Sarpsborg
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| County | Østfold | |
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| Municipality | ||
| Administrative centre | Sarpsborg | |
| Mayor (2003) | Jan O. Engsmyr (Ap) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | 406 Square kilometre>km² 370 km² 0.13 % | |
| Population - Total (as of summer 2005>summer 2005) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 13 50,001 1.08 % 6.6 % 134/km² | |
| Coordinates | ||
| [www.sarpsborg.com] [Data from Statistics Norway] | ||
Together with Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg forms the fifth largest urban area in Norway. As of April 1st 2006, according to Statistics Norway these two municipalitites have a total population of 121 097 - 50 135 in Sarpsborg and 70 962 in Fredrikstad.
Borregaard Industries has been the most important industry of the city. The city is also the location for the Borg Bryggerier, part of the Hansa Borg Bryggerier, Norway's second largest brewery-group.
In the 1960s, Sarpsborg was famous for its soccer team, Sarpsborg FK, but is now more famous for its hockey team, Sparta Warriors. In soccer, Sparta Sarpsborg has taken over the local throne.
Well known residents from Sarpsborg
- Roald Dahl, british author (his father was from Sarpsborg).
- Oscar Torp (1893–1958), former Prime Minister of Norway
- Raymond Kvisvik (1974–), soccer player
- Walther Aas (1928–1990), artist
- Robert Normann (1916–1998), legendary guitar player
- Nils Ole Oftebro, actor
- Jens Arne Svartedal, international skiing champion
- Arnold Haukeland, artist
- Maren Juel, once the wealthiest woman in Norway, today known as a ghost in her old home, the Hafslund Hovedgård mansion, where she a few decades ago scared Vidkun Quisling out of town for good.
| Municipalities of Østfold |
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| Aremark | Askim | Eidsberg | Fredrikstad | Halden | Hobøl | Hvaler | Marker | Moss | Rakkestad | Rygge | Rømskog | Råde | Sarpsborg | Skiptvet | Spydeberg | Trøgstad | Våler | |
| 25 biggest cities of Norway (with number of inhabitants according to Statistics Norway [link]) |
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| Oslo (811,700) | Bergen (213,600) | Stavanger (173,100) | Trondheim (147,100) | Fredrikstad (97,100) | Drammen (90,700) | Skien (85,100) | Kristiansand (70,700) | Tromsø (52,400) | Tønsberg (45,000) | Ålesund (44,100) | Haugesund (40,300) | Sandefjord (39,600) | Moss (34,500) | Bodø (34,100) | Arendal (30,900) | Hamar (28,800) | Larvik (23,100) | Halden (22,000) | Harstad (19,400) | Lillehammer (19,100) | Molde (18,600) | Mo i Rana (17,900) | Kongsberg (17,700) | Horten (17,700) |
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