Sarpsborg

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Sarpsborg

Total population

50,715

Coordinates59.28°, 11.11°

Demographic figures from Statistics Norway (SSB). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Sarpsborg, historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ragnhild Aamodt

Norwegian handball player

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Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

Thomas Myhre

Norwegian association football player

Oscar Torp

23rd Prime Minister of Norway (1893–1958)

Kai Eide

Norwegian politician and diplomat

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Sissel Grottenberg

Norwegian athletics competitor (born 1956)

Asbjørn Halvorsen

Norwegian footballer (1898-1955)

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Ann-Christin Elverum

Norwegian actress

Jens Arne Svartedal

cross-country skier

B

Bent Skammelsrud

Norwegian footballer

Per-Åge Skrøder

Norwegian ice hockey player

J

Jonas Solberg Andersen

Norwegian ice hockey player

Erlend Wiborg

Norwegian politician

Jonas Holøs

Norwegian ice hockey player

Jan Thomas Lauritzen

Norwegian handball player

Wilfried Platzer

Austrian politician and diplomat (1909-1981)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Østfold

• Skjærhalden
  18.1 mi away · pop. 928
• Askim
  20.8 mi away · pop. 15,629
• Lašovice
  683.8 mi away · pop. 59
• Nerestce
  686.2 mi away · pop. 70
• Nová Ves
  686.6 mi away · pop. 56
• Ratiboř
  686.8 mi away · pop. 153
• Kaliště
  687.8 mi away · pop. 56
• Libenice
  688.1 mi away · pop. 56
• Blehov
  689.1 mi away · pop. 53
• Boudy
  689.6 mi away · pop. 180
• Vrbno
  691.1 mi away · pop. 85
• Nový Kostelec
  691.2 mi away · pop. 45

Browse all places in Østfold →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Sarpsborg

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Purple-veiled Slippery Jack

Suillus luteus

Seen 2026-09-25

Woolly Milkcap

Lactarius torminosus

Seen 2026-09-25

King Bolete

Boletus edulis

Seen 2026-09-16

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Seen 2026-09-13

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-13

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Seen 2026-09-13

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

Seen 2026-09-13

grass snake

Natrix natrix

Seen 2026-09-11

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers