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Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad kommune
Municipality
Riverside promenade in Fredrikstad
Riverside promenade in Fredrikstad
Coat of arms of Fredrikstad kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Fredrikstad kommune
Østfold within
Norway
Fredrikstad within Østfold
Fredrikstad within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°12′19″N 10°57′0″E / 59.20528°N 10.95000°E / 59.20528; 10.95000Coordinates: 59°12′19″N 10°57′0″E / 59.20528°N 10.95000°E / 59.20528; 10.95000
Country Norway
County Østfold
District Eastern Norway
Administrative centre Fredrikstad
Government
 • Mayor (2011) Jon Ivar Nygård (Ap)
Area
 • Total 285.9 km2 (110.4 sq mi)
 • Land 283 km2 (109 sq mi)
Area rank 283 in Norway
Population (2015)
 • Total 78,428
 • Rank 6 in Norway
 • Density 249/km2 (640/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 7.7 %
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-0106
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.fredrikstad.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Fredrikstad (About this sound listen ; previously Frederiksstad; literally Fredrik's Town) is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad.

The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 1567 by King Frederick II, and established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality of Glemmen was merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1964. The rural municipalities of Borge, Onsøy, Kråkerøy, and Rolvsøy were merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1994.

The city straddles the river Glomma where it meets the Skagerrak. Along with neighboring Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad forms the fifth largest city in Norway: Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg. As of 1 January 2013, according to Statistics Norway, these two municipalities have a total population of 128,916 with 75,583 in Fredrikstad and 53,333 in Sarpsborg.

Fredrikstad was built at the mouth of Glomma as a replacement after Sarpsborg (15 kilometres (9 miles) upstream) was burned down by the Swedes. Almost half the population of Sarpsborg stayed behind, and rebuilt their old town at its original site.


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