Editing Rygge (section)

== General information ==
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|+ Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Rygge by country of origin in 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title= Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population|language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=24 June 2017}}</ref>
 
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| {{flag|Poland}}||463
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| {{flag|Vietnam}}||267
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| {{flag|Pakistan}}||135
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| {{flag|Sweden}}||116
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| {{flag|Turkey}}||114
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| {{flag|Lithuania}}||87
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| {{flag|Denmark}}||69
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| {{flag|Iraq}}||60
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=== Name ===
The municipality (originally the [[parish]]) is named after the old ''Rygge'' farm, since the first church was built there. The [[Old Norse]] form of the name is not known (the oldest manuscripts from 1353-1528 use the form "Ryg(g)jof"). A possible (but uncertain) reconstruction is ''Rýgjuhof''. The first element would then be the [[genitive case]] of ''rýgja'', a sideform of ''rýgr'' which means "lady". (Like ''ylgja'' to ''ylgr'', both forms with the meaning 'she-wolf'.) The last element is probably ''hof'' meaning "[[temple]]".  If this is correct, then the word ''rýgja'' most probably is referring to the goddess [[Freyja]], since the meaning of the word ''freyja'' also is 'lady'.

An alternative explanation is that the word is derived from ''"rygg"'', which means ''"ridge"'', and related to place names like ''"Ryen"'' further east. The "ridge" in question would be the end [[moraine]] that runs across the landscape here, from the other side of the [[fjord]] and stretching east through [[Sweden]] and into the [[Baltic region]]. In Østfold, this moraine is referred to as the ''"[[Vestfoldraet|Raet]]"''.

=== Coat-of-arms ===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  It was granted on 30 November 1984.  The arms show a golden [[spur]] on a red background.  A spur like this was found in the area that dated back to the [[Viking Age]]. It is one of the largest golden items that was ever found in Norway and was thus chosen as a symbol on the arms.<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|year=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/r/rygge.htm|access-date=2008-12-15}}</ref>

[[File:Rygge kirke 20080511-1.jpg|thumb|left|Rygge Church]]

===Rygge Church===
Rygge church (''Rygge kirke'') is a medieval era church located in the village of [[Kirkegrenda]]. The church belongs to Vestre Borgesyssel deanery in Diocese of Borg. Rygge church is one of the county's better preserved medieval stone churches. It is built around the year 1170. Rygge church was originally a chapter church, which had income from a larger area than a parish and contained several villages. The building is characterized by the use of large stones, partly of granite, but parts of the facade is carved of stone cultivar, including large parts of the north portal. It has a long nave and lower and narrower choir. The church was restored in 1967.
<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Rygge_kirke|title=  Rygge kirke |publisher =   Norges Kirker|author=Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie
|access-date= October 1, 2016}}</ref>