Editing Skiptvet

{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Skiptvet
| native_name         =
| native_name_lang    =
| other_name          =
| official_name       =
| idnumber           = 3116
| image_skyline      = Skiptvet kirke nordvest.jpg
| image_caption      = Skiptvet church
| county             = Østfold
| district           = 
| capital            = [[Meieribyen]]
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| demonym            = Skjetving
| coatofarms         = Skiptvet komm.svg
| munwebpage         = www.skiptvet.kommune.no
| mayor              = [[Svein Olav Agnalt]] 
| mayor_party        = [[Norwegian Labour Party|Ap]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2007
| area_rank          = 384
| area_total_km2      = 101
| area_land_km2       = 93
| area_water_percent  = 0.03
| population_as_of   = 2004
| population_rank    = 251
| population_total   = 3336
| populationpercent  = 0.07
| population_density_km2= 36
| population_increase= 8.7
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|28|50|N|11|8|40|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6595537 | utm_easting = 0621472 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Skiptvet''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Østfold]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]].  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of [[Meieribyen]].  Skiptvet was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see ''[[formannskapsdistrikt]]'').

==General information==
===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[parish]]) is named after the old Skiptvet farm ([[Old Norse]]: ''Skipþveit'' and/or ''Skygþveit'') because the first church was built here. The meaning of the first element(s) is not known, and the last element is ''þveit'' 'clearing in the woods'.  Prior to 1889, the name was written ''Skibtvet''.

===Coat-of-arms===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted on 27 November 1981.  The arms show a silver [[dragon]] on a red background. The dragon is derived from a local [[legend]], in which a dragon went to sleep in the local churchyard every morning. In the evening the dragon went back to the forest, where it had its lair.  A [[tarn (lake)|tarn]] near the church is still called ''Dragehullet'' meaning "the dragon's pit".<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/s/skiptvet.htm|accessdate=2008-12-15}}</ref>  {{see also|Coat of arms of Stjørdal}}

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Skiptvet by country of origin in 2015'''<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=English |publisher=ssb.no |accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||124
|-
| {{flag|Syria}}||32
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||27
|-
| {{flag|Latvia}}||27
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||23
|}

== Notable people ==
* [[Jens Christian Spidberg]] (1684 in Skiptvet - 1762) cartographer, theologian, priest and Bishop of the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Skiptvet}}
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Østfold}}
*{{wiktionary-inline|Skiptvet}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001020929/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0127 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]

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[[Category:Municipalities of Østfold]]
[[Category:Villages in Østfold]]