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Halden

December 07, 2023

This article is about the municipality in Norway. For the historic manor in Kent, England, see Halden, Rolvenden.

Halden (pronounced [ˈhɑ̀ɫdn̩] ⓘ), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a town and a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, Rakkestad to the north and Aremark to the east, as well as the Swedish municipalities Strömstad, Tanum and Dals-Ed respectively to the southwest, south and southeast.

Halden Municipality
Halden kommune
Municipality
Halden as seen from the Fredriksten fortress in mid-July 2012
Flag
Coat of arms
Viken within
Norway
Halden within Viken
Coordinates: 59°7′35″N 11°28′58″E / 59.12639°N 11.48278°E / 59.12639; 11.48278
CountryNorway
CountyViken
Administrative centreHalden
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Anne-Kari Holm (Sp)
Area
 • Total642 km2 (248 sq mi)
 • Land596 km2 (230 sq mi)
 • Rank#173 in Norway
Population
 (2020)
 • Total31 387
 • Rank#18 in Norway
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
 +6%
DemonymHaldenser/Haldensar[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3001[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the mouth of the Tista river on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden. The town of Halden is located about 120 km (75 mi) south of Oslo, 190 km (120 mi) north of Gothenburg, and 12 km (7.5 mi) west of the border crossing at Svinesund.

History edit

Evidence of early human settlements in this region of Norway have been found, particularly in the Svinesund area of the municipality where evidence of early settlements from the Nordic Bronze Age have been found. Named after a small farm Hallen (English: "rise" or "slope") first mentioned in 1629, "Halden", became the city of Fredrikshald in 1665, named after Frederick III of Denmark. The Gud med oss (God be with us) coat-of-arms created in 1665 shows a knight standing on a mountain, yellow on a blue background, and was inspired by the bravery of the citizens of the city in the Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660).[4]

Swedish forces unsuccessfully attempted to invade the town six times between 1658 and 1814. As a reference to the town's citizens burning their own houses to prevent them being taken on 4 July 1716 by the forces of King Charles XII of Sweden, Halden is one of only two cities in Norway's national anthem. In 1718, the Great Northern War ended when Charles XII was shot and killed at the Fredriksten fortress. The fortress had been erected in the 17th century as a replacement for the Bohus Fortress lost at the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658 when Bohuslän was ceded to Sweden. Halden has never been captured by force by any invading army, although it was occupied by Nazi forces in WWII.

In an 1835 census, Fredrikshald was the seventh largest town or city in Norway, with 4,921 inhabitants.[5] In 1838, Fredrikshald became a city municipality (Norwegian: herred), and in 1928, the name was changed back to Halden. Tistedalen, which is 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Halden, was part of the city from 1686 to 1967, until it was separated from Halden. At the same time, the area of Halden, Tistedalen, and the rural municipalities of Berg and Idd, became the Halden municipality on 1 January 1967.

 
Halden's fortress and town bridge.

Politics edit

The political situation in Halden has become infamous in Norway for conflicts between individual politicians and between local political parties. The municipality is governed by the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party, the Christian Democratic Party, the Centre Party, and the Green Party.[6]

 
Overview photo of Halden, with Fredriksten fortress visible

Economy edit

The slogan, Halden, IT- og Miljøbyen (Halden, IT and Environment City), is a reference to Halden's relatively large number of information technology companies. In the late 1960s, the most powerful mainframe computer in Norway at the time was located at the Institute for Energy Technology's facilities in Halden. From the 1960s-1980s, Halden was infamous for high levels of industrial pollution, largely originating from the Norske Skog Saugbrugs paper mill (part of Norske Skog since 1989). As a result of projects initiated by both Norske Skog-Saugbrugs and the city authorities, the polluted fjords and rivers of Halden have been cleaned up and the city was dubbed Norway's Environment City in 1996.

