Hobøl was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Elvestad. Hobøl is situated about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Oslo. The parish of Haabøl was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

Hobøl Municipality
Hobøl kommune
Østfold within Norway
Østfold within Norway
Hobøl within Østfold
Hobøl within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°35′35″N 10°56′45″E / 59.59306°N 10.94583°E / 59.59306; 10.94583
CountryNorway
CountyØstfold
Administrative centreElvestad
Government
 • Mayor (2007)Kjell Håvard Jensen (FrP)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total140 km2 (50 sq mi)
 • Land139 km2 (54 sq mi)
 • Rank#365 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total4,504
 • Rank#214 in Norway
 • Density32/km2 (80/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +13.4%
Demonym(s)Hobøling
or Hobling[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0138[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

The largest village in Hobøl was Tomter, whose railway station is served by Eastern Østfold Line. Other villages in the municipality were Knapstad, Ringvoll, and the middle part of the municipality which is called Hobøl.

Hobøl was suggested as the replacement site for a new airport to replace Fornebu, and in 1972 the Norwegian parliament voted to build it there. The 1973 oil crisis postponed that plan, and the new airport was finally built at Gardermoen, north of Oslo.

General information

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Name

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The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Hobøl farm (Old Norse: Hóbœli), since the first church was built here. The first element is hór or hár meaning "high". The last element is bœli which means "farm". Thus the name means "the farm lying on a high ground". Prior to 1889 the name was written "Haabøl".

Coat-of-arms

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The Coat-of-arms is from modern times. It was granted on 30 August 1985; it shows the municipality as seen from above. The municipality is mainly formed by a large valley, cut by the meandering Hobølelva river.[4]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Hobøl by country of origin in 2017[5]
Ancestry Number
  Poland 207
  Lithuania 129
  Sweden 48
  Germany 41
  Denmark 36

Notable people

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Sister cities

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The following cities are twinned with Hobøl:[6]

References

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  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.
  4. ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  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 29 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Vennskapskommmunen Rongu i Estland" (in Norwegian). Hobøl kommune. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
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