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Hægebostad is a municipality in the Vest-Agder county, Norway. Hægebostad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Eiken was separated from Hægebostad on 1 January 1916 but it was again merged back with Hægebostad on 1 January 1963.
It is an inland municipality, with Åseral municipality to the northeast, Kvinesdal to the west, Lyngdal to the south, and Audnedal to the east.
[edit] General information
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Hægebostad farm (Old Norse Helgabólstaðir), since the first church was built there. The first element is helg- which means "holy" and the last element is the plural form of bólstaðr which means "homestead" or "farm". Before 1889, the name was written Hegebostad.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 April 1986. The arms show the two swords dating from the 4th-6th century that were found in the municipality. They symbolize the famous swords of Snartemo and Eiken found in the municipality. The swords were highly decorated with silver and gold.[2]
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[edit] External links
Media related to Hægebostad at Wikimedia Commons
The Wiktionary definition of Hægebostad
