Editing Fet, Norway

{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Fet
|former = yes
| native_name         =
| native_name_lang    =
| other_name          =
| official_name       =
| idnumber           = 0227
| image_skyline      = Fetsund&bru.jpg
| county             = Akershus
| district           = Romerike
| capital            = [[Fetsund]]
| demonym            = Fetsokning
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| coatofarms         = Fet komm.svg
| munwebpage         = www.fet.kommune.no
| mayor              = Lisbet Lofthus Gabrielsen 
| mayor_party        = [[Norwegian Labour Party|Ap]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2005
| area_rank          = 347
| area_total_km2      = 176
| area_land_km2       = 137
| area_water_percent  = 0.05
| population_as_of   = 2004
| population_rank    = 108
| population_total   = 9485
| populationpercent  = 0.21
| population_density_km2= 69
| population_increase= 10.5
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|52|47|N|11|13|14|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6640109 | utm_easting = 0624306 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}
'''Fet''' was a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Akershus]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. It was part of the [[Romerike]] [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]].  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of [[Fetsund]].

Fet was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]). The new municipality of [[Rælingen]] was separated from Fet on 1 July 1929. The part of [[Enebakk]] municipality lying east of lake [[Øyeren]] was transferred to Fet in 1962. On 1 January 2020 Fet was merged with [[Skedsmo]] and [[Sørum]] municipalities to form [[Lillestrøm]] municipality.

==General information==
===Name===
The name ([[Old Norse]]: ''Fit'') was first recorded in 1321 (''a Fit''). The word ''fit'' means 'vigorous [[meadow]]'.

===Coat-of-arms===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times. They were granted on 19 December 1986. The arms show a [[Peavey (tool)|logging hook]], which was used in the area to haul the logs cut in the surrounding [[forest]]s. The [[log driving|logs were transported]] over the streams and lakes to the [[sawmill]]s. The people used long poles with hooks to haul the logs. The colours of the arms are green and silver because the name is derived from an old word describing a field (green) near a lake (silver).<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/f/fet.htm|access-date=2008-12-18}}</ref>

{{See also-text|Coats-of-arms for [[Åsnes]], [[Jondal]], [[Marker, Norway|Marker]], and [[Nordre Land]]}}

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Fet 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=25 June 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||455
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||167
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||105
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}||79
|-
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}||73
|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}||72
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}||67
|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}}||67
|}

==Geography==
[[Image:Lensemuseet.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Logging museum on the water]]
Fet is located on the eastern side of [[Øyeren|Lake Øyeren]] and includes the point at which the [[Glomma|River Glomma]] enters the lake. The inland [[river delta]] that has formed is the largest in [[Europe]] and reaches the opposite shore of the lake, across its short axis. Until 1985, [[Log driving|logs floated]] down the river were brought onshore here before the river entered its delta, and were then transported onwards by rail. Today, many of Fet's floating buildings have been preserved and converted into a [[museum]] and cultural centre.

==Notable residents==
*[[Jacob Aall Ottesen]] (1825–1904),  [[Norwegian American]] minister, theologian, and church leader.<ref>[http://www.snl.no/Jacob_Aall_Ottesen ''Jacob Aall Ottesen'' (Store norske leksikon)]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Fet}}
*{{wiktionary-inline|Fet}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071219230541/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0227 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Viken}}
*[http://oyeren.org Øyeren information centre (INØ)] {{in lang|no}}

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[[Category:Lillestrøm]]