Frogn Municipality
Frogn kommune
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Akershus within Norway
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Frogn within Akershus
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| Coordinates: 59°41′56″N 10°39′19″E / 59.69889°N 10.65528°E / 59.69889; 10.65528 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Akershus |
| District | Follo |
| Administrative centre | Drøbak |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Hans Kristian Ranaas (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 86 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| • Land | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #395 in Norway |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 15,959 |
| • Rank | #81 in Norway |
| • Density | 188/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +9.14% |
| Demonym | Frognsokning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3214[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Frogn is a municipalityinAkershus county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the townofDrøbak. Frogn was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The city of Drøbak was merged with Frogn on 1 January 1962.
Frogn is located at the southern part of the peninsula between the main Oslofjord and Bunnefjorden. It borders Nesodden, Ås and Vestby.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Frogn farm (Old Norse: Fraun), since the first church was built here. The name must be very old and the meaning is unknown. One theory is that it is derived from the Norse word frauð which means "manure" and the meaning would then be "the fertilized field" (see also Frogner and Tøyen).
Prior to 1889, the name was written "Fron". Between 1837 and 1865, the name of the municipality was Drøbak landdistrikt.[4]
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 20 May 1988. The arms symbolize the Oscarsborg Fortress in silver on a blue background. The fortress is on the Drøbaksund in the Oslofjord in the municipality. The fortress was built in the late 19th century and played a major role in the defence of Norway in the beginning of World War II.[5]
| Ancestry | Number |
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 Poland |
208 |
 Sweden |
196 |
 Denmark |
131 |
 Lithuania |
110 |
 Germany |
94 |
 India |
89 |
 Somalia |
82 |
 United Kingdom |
64 |
 Philippines |
55 |
 Eritrea |
49 |
The following cities are twinned with Frogn:[8]
- Åmål, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
- Loimaa, Länsi-Suomi, Finland
- Türi, Järva County. Estonia
Media related to Frogn at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Frogn at Wiktionary
Akershus travel guide from Wikivoyage Drøbak travel guide from Wikivoyage
Places adjacent to Frogn
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