One of Norway's two nuclear reactors under decommissioning is located in Halden. The Halden Boiling Water Reactor is a research reactor located 100 metres (328 ft) within Månefjell, adjacent to the Saugbrugs paper mill. The OECD Halden Reactor Project is one of the world's longest running international research collaborations and is the largest international research project in Norway. While the reactor closed in 2018, safety-oriented research collaboration for the nuclear power industry has continued, focusing primarily on human-technology-organisation research. IFE's Man-Technology-Organisation Lab facility in Os Alle was opened by the Prince Regent in 2004 and houses the most recent incarnations of the Halden Man-Machine Laboratory (HAMMLAB) and Halden Virtual Reality Centre's (HVRC) VR laboratory. IFE also has advanced robotics and cybersecurity labs in Halden. The Halden Project at IFE has ensured a steady influx of international guest scientists to the city, many of whom made Halden their permanent homes.

Nexans has a large cable factory in Halden. The main products from this factory are submarine power cables, umbilical cables for subsea installations, and cable systems for heating of subsea pipelines.

Rød Herregård edit

 
Rød Herregård

Rød Herregård in Halden is one of the best preserved manor houses in Norway. The property features well-preserved buildings, a Baroque garden and an English landscape garden. The buildings have their oldest origins of the late 1600s, but were largely built during the last half of the 1700s. The main building contains authentic furnishings including period furniture, hunting trophies, an extensive collection of art and a large weapons collection. [7]

Rød Herregård was owned and inhabited by members of the Tank and Anker families from 1733 including Carsten Tank and Nils Otto Tank as well as Peter Martin Anker and Nils Anker. The manor house and estate complex was owned by the Tank family through three generations, from 1733 to 1829. Both Danish Crown Prince regent Christian Frederik and Swedish Crown Prince and Regent Charles John were guests at the mansion. The estate was visited by English economist Thomas Robert Malthus during his European tour in 1799. [8][9][10]

In 1961, two foundations were established to maintain the historic property. Rød Manor Foundation (Stiftelsen Rød Herregård) is responsible for the manor house, buildings and gardens. Ankerske Foundation Collections (Stiftelsen De Ankerske Samlinger) is responsible for the contents and the rich archives related to the property.[11]

Notable Sights edit

Halden sights include the Halden Canal system, the two Svinesund bridges, and Høiåsmasten, a partially guyed TV tower. The fortress of Fredriksten has historical museums, and the Østfold University College (Høgskolen i Østfold) is in Halden.

Petroglyphs (rock carvings) dated from the Nordic Bronze Age are found around town, some locally, but more impressive are ones found along Oldtidsveien, the historical road between Halden and Fredrikstad some 20 km (12 mi) north, and around Tanum in Sweden, some 60 km (37 mi) to the south. Jellhaugen, a major tumulus (grave mound) is found west of town,[12] situated only 120 feet away from the site of the later discovered Gjellestad Ship.

Nature edit

Halden is surrounded by forests and water, so hiking and fishing locations can easily be found. Deer and elk are a common sight, and wolves have also been observed in the district along the border with Sweden. Raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, wild cranberries, and many varieties of mushroom can be found in the woods in the early autumn. Popular destinations for hikers and other nature lovers include Prestebakke and Kornsjø.

Halden's meteorological station is at Buer.[13]

 
Immanuel Church in Halden

Gjellestad ship burial edit

 
A Viking burial mound at Gjellestad. The Jellhaugen Mound was probably built in the 6th century, about 300 years before the burial of the Gjellestad ship.

