Nittedal

Nittedal is a municipality and city in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rotnes.

Nittedal kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Viken within
Norway
Nittedal within Viken
Coordinates: 60°4′23″N 10°52′20″E
CountryNorway
CountyViken
DistrictRomerike
Administrative centreRotnes
Government
 • Mayor (2011)Hilde Thorkildsen (Ap)
Area
 • Total186 km2 (72 sq mi)
 • Land179 km2 (69 sq mi)
Area rank338 in Norway
Population
 (2006 Q2)
 • Total19,722
 • Rank47 in Norway
 • Density108/km2 (280/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
18.0%
Demonym(s)Nittedøl or
Nittedøling[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3031
Official language formBokmål[2]
Websitewww.nittedal.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

The parish of Nitedal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

General information

Name

The name (Old Norse: Nitjudalr) is an old district name. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Nitja (now Nitelva) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The meaning of the river name is unknown. Prior to 1918, the name was written "Nittedalen".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 23 January 1987. The arms show the two silver lines running in a bend sinister direction on a green background. They represent the main transportation lines that run through the municipality from Oslo to other parts of the country: the main highway and the railroad, they also can represent skiing tracks, an old winter transportation method. At the same time the two lines symbolize matches, as one of Norway's oldest match factories was founded in Nittedal. The lines also symbolize tree logs, as forestry is of great importance for the local economy.[3][4]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nittedal by country of origin in 2017[5]
Ancestry Number
 Poland462
 Sri Lanka329
 Pakistan303
 Sweden241
 Vietnam197
 Lithuania178
 Denmark139
 Germany103
 India103
 Philippines94

Geography
Nittedal town hall.

Nittedal lies directly northeast of Oslo and serves as a suburb to the capital. It is located on both sides of the Nitelva river. The southernmost population centre is Hagan. Further north lie the centres of Slattum, Rotnes, Åneby, Grønvoll, Varingskollen, and Hakadal.

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Nittedal:[6]

Notable people

This list includes people who have resided in, or are associated with, Nittedal:

On 12 February 2010, Princess Märtha Louise opened the exhibition "Noses Smell Tulips" in Nittedal.[7]

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  4. "Nittedals kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Nittedal kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  5. "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  6. "Lenker" (in Norwegian). Nittedal kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  7. http://www.kongehuset.no/c30042/kalenderpost/liste.html?sortering=Null&&arkiv=1&ar=2010
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