Skjeberg is a former municipality in 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. The last administrative centre was Borgenhaugen

Borgenhaugen

Borgenhaugen is a borough in the city of Sarpsborg, Norway, located east of the city centre. Before 1992 Borgenhaugen was a part of Skjeberg municipality, and the old Skjeberg council hall is located here. -Local placenames:* Surfellingen* Kala...

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The parish of Skjeberg was established as a municipality January 1, 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...

). The property Hagelund with 8 inhabitants was moved to Halden

Halden

is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...

 municipality January 1, 1968.

The rural municipality of Skjeberg was (together with Tune

Tune, Norway

Tune is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The former municipality originally covered the current Sarpsborg municipality with the exception of Skjeberg and with the addition of Rolvsøy.-History:...

 and Varteig

Varteig

Varteig is a village in Sarpsborg and was formerly a municipality in Østfold County, Norway.Varteig is located north of Sarpsborg and east of Glomma. Varteig was part of the Tune municipality until 1861. It was designated to be a municipality by a split from Tune in 1861. At that time Varteig had...

) merged with the city of Sarpsborg

Sarpsborg

is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad...

 January 1, 1992. Prior to the merger Skjeberg had a population of 14,295.

The urban areas of Skjeberg has a population of 1,975.

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm of Skjeberg (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....

*Skjalfberg), since the first church was built there. The first element is (probably) skjalf f 'shelf', the last element is berg n 'rocky hill, mountain'.