Editing Nesodden (section)

== General information ==

=== Name ===
The name ([[Old Norse]]: ''Nesoddi'') is an old district name.  The first element is ''nes'' which means "[[headland]]" and the last element is (the definite form of) ''odde'' which means "point".<ref>{{cite book|title=Norske gaardnavne: Akershus amt|edition=2|author-link=Oluf Rygh|last=Rygh|first=Oluf|publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri|date=1905|location=Kristiania, Norge|pages=86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IYdBAAAAIAAJ|language=no}}</ref>

The very tip of the [[List of peninsulas|peninsula]] is called Nesoddtangen, where the last element is (the definite form of) ''tange'' which means "[[spit (landform)|spit]]". In fact, all three elements in this name have (nearly) the same meaning, so it can be translated roughly as peninsula-peninsula-peninsula.

===Nesodden Church===
[[File:Nesodden kirke IMG 2368 rk 85123.JPG|thumb|left|200 px|Nesodden Church steeple]]
Nesodden Church (''Nesodden kirke'') is located in Nesodden parish in Follo rural deanery. The Medieval,  Romanesque church is situated southeast of the village of Nesodden. The building material is stone and brick. It was built in 1175. It has a rectangular nave and lower, narrower choir.  The church is of long plan and has 130 seats. In the church, there is a [[Renaissance]] pulpit from about 1600 decorated with paintings of Jesus and the four Evangelists.  The altarpiece from 1715 was carved by Johan Jørgen Schram with a motif showing Jesus in [[Gethsemane]]. [[Domenico Erdmann]] conducted restoration during 1920. The baptismal font made in clay stone and dates from the Middle Ages.<ref>{{cite web|url=     http://www.kirkesok.no/eng/kirker/Nesodden-kirke|title= Nesodden kirke|publisher =Den Norske Kirke|access-date= 1 October 2016}}</ref>

The church was renovated several times between the 17th and the 20th centuries.  The chancel was extended in 1714. The church was most recently restored between 1956 and 1960, both times under the direction of architect Ragnar Nilsen (1896–1986). The church celebrated its 800th anniversary during 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=     http://www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Nesodden_kirke|title= Nesodden kirke|publisher =  Norges Kirker  |author= Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie|access-date= 1 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =  https://nkl.snl.no/Ragnar_Nilsen |title= Ragnar Nilsen|publisher =    Norsk kunstnerleksikon|author=  Jens Christian Eldal
|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref>

===Sunnaas Hospital===
Sunnaas Hospital, founded in 1954 as a nursing home, was authorized as a hospital in 1960, primarily to treat polio patients from Oslo in cooperation with Oslo City Hospital. The hospital is a university hospital today.