Fredrikstad

(previously Frederiksstad) (literally Fredrik's Toun) is a ceety an municipality in Østfold coonty, Norawa.  The admeenistrative centre o the municipality is the ceety o Fredrikstad.

The ceety o Fredrikstad wis foondit in 1567 bi Keeng Frederick II, an established as a municipality on 1 Januar 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality o Glemmen wis mergit wi Fredrikstad on 1 Januar 1964.  The rural municipalities o Borge, Onsøy, Kråkerøy, an Rolvsøy wur mergit wi Fredrikstad on 1 Januar 1994.

The ceety straddles the river Glomma whaur it meets the Skagerrak. Alang wi neighborin Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad forms the fift lairgest ceety in Norawa: Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg. As o 1 Januar 2008, accordin tae Statistics Norway, these twa municipalities hae a total population o 123,029 wi 71,976 in Fredrikstad an 51,053 in Sarpsborg. 

Internaitional relations
Twin touns — sister ceeties
The follaein ceeties are twinned wi Fredrikstad: 
 Ceety Region Kintra Aalborg 24px North Denmark Region  Húsavík  Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla  Kotka 20px Kymenlaakso  Karlskoga 20px Örebro  Patzún  Chimaltenango  San Martín Jilotepeque  Chimaltenango  Zhuzhou  Hunan 

References

Category:Municipalities o Østfold
Category:Ceeties an touns in Norawa
Category:Populatit coastal places in Norawa
Category:Populatit places on the Glomma River
Category:Fredrikstad
Category:Port ceeties an touns in Norawa
Category:Populatit places established in the 1560s
Category:1567 establishments