Fredrikstad kommune

Fredrikstad is a city and municipality in stfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 1567 by King Frederick II, and established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. The rural municipality of Glemmen was merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1964. The rural municipalities of Borge, Onsy, Krakery, and Rolvsy were merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1994. The city straddles the river Glomma where it meets the Skagerrak. As of 1 January 2013, according to Statistics Norway, Fredrikstad has a total population of 75,583. Fredrikstad was built at the mouth of Glomma as a replacement after Sarpsborg (15 km upstream) was burned down by the Swedes. Almost half the population of Sarpsborg stayed behind, and rebuilt their old town at its original site. The city centre is on the west bank of the Glomma, while the old town on the east bank is Northern Europes best preserved fortified town. Fredriksta...