Ski

Nordre Follo
Nordre Follo#Norwegian_Bokmål

A town with bystatus and municipality of Akershus, Norway. The municipality is to be merged with Oppegård on 1 January 2020 to form a new municipality named Nordre Follo.


Ski

A town with bystatus and municipality of Akershus, Norway


Asker

A municipality of Akershus, Norway. To be merged with Hurum and Røyken on 1 January 2020.


Aurskog-Høland

A municipality of Akershus, Norway. Rømskog in Østfold is to be merged with it on 1 January 2020, becoming part of Akershus at the same time.


Frogn

From Old Norse Fraun with aun > ogn, from *Frauðn, from frauð (“manure”), referring to fertile soil.


Lørenskog

From Old Norse Leir(h)eimsskógr, from Leir(h)eimr + skógr, from leirr (“clayish soil”) + heimr (“home, -ham”).


Nesodden

From Old Norse Nesoddi, originally the name of Nesoddtangen, from Nes + oddi (“cape”), with Nes being the old name of the peninsula between the Oslo Fjord and Bunne Fjord, from nes (“ness, headland”).

A municipality on the Nesodden peninsula, Akershus, Norway


Oppegård

A municipality of Akershus, Norway. To be merged with Ski municipality on 1 January 2020 to form a new municipality named Nordre Follo.


Sørum

From Old Norse Suðrheimr, Suðreimr, from suðr (“south”) + heimr (“home, -ham”).

A former municipality of Akershus, Norway


Nordby

From Old Norse Norðbýr, from norðr + býr.

A common farm name:
A farm in Ås, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Bærum, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Enebakk, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Lillestrøm, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Nordre Follo, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Holter parish, Nannestad, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Nannestad, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Nes, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Nittedal, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Lørenskog parish, Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Hovin parish, Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Aurskog-Høland, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Vestby, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Hurum parish, Asker, Akershus, Norway


Drøbak

From Old Norse Drjúgbakki, from drjúgr + bakki.

A town in Frogn, Follo district, Akershus, Norway


Sandvika

A town with bystatus in Bærum, Akershus, Norway.


Romerike

Inherited from Old Norse Raumaríki, from raumar (“Germanic tribe”) + ríki (“realm, kingdom”).


Nesoddtangen

From Nesodd- + tangen (“the ness, the cape”). The place name Nesodden itself means “the cape/ness of Nes” and was the original name of Nesoddtangen. From Old Norse Nesoddi, from Nes + oddi (“cape, ness”), with Nes being the old name of the peninsula between the Oslo Fjord and the Bunne Fjord, from nes (“ness”).

A headland and village in Nesodden, Akershus, Norway


Kolbotn

/²køːɽabɔnː/

From Old Norse *Kolabotn, from kol (“coal”) + botn (“bottom”). Cognate with Danish Kullebund (Danicised form).

A village in Nordre Follo, formerly Oppegård, Akershus, Norway


Bjørnøya

/²bjœnːœʏːa/

An island in Aurskog-Høland, Akershus, Norway


Follo

From Old Norse Folló, from *Foldló, *Foldarló, from Fold (“the outer Oslo Fjord”) + ló (“meadow”). Cognate with Icelandic Folló.


Trandum

Likely from the Old Norse river name *Trǫnd + heimr, cf. Tranby (< Trandarbýr).

A farm and former army camp in Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway


Nerdrum

From Old Norse Njarðarin or Nerðrin, from Njǫrðr + vin (“meadow”).

A village in Lillestrøm, Romerike district, Akershus, Norway


Øyeren

→ Swedish: Öjern, Öjeren

→ Danish: Øjeren

Definite form; from Old Norse *Eyir m, from ey (“island”), referring to the sand islands in the northern end, by the delta of the river Glåma.


Øgderen

Definite form; from Old Norse *Ygðir m, an ia-derivation, possibly of the river name *Yggja.


Vorma

(both rivers): Inherited from Old Norse [Term?], from varmr and á, meaning Warm River (because they are sometimes free from ice during early and late winter).