The Gjellestad[14] (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈjɛ̂lːəˌstɑːd]) ship, also spelt Jellestad, is the remains of a Viking age longship found at the farm of Gjellestad in Halden municipality in Norway in 2018 by the archeologists Lars Gustavsen and Erich Nau. A 2019 examination by the University of Oslo has dated it to earliest AD 733.[15] Originally interred beneath a burial mound, in the present day the ship lies 40 centimetres below the topsoil due to years of ploughing.[16]

Due to extensive fungus damage to the hull caused by field drainage, drought and exposure to the air, archaeologists called for an immediate dig to save the ship.[17] Excavation of the ship at Gjellestad began in June 2020,[18] and is led by Christian L. Rødsrud of the Museum of Cultural History. It is estimated to be over 20 metres long, although only parts of the keel have survived.[19] This would mean that the boat is of a similar size to the Gokstad ship.[20] The identity of the boat's occupant has not yet been confirmed, but experts have speculated that it may have belonged to a king or queen.[21]

Culture edit

Outdoor concerts are frequently held at the fortress while the local churches, pubs, and student union are regular venues for indoor concerts. Musicians recorded by the Hitsville and Athletic Sound studios in the Halden region include Motorpsycho, Madrugada, Morten Harket, and Kurt Nilsen. The city's intimate theatre hosts frequent plays by national and local theatre groups, and occasionally serves as a concert hall.

Halden festivals include Tons of Rock (hard rock and metal) in June each year (from 2014 before the festival was moved to Oslo in 2019) and a vegetarian food festival in August. The famous pub "Siste Reis" neighbouring the train station has been voted among the ten best pubs in Europe!

Artists born in Halden that are represented in the Norwegian National Gallery in Oslo include Thomas Fearnley (1802–1842) and Jacob Mathias Calmeyer (1802–1883). Fearnley is locally exhibited at the manor house Rød Herregård. Other significant artists that lived in Halden, but were not born there, include Johannes Fintoe (1786–1870) and Heinrich August Grosch (1763–1843). Grosch's son, Christian Heinrich Grosch (1801–1865), who moved with his parents to Halden at the age of ten, became an influential architect, whose works include seventy-eight churches (including Immanuel Church in Halden), the Bank of Norway, the Oslo Stock Exchange, and the original university buildings in Oslo.

Current archaeological excavations includes Jellestadskipet (Gjellestadskipet) located a stone's throw from Jellhaugen; it was first photographed in 2018.[22]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Halden by country of origin in 2017[23]
Ancestry Number
  Kosovo 566
  Poland 483
  Sweden 419
  Somalia 342
  Iraq 196
  Denmark 145
  Syria 135
  Lithuania 133
  Iran 107
  Germany 107

Sports edit

The Halden VBK volleyball club plays in the Premier Division, and while the local ice hockey team Comet did play in the GET-league (Norway's highest ice hockey division) for some years, but they ran into some financial problems in 2008/2009, and is now in division 1. Halden also has many football clubs, the biggest of them, Kvik Halden FK, plays in the Norwegian Second Division. The two handball clubs, Tistedalens TIF in the first division and HK Halden, have teams for children, youth and adults.

One of Norway's few curling centres lies in Halden. Halden Curling Center is host to East-Norway 1 division. In addition there is a separate amateur league with two divisions. Several curlers from Halden have won Norwegian championships and competed internationally.

Halden's forests are a good place for orienteering; and hiking, canoeing, boating, fishing, and gymnastics are also popular sports amongst Halden's population.

Halden's prison edit

Halden is one of Norway's highest-security jails. It has acquired a “reputation as the world's most humane prison.” The architectural design of this prison is not like other prisons. The conditions inside the prison have been made as much like life outside the walls as possible. It is in fact to create an environment “as unprisonlike as possible.” This reflects the flagship of the Norwegian justice system, which focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment.[24]

To explore what makes incarceration in Norway different from being imprisoned in other countries, British journalist Raphael Rowe spent a week at Halden Prison for the Netflix documentary Inside the World's Toughest Prisons (Season 3, Episode 4).[25]

