Glemmen Municipality

thumb|250 px|Glemmen Old church Glemmen is a parish and former municipality with the city of Fredrikstad, Østfold county, Norway.

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thumb|250 px|Glemmen Old church Glemmen is a parish and former municipality with the city of Fredrikstad, Østfold county, Norway.

==History== The parish of Glemminge was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). A part of Glemmen with 2,013 inhabitants was moved to Fredrikstad 1 January 1867. The island of Kråkerøy was separated from Glemmen to form a municipality of its own 1 January 1908. The split left Glemmen with 10,430 inhabitants. The rest of Glemmen was merged with the city of Fredrikstad January 1, 1964. Prior to the merger Glemmen had a population of 16,520.