Glemmen
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Glemmen is a parish and former municipality with the city of Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....

, Østfold
Østfold
is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...

 county, Norway.

History

The parish of Glemminge was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

). A part of Glemmen with 2,013 inhabitants was moved to Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....

 1 January 1867. The island of Kråkerøy
Kråkerøy
Kråkerøy is an island and a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway.The island of Kråkerøy was separated from Glemmen as a municipality of its own January 1, 1908. At that time Kråkerøy had a population of 3,311. The rural municipality was merged with the city of Fredrikstad January 1, 1994...

 was separated from Glemmen to form a municipality of its own 1 January 1908. The split left Glemmen with 10,430 inhabitants. The rest of Glemmen was merged with the city of Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....

 January 1, 1964. Prior to the merger Glemmen had a population of 16,520.

The name Glemmen has given name to two churches. Glemmen Old Church (Gamle Glemmen Kirke) is a Romanesque
Romanesque
Romanesque may refer to:*Romanesque art, the art of Western Europe from approximately AD 1000 to the 13th century or later*Romanesque architecture, architecture of Europe which emerged in the late 10th century and lasted to the 13th century...

 church built of rubble in the 1100s and is probably the city's oldest building. The font, made ​​of soapstone
Soapstone
Soapstone is a metamorphic rock, a talc-schist. It is largely composed of the mineral talc and is thus rich in magnesium. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occurs in the areas where tectonic plates are subducted, changing rocks by heat and pressure, with influx...

 from Aremark
Aremark
Aremark is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby.Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . The new municipality of Øymark was separated from Aremark on 1 July 1903.- Name :The Norse form of the name was...

, dates from about 1225. The altarpiece is from 1708 and the pulpit from 1731.Glemmen New Church (Glemmen nye kirke). The church was built of brick and dates from 1853. In 1888, it was extended and made into a cruciform
Cruciform
Cruciform means having the shape of a cross or Christian cross.- Cruciform architectural plan :This is a common description of Christian churches. In Early Christian, Byzantine and other Eastern Orthodox forms of church architecture this is more likely to mean a tetraconch plan, a Greek cross,...

 church.

Glemmen is also the site of Glemmen senior high school (Glemmen Videregående Skole).

Notable residents

  • Tom Thoresen, politician for the Norwegian Labour Party
    Norwegian Labour Party
    The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

  • Sverre Walter Rostoft
    Sverre Walter Rostoft
    Sverre Walter Rostoft was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Glemmen.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1954, lost his seat in 1958 but was later re-elected in 1965. In 1965, however, he was appointed Minister of Industry during the...

     (1912–2001), politician for the Norwegian Conservative Party
  • Henry Gundersen
    Henry Gundersen
    Henry Gundersen was a Norwegian resistance member who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....

     (1920–1945), Norwegian resistance member who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
    Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
    The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and ended on May 8, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht...

  • Erik Skogstrøm, journalist and newspaper editor who chaired the regional Norwegian Union of Journalists
    Norwegian Union of Journalists
    The Norwegian Union of Journalists is a trade union in Norway. It consists of editorial personnel in newspapers, magazines, television and radio, as well as freelance journalists....


The name

Until 1918 the name was written Glemminge. The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm Glemmen (Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

Glymheimar), since the first church was built on its ground. The first element is probably the old name of a brook, the last element is the plural form of heimr 'home, homestead, farm'. The name of the (supposed) brook is derived from the verb glymja 'rumble, make noise'.

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