Notable residents edit

 
Ivar Huitfeldt
 
Peter Anker, 1814
 
Alf Larsen Whist, 1940

Public Service & public thinking edit

 
Egil Hjorth-Jensen, 1950

The Arts edit

  • Thomas Fearnley (1802 in Fredrikshald – 1842) a Norwegian romantic painter
  • Jacob Calmeyer (1802 in Fredrikshald – 1883) a Norwegian painter
  • Annette Abigael Hamilton (1806 in Fredrikshald - 1879) a fairy-tale collector and author
  • Henriette Wienecke (1819 in Fredrikshald -1907), a composer
  • Alvilde Prydz (1846 near Fredrikshald – 1922) a Norwegian novelist
  • Oscar Borg (1851 in Halden – 1930) composer of marches for wind bands and conductor
  • Gustav Fredrik Lange (1861 in Halden – 1939) a violinist, violin teacher and composer
  • Karl Ouren (1882 in Halden – 1943) an American artist of landscapes with winter and snow
  • Sven Elvestad (1884 in Fredrikshald – 1934) a Norwegian journalist and author of crime novels
  • Mon Schjelderup (1870 in Fredrikshald – 1934) a Norwegian composer and pianist
  • Egil Hjorth-Jenssen (1893 in Fredrikshald – 1969) actor, theatre director and playwright[26]
  • Pehr Qværnstrøm (1878 in Halden – 1949) an actor, film director and scriptwriter[27]
  • Gunnar Olram (1908 in Halden – 2001) a Norwegian actor and stage instructor[28]
  • Henning Kvitnes (born 1958 in Tistedalen) Singer/songwriter (Rock/roots)
  • Knut Nærum (born 1961 in Halden) comedian, author, comics writer and TV-entertainer
  • Harald Rønneberg (born 1973 in Halden) a Norwegian television personality

Sport edit

Twin towns – sister cities edit

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway

Halden is twinned with:[29]

References edit

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  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
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  5. ^ Tabeller over Folkemængden i Norge den 31te December 1845
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
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  12. ^ "Jellhaugen". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  13. ^ "Weather forecast for Buer stasjon".
  14. ^ "Gjellestadskipet".
  15. ^ "Skipsgraven fra Gjellestad – ny viten om datering og bevaringstilstand - Kulturhistorisk museum".
  16. ^ Jellestad Ship
  17. ^ Science Norway
  18. ^ Gjellestad excavation
  19. ^ BBC News
  20. ^ Historic excavation now underway
  21. ^ SFL Times
  22. ^ "Arkeologene trodde de fant et ukjent vikingskip – men slekta til Harald slo dem med 140 år". 19 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  24. ^ Gentleman, Amelia. "Inside Halden, the most humane prison in the world". Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  25. ^ "Inside the World's Thoughest Prisons". Netflix. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
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  27. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 20 January 2021
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  29. ^ "Foreningen Norden Halden 80 år". dagsavisen.no (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-01-31.

