Editing Eidsberg (section)

== General information ==
=== Name ===
The municipality (originally the [[parish]]) was named after the old Eidsberg farm ([[Old Norse]]: ''Eiðsberg'') because the first church was built here. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of ''eið'' 'path around a [[waterfall]]' and the last element is ''berg'' '[[mountain]]'. Prior to 1847, the name was spelled ''Edsberg''.

=== Coat-of-arms ===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] was from modern times. It was granted on 16 March 1962. The arms show a [[bear]], which is taken as a symbol for Arnbjørn Jonsson, who lived in Eidsberg. The bear is [[canting arms|canting]] for ''Bjørn'' ({{langx|no|bear}}). He was a well-known warrior during the [[Civil war era in Norway|civil war era]] under [[Haakon IV of Norway|King Håkon Håkonsson]], until his death in 1240.<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|year=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/e/eidsberg.htm|access-date=2008-12-13}}</ref>