Skjerstad is a former municipality in the county of Nordland

Nordland

is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...

, Norway.

Skjerstad 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...

). Fauske

Fauske

is a town and municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske with approximately 6,000 inhabitants....

 was separated from Skjerstad January 1, 1905. The rest of Skjersted was merged with Bodø

Bodø

is a city and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten region.The city of Bodø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Bodin was merged with Bodø on 1 January 1968. Skjerstad was merged with Bodø on 1 January 2005...

 on January 1, 2005.

The municipality had 1,080 inhabitants .

It is possibly the place of execution of Raud den Rame by Olaf Tryggvason, and the location of the annual historical hoax

Hoax

A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment, or rumors, urban legends, pseudosciences or April Fools' Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.-Definition:The British...

 play

Play (theatre)

A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...

 called "Ragnhilds Drøm" (Ragnhild's Dream).

Notable people

• Gudmund Grimstad
  Gudmund Grimstad
  Gudmund Grimstad was a Norwegian wrestler. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where he placed fifth in freestyle middleweight.-References:...
  
  , Olympic wrestler(1898–1970)

Skjerstad, Nordland, Norway
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1 Gudmund Grimstad Norway Wrestling 1898 1970