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59 12639 N 11 48278 E 59 12639 11 48278CountryNorwayCountyVikenAdministrative centreHaldenGovernment Mayor 2019 Anne Kari Holm Sp Area Total642 km2 248 sq mi Land596 km2 230 sq mi Rank 173 in NorwayPopulation 2020 Total31 387 Rank 18 in Norway Density46 km2 120 sq mi Change 10 years 6 DemonymHaldenser Haldensar 1 Official language 2 Norwegian formBokmalTime zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST ISO 3166 codeNO 3001 3 WebsiteOfficial websiteData from Statistics NorwayThe seat of the municipality Halden is a border town located at the mouth of the Tista river on the Iddefjord the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden The town of Halden is located about 120 km 75 mi south of Oslo 190 km 120 mi north of Gothenburg and 12 km 7 5 mi west of the border crossing at Svinesund Contents 1 History 2 Politics 3 Economy 4 Rod Herregard 5 Notable Sights 6 Nature 7 Gjellestad ship burial 8 Culture 8 1 Sports 9 Halden s prison 10 Notable residents 10 1 Public Service amp public thinking 10 2 The Arts 10 3 Sport 11 Twin towns sister cities 12 References 13 External linksHistory editEvidence of early human settlements in this region of Norway have been found particularly in the Svinesund area of the municipality where evidence of early settlements from the Nordic Bronze Age have been found Named after a small farm Hallen English rise or slope first mentioned in 1629 Halden became the city of Fredrikshald in 1665 named after Frederick III of Denmark The Gud med oss God be with us coat of arms created in 1665 shows a knight standing on a mountain yellow on a blue background and was inspired by the bravery of the citizens of the city in the Dano Swedish War 1658 1660 4 Swedish forces unsuccessfully attempted to invade the town six times between 1658 and 1814 As a reference to the town s citizens burning their own houses to prevent them being taken on 4 July 1716 by the forces of King Charles XII of Sweden Halden is one of only two cities in Norway s national anthem In 1718 the Great Northern War ended when Charles XII was shot and killed at the Fredriksten fortress The fortress had been erected in the 17th century as a replacement for the Bohus Fortress lost at the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658 when Bohuslan was ceded to Sweden Halden has never been captured by force by any invading army although it was occupied by Nazi forces in WWII In an 1835 census Fredrikshald was the seventh largest town or city in Norway with 4 921 inhabitants 5 In 1838 Fredrikshald became a city municipality Norwegian herred and in 1928 the name was changed back to Halden Tistedalen which is 4 kilometres 2 mi east of Halden was part of the city from 1686 to 1967 until it was separated from Halden At the same time the area of Halden Tistedalen and the rural municipalities of Berg and Idd became the Halden municipality on 1 January 1967 nbsp Halden s fortress and town bridge Politics editThe political situation in Halden has become infamous in Norway for conflicts between individual politicians and between local political parties The municipality is governed by the Conservative Party the Liberal Party the Christian Democratic Party the Centre Party and the Green Party 6 nbsp Overview photo of Halden with Fredriksten fortress visibleEconomy editThe slogan Halden IT og Miljobyen Halden IT and Environment City is a reference to Halden s relatively large number of information technology companies In the late 1960s the most powerful mainframe computer in Norway at the time was located at the Institute for Energy Technology s facilities in Halden From the 1960s 1980s Halden was infamous for high levels of industrial pollution largely originating from the Norske Skog Saugbrugs paper mill part of Norske Skog since 1989 As a result of projects initiated by both Norske Skog Saugbrugs and the city authorities the polluted fjords and rivers of Halden have been cleaned up and the city was dubbed Norway s Environment City in 1996 One of Norway s two nuclear reactors under decommissioning is located in Halden The Halden Boiling Water Reactor is a research reactor located 100 metres 328 ft within Manefjell adjacent to the Saugbrugs paper mill The OECD Halden Reactor Project is one of the world s longest running international research collaborations and is the largest international research project in Norway While the reactor closed in 2018 safety oriented research collaboration for the nuclear power industry has continued focusing primarily on human technology organisation research IFE s Man Technology Organisation Lab facility in Os Alle was opened by the Prince Regent in 2004 and houses the most recent incarnations of the Halden Man Machine Laboratory HAMMLAB and Halden Virtual Reality Centre s HVRC VR laboratory IFE also has advanced robotics and cybersecurity labs in Halden The Halden Project at IFE has ensured a steady influx of international guest scientists to the city many of whom made Halden their permanent homes Nexans has a large cable factory in Halden The main products from this factory are submarine power cables umbilical cables for subsea installations and cable systems for heating of subsea pipelines Rod Herregard edit nbsp Rod HerregardRod Herregard in Halden is one of the best preserved manor houses in Norway The property features well preserved buildings a Baroque garden and an English landscape garden The buildings have their oldest origins of the late 1600s but were largely built during the last half of the 1700s The main building contains authentic furnishings including period furniture hunting trophies an extensive collection of art and a large weapons collection 7 Rod Herregard was owned and inhabited by members of the Tank and Anker families from 1733 including Carsten Tank and Nils Otto Tank as well as Peter Martin Anker and Nils Anker The manor house and estate complex was owned by the Tank family through three generations from 1733 to 1829 Both Danish Crown Prince regent Christian Frederik and Swedish Crown Prince and Regent Charles John were guests at the mansion The estate was visited by English economist Thomas Robert Malthus during his European tour in 1799 8 9 10 In 1961 two foundations were established to maintain the historic property Rod Manor Foundation Stiftelsen Rod Herregard is responsible for the manor house buildings and gardens Ankerske Foundation Collections Stiftelsen De Ankerske Samlinger is responsible for the contents and the rich archives related to the property 11 Notable Sights editHalden sights include the Halden Canal system the two Svinesund bridges and Hoiasmasten a partially guyed TV tower The fortress of Fredriksten has historical museums and the Ostfold University College Hogskolen i Ostfold is in Halden Petroglyphs rock carvings dated from the Nordic Bronze Age are found around town some locally but more impressive are ones found along Oldtidsveien the historical road between Halden and Fredrikstad some 20 km 12 mi north and around Tanum in Sweden some 60 km 37 mi to the south Jellhaugen a major tumulus grave mound is found west of town 12 situated only 120 feet away from the site of the later discovered Gjellestad Ship Nature editHalden is surrounded by forests and water so hiking and fishing locations can easily be found Deer and elk are a common sight and wolves have also been observed in the district along the border with Sweden Raspberries blackberries blueberries wild cranberries and many varieties of mushroom can be found in the woods in the early autumn Popular destinations for hikers and other nature lovers include Prestebakke and Kornsjo Halden s meteorological station is at Buer 13 nbsp Immanuel Church in HaldenGjellestad ship burial edit nbsp A Viking burial mound at Gjellestad The Jellhaugen Mound was probably built in the 6th century about 300 years before the burial of the Gjellestad ship The Gjellestad 14 Norwegian pronunciation ˈjɛ lːeˌstɑːd ship also spelt Jellestad is the remains of a Viking age longship found at the farm of Gjellestad in Halden municipality in Norway in 2018 by the archeologists Lars Gustavsen and Erich Nau A 2019 examination by the University of Oslo has dated it to earliest AD 733 15 Originally interred beneath a burial mound in the present day the ship lies 40 centimetres below the topsoil due to years of ploughing 16 Due to extensive fungus damage to the hull caused by field drainage drought and exposure to the air archaeologists called for an immediate dig to save the ship 17 Excavation of the ship at Gjellestad began in June 2020 18 and is led by Christian L Rodsrud of the Museum of Cultural History It is estimated to be over 20 metres long although only parts of the keel have survived 19 This would mean that the boat is of a similar size to the Gokstad ship 20 The identity of the boat s occupant has not yet been confirmed but experts have speculated that