Nannestad

For other uses, see Nannestad (surname).

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.

Nannestad Municipality Nannestad kommune
Municipality
The characteristic landscape of Nannestad
Flag Coat of arms
Akershus within Norway
Nannestad within Akershus
Coordinates: 60°14′44″N 10°57′10″E
Country	Norway
County	Akershus
District	Romerike
Administrative centre	Teigebyen
Government
• Mayor (2007-)	Anne-Ragni K. Amundsen (Ap)
Area
• Total	341 km2 (132 sq mi)
• Land	324 km2 (125 sq mi)
• Rank	#259 in Norway
Population  (2012)
• Total	11,362
• Rank	#102 in Norway
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+23%
Demonym	Nannestadsokning[1]
Official language [2]
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-3238[3]
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

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".^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Ancestry	Number[7]
Poland	539
Lithuania	239
Pakistan	179
Sweden	156
Philippines	143
Thailand	117
Germany	61
Romania	56
Iran	56
Syria	53

Notable people

Jacob Stang, 1884

• Hans Georg Jacob Stang (1830 in Nannestad – 1907) a Norwegian attorney and Norway's Prime Minister in Stockholm from 1888–1889
• Oluf Wesmann-Kjær (1874 in Nannestad – 1945) a shooter, competed at the 1920 & 1924 Summer Olympics
• Olaf Helset (1892 in Nannestad – 1960) an Army Major General and sports administrator
• Håkon Christie (1922 in Nannestad – 2010) an architectural historian, antiquarian and author
• Bjarne Røtterud (1929 in Nannestad – 2011) a Norwegian abstract painter
• Gard Kristiansen (born 1972 in Nannestad) a retired football defender with 269 club caps
• Katrine Moholt (born 1973 in Nannestad) a Norwegian TV personality and singer ^[8]
• Sven Atle Kopperud (born 1977 in Nannestad) stage name Silenoz, guitarist, founded the symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir in 1993
• Posthum (founded 2004) a black metal band founded by Jon Kristian Skare and Morten Edseth

Gallery

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  Nannestad plaza
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  Nannestad upper secondary school
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  Field of Nannestad