Nesodden
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| County | Akershus | |
| District | Follo | |
| Municipality | ||
| Administrative centre | Nesoddtangen | |
| Mayor (2004) | Christian Hintze Holm (SV) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | 61 Square kilometre>km² 61 km² 0.02 % | |
| Population - Total (as of 2006>2006) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 61 16,541 0.35 % 16.1 % 265/km² | |
| Coordinates | ||
| [www.nesodden.kommune.no] [Data from Statistics Norway] | ||
Nesodden is located on the tip of the peninsula between main Oslofjord and its arm Bunnefjorden. It includes the villages 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 ferry connections to Bærum and Oslo.
Several Norwegian celebreties currently live at Nesodden, such as the famous News presenter Bjørn Hansen, actor Bjørn Sundquist, politician Dagfinn Høybråten and the singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche.
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