73
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 72
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 67
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 67

Geography

Logging museum on the water Lensemuseet.jpg
Logging museum on the water

Fet is located on the eastern side of Lake Øyeren and includes the point at which the River Glomma enters the lake. The inland river delta that has formed is the largest in Europe and reaches the opposite shore of the lake, across its short axis. Until 1985, logs floated down the river were brought onshore here before the river entered its delta, and were then transported onwards by rail. Today, many of Fet's floating buildings have been preserved and converted into a museum and cultural centre.

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References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ↑ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ↑ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
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  5. ↑ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
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