it may have belonged to a king or queen 21 Culture editOutdoor concerts are frequently held at the fortress while the local churches pubs and student union are regular venues for indoor concerts Musicians recorded by the Hitsville and Athletic Sound studios in the Halden region include Motorpsycho Madrugada Morten Harket and Kurt Nilsen The city s intimate theatre hosts frequent plays by national and local theatre groups and occasionally serves as a concert hall Halden festivals include Tons of Rock hard rock and metal in June each year from 2014 before the festival was moved to Oslo in 2019 and a vegetarian food festival in August The famous pub Siste Reis neighbouring the train station has been voted among the ten best pubs in Europe Artists born in Halden that are represented in the Norwegian National Gallery in Oslo include Thomas Fearnley 1802 1842 and Jacob Mathias Calmeyer 1802 1883 Fearnley is locally exhibited at the manor house Rod Herregard Other significant artists that lived in Halden but were not born there include Johannes Fintoe 1786 1870 and Heinrich August Grosch 1763 1843 Grosch s son Christian Heinrich Grosch 1801 1865 who moved with his parents to Halden at the age of ten became an influential architect whose works include seventy eight churches including Immanuel Church in Halden the Bank of Norway the Oslo Stock Exchange and the original university buildings in Oslo Current archaeological excavations includes Jellestadskipet Gjellestadskipet located a stone s throw from Jellhaugen it was first photographed in 2018 22 Number of minorities 1st and 2nd generation in Halden by country of origin in 2017 23 Ancestry Number nbsp Kosovo 566 nbsp Poland 483 nbsp Sweden 419 nbsp Somalia 342 nbsp Iraq 196 nbsp Denmark 145 nbsp Syria 135 nbsp Lithuania 133 nbsp Iran 107 nbsp Germany 107Sports edit The Halden VBK volleyball club plays in the Premier Division and while the local ice hockey team Comet did play in the GET league Norway s highest ice hockey division for some years but they ran into some financial problems in 2008 2009 and is now in division 1 Halden also has many football clubs the biggest of them Kvik Halden FK plays in the Norwegian Second Division The two handball clubs Tistedalens TIF in the first division and HK Halden have teams for children youth and adults One of Norway s few curling centres lies in Halden Halden Curling Center is host to East Norway 1 division In addition there is a separate amateur league with two divisions Several curlers from Halden have won Norwegian championships and competed internationally Halden s forests are a good place for orienteering and hiking canoeing boating fishing and gymnastics are also popular sports amongst Halden s population Halden s prison editHalden is one of Norway s highest security jails It has acquired a reputation as the world s most humane prison The architectural design of this prison is not like other prisons The conditions inside the prison have been made as much like life outside the walls as possible It is in fact to create an environment as unprisonlike as possible This reflects the flagship of the Norwegian justice system which focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment 24 To explore what makes incarceration in Norway different from being imprisoned in other countries British journalist Raphael Rowe spent a week at Halden Prison for the Netflix documentary Inside the World s Toughest Prisons Season 3 Episode 4 25 Notable residents edit nbsp Ivar Huitfeldt nbsp Peter Anker 1814 nbsp Alf Larsen Whist 1940Public Service amp public thinking edit Ivar Huitfeldt 1665 in Halden 1710 naval commander in the Dano Norwegian fleet Ove Gjerlow Meyer ca 1742 in Fredrikshald 1790 jurist founded the Norwegian Society Peter Anker 1744 in Fredrikshald 1832 a diplomat military officer and colonial general Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen 1777 1853 in Fredrikshald a military officer and politician Carl von und zu Mansbach 1790 in Halden 1867 Hessian Norwegian army officer amp diplomat Nils Otto Tank 1800 near Halden 1864 a Moravian Church religious leader in Wisconsin Christian Heinrich Grosch 1801 1865 an architect lived in Fredrikshald from 1811 Christian August Selmer 1816 in Fredrikshald 1889 a Norwegian lawyer and a magistrate Prime Minister of Norway 1880 to 1884 Carl Frederik Fearnley 1818 in Fredrikshald 1890 a Norwegian astronomer Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug 1822 in