Hvaler Municipality
Hvaler is a municipality that is a group of islands in the southern part of Østfold County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skjærhalden, on the island of Kirkeøy. The only police station in the municipality is located in Skjærhalden. Hvaler was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
Key facts
- Kommune.name
- Hvaler
- Kommune.idnumber
- 3110
- Kommune.image_skyline
- SANDMARINA.jpg
- Kommune.image_caption
- Marina on Hvaler
- Kommune.county
- Østfold
- Kommune.capital
- Skjærhalden
- Kommune.language
- Bokmål
- Kommune.demonym
- Hvalersokning
- Kommune.coatofarms
- Hvaler komm.svg
- Kommune.munwebpage
- www.hvaler.kommune.no
- Kommune.mayor
- Eivind N. Borge
- Kommune.mayor_party
- Frp
- Kommune.mayor_as_of
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- Name
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- Culture
- Hvaler Church
- Geography
- Notable people
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Hvaler is a municipality that is a group of islands in the southern part of Østfold County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skjærhalden, on the island of Kirkeøy. The only police station in the municipality is located in Skjærhalden. Hvaler was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
==Name== The name is the plural form of hval, which means "whale". The form and shape of the islands resemble a pod of whales. Prior to 1889, the name was spelled "Hvaløerne", meaning the whale isles.