Rælingen

Rælingen Municipality

*Rælingen kommune*
Rælingen Municipality Rælingen kommune
Municipality
	The village of Rælingen
	Flag Coat of arms
	Akershus within Norway
	Rælingen within Akershus
	Coordinates: 59°53′21″N 11°4′31″E / 59.88917°N 11.07528°E
Country	Norway
County	Akershus
District	Romerike
Administrative centre	Fjerdingby
Government
• Mayor (2007)	Ståle Grøtte (Ap)
Area
• Total	72 km2 (28 sq mi)
• Land	56 km2 (22 sq mi)
• Rank	#404 in Norway
Population (2004)
• Total	14,720
• Rank	#63 in Norway
• Density	261/km2 (680/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+5.4%
Demonym	Ræling
Official language
• Norwegian form	Neutral
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-3224
Website	Official website
	Data from Statistics Norway

Rælingen is a village and municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fjerdingby. Rælingen was separated from the municipality of Fet on 1 July 1929.

General information

Name

The name is first mentioned around 1400 ("i Ræling"). It is probably an old district name (the name of the church site is Fjerdingby). The meaning of the name is unknown.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 30 April 1981. The arms show a yellow pitchfork on a green background. It is a symbol for the local agriculture. A large part of the municipality is lowland, which historically has mainly been used to produce hay. The pitchfork has three prongs representing the three rivers that run through the municipality: Nitelva, Leira, and Glomma.^[4]^[5]

**Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Rælingen by country of origin in 2015**^[6]
Ancestry	Number
Poland	469
Pakistan	347
Vietnam	343
Iran	323
Sweden	172
Iraq	163
Eritrea	139
Lithuania	138
India	108
Afghanistan	107

Geography

Located between Fet and Lørenskog, Rælingen includes the northwestern part of lake Øyeren. The northernmost part of the district is built and grown together with the Lillestrøm area.

The most important places in the municipality are Rælingen, Fjerdingby, Løvenstad, and Nordby. Large portions of the municipality are scarcely populated or uninhabited (forests).

Has a mountain Barlindåsen.

Notable people

Stine Buer, (Norwegian Wiki) (born 1971 in Rælingen) Norwegian TV-personality, actress and comedian^[7]
Guro Sibeko (born 1975) a Norwegian novelist, non-fiction writer and activist; brought up in Rælingen
Ida Fladen, (Norwegian Wiki) (born 1986 in Rælingen) Norwegian radio and TV personality^[8]
Anders Gaasland (born 1992 in Rælingen)^[9] politician, gay rights activist
Kristoffer Ajer (born 1998 in Rælingen) footballer who currently plays for Brentford
Christian Sørum (born 1995), Norwegian beach volleyball player
Henrik Kristoffersen (born 1994), Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, World Champion, and Olympic medalist^[10]
Arne Hurlen (born 1970 in Rælingen), Norwegian musician and singer in the Norwegian band Postgirobygget

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Rælingen:^[11]

- Kirkkonummi, Etelä-Suomi, Finland
- Munkedal, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

References

^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
^ "Kommunevåpenet". Rælingen kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-20. ^{[dead link]} (in Norwegian)
^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
^ IMDb Database retrieved 24 February 2021
^ IMDb Database retrieved 24 February 2021
^ KrF har tapt mange slag. Kan de overleve dette?. "Tidligere KrFU-leder Anders Gaasland (tidl. Gåsland) husker derimot "
^ Bryhn, Rolf: Henrik Kristoffersen in Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 24 Sep 2021 from https://snl.no/Henrik_Kristoffersen
^ "Vennskapskommuner". Rælingen kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-20. ^{[dead link]} (in Norwegian)

External links

Media related to Rælingen at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Rælingen at Wiktionary
Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Akershus travel guide from Wikivoyage

[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.

[2] "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.

[3] Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.

[4] Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2008-12-20.

[5] "Kommunevåpenet". Rælingen kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-20. ^{[dead link]} (in Norwegian)

[6] "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

[7] IMDb Database retrieved 24 February 2021

[8] IMDb Database retrieved 24 February 2021

[9] KrF har tapt mange slag. Kan de overleve dette?. "Tidligere KrFU-leder Anders Gaasland (tidl. Gåsland) husker derimot "

[snl-10] Bryhn, Rolf: Henrik Kristoffersen in Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 24 Sep 2021 from https://snl.no/Henrik_Kristoffersen

[11] "Vennskapskommuner". Rælingen kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-20. ^{[dead link]} (in Norwegian)

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