Idd 1909 legal scholar historian and social economist Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow 1832 1918 mathematician headmaster in Halden 1858 to 1898 Herman Anker 1839 at Rod Manor 1896 a Norwegian school teacher and educationalist Christian August Anker 1840 in Halden 1912 developed mining and wood processing Ragnvald Bodtker 1859 1946 an engineer director of log driving in Halden for 42 years Jens Andersen 1866 in Idd 1937 a shoemaker and shoe factory owner Andreas Tostrup Urbye 1869 in Fredrikshald 1955 a civil servant lawyer and politician Theodor Haagaas 1873 in Tistedalen 1961 a mathematician and private school owner Birger Braadland 1879 in Idd 1966 a politician foreign minister 1931 to 1933 Alf Whist 1880 in Fredrikshald 1962 a Norwegian politician for Nasjonal Samling Carl Frolich Hanssen 1883 in Halden 1960 head of the Norwegian Nazi Labour Service Niels Larsen Bruun 1893 in Fredrikshald 1970 an officer in the Royal Norwegian Navy Eva Kolstad 1918 in Halden 1999 politician and strong promoter of gender equality Rolf B Wegner born 1940 a lawyer and former chief of police grew up in Halden Christen Ager Hanssen born 1962 in Halden an internet entrepreneur amp venture capitalist Hakon Wium Lie born 1965 in Halden a Norwegian web pioneer and standards activist nbsp Egil Hjorth Jensen 1950The Arts edit Thomas Fearnley 1802 in Fredrikshald 1842 a Norwegian romantic painter Jacob Calmeyer 1802 in Fredrikshald 1883 a Norwegian painter Annette Abigael Hamilton 1806 in Fredrikshald 1879 a fairy tale collector and author Henriette Wienecke 1819 in Fredrikshald 1907 a composer Alvilde Prydz 1846 near Fredrikshald 1922 a Norwegian novelist Oscar Borg 1851 in Halden 1930 composer of marches for wind bands and conductor Gustav Fredrik Lange 1861 in Halden 1939 a violinist violin teacher and composer Karl Ouren 1882 in Halden 1943 an American artist of landscapes with winter and snow Sven Elvestad 1884 in Fredrikshald 1934 a Norwegian journalist and author of crime novels Mon Schjelderup 1870 in Fredrikshald 1934 a Norwegian composer and pianist Egil Hjorth Jenssen 1893 in Fredrikshald 1969 actor theatre director and playwright 26 Pehr Qvaernstrom 1878 in Halden 1949 an actor film director and scriptwriter 27 Gunnar Olram 1908 in Halden 2001 a Norwegian actor and stage instructor 28 Henning Kvitnes born 1958 in Tistedalen Singer songwriter Rock roots Knut Naerum born 1961 in Halden comedian author comics writer and TV entertainer Harald Ronneberg born 1973 in Halden a Norwegian television personalitySport edit Andreas Hagelund 1881 in Fredrikshald 1967 a gymnast team gold medallist at the 1906 Summer Olympics Erik Anker 1903 in Berg 1994 a sailor Olympic team gold medallist and businessperson Johan Anker 1871 at Refne in Berg 1940 a Norwegian sailor and yacht designer competed in three Summer Olympics Thor Martinsen born 1945 in Halden an ice hockey player competed in 4 Summer Olympics Svein Grondalen born 1955 in Halden a former footballer with 77 caps for Norway Jorgen Strand Larsen born 2000 in Halden a footballer who currently plays for RC Celta de VigoTwin towns sister cities editSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway Halden is twinned with 29 nbsp Ringsted Denmark nbsp Sastamala Finland nbsp Skovde SwedenReferences edit Navn pa steder og personer Innbyggjarnamn in Norwegian Sprakradet Forskrift om malvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar in Norwegian Lovdata no Bolstad Erik Thorsnaes Geir eds 2023 01 26 Kommunenummer Store norske leksikon in Norwegian Kunnskapsforlaget Haldens kommunevapen in Norwegian Archived from the original on 2011 07 24 Retrieved 2008 12 13 Tabeller over 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23 June 2017 Gentleman Amelia Inside Halden the most humane prison in the world Retrieved 12 December 2018 Inside the World s Thoughest Prisons Netflix Retrieved 2021 04 11 IMDb Database retrieved 20 January 2021 IMDb Database retrieved 20 January 2021 IMDb Database retrieved 20 January 2021 Foreningen Norden Halden 80 ar dagsavisen no in Norwegian Dagsavisen 2019 03 28 Retrieved 2021 01 31 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Halden nbsp Look up Halden in Wiktionary the free dictionary nbsp Halden travel guide from Wikivoyage Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Halden amp oldid 1187771973, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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