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{{Infobox kommune
| name                = Nittedal
| native_name         =
| native_name_lang    =
| other_name          =
| official_name       =
| idnumber            = 3232
| image_skyline       = Nittedal sentrum.JPG
| county              = Akershus
| district            = Romerike
| capital             = [[Rotnes]]
| language            = [[Bokmål]]
| coatofarms          = Nittedal komm.svg
| demonym             = Nittedøl or<br />Nittedøling
| munwebpage          = www.nittedal.kommune.no
| mayor               = [[Inge Solli]]
| mayor_party         = [[Venstre (Norway)|V]]
| mayor_as_of         = 2020
| area_rank           = 338
| area_total_km2      = 186
| area_land_km2       = 179
| area_water_percent  = 0.06
| population_as_of    = 2006 Q2
| population_rank     = 47
| population_total    = 19722
| populationpercent   = 0.42
| population_density_km2 = 108
| population_increase = 18.0
| coordinates         = {{coord|60|4|23|N|10|52|20|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone            = 32V | utm_northing = 6661050 | utm_easting = 0604189 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Nittedal''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] and city in [[Akershus]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]].  It is part of the [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]] of [[Romerike]].  The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of [[Rotnes]].

The parish of ''Nitedal'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]).

==Name==
The name ([[Old Norse]]: ''Nitjudalr'') is an old district name. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the river name ''Nitja'' (now Nitelva) and the last element is ''dalr'' which means "[[valley]]" or "dale". The meaning of the river name is unknown.  Prior to 1918, the name was written "Nittedalen".

==Coat-of-arms==
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted on 23 January 1987.  The arms show the two silver lines running in a [[Bend (heraldry)|bend sinister]] direction on a green background.  They represent the main transportation lines that run through the municipality from [[Oslo]] to other parts of the country: the main [[highway]] and the [[Rail transport|railroad]], they also can represent [[skiing]] tracks, an old winter transportation method.  At the same time the two lines symbolize [[match]]es, as one of Norway's oldest match factories was founded in Nittedal. The lines also symbolize [[logging|tree logs]], as [[forestry]] is of great importance for the local economy.<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|year=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/n/nittedal.htm|access-date=2008-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nittedal.kommune.no/en/Toppmeny/Info-om-Nittedal/Kommunevapen/|title=Nittedals kommunevåpen|publisher=Nittedal kommune|access-date=2008-12-20|language=no}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Nittedal rådhus.JPG|thumb|left|Nittedal town hall.]]
Nittedal lies directly northeast of [[Oslo]] and serves as a [[suburb]] to the capital. It is located on both sides of the Nitelva river. The southernmost population centre is Hagan. Further north lie the centres of Slattum, [[Rotnes]], [[Åneby]], [[Grønvoll]], Varingskollen, and [[Hakadal]].
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==History==

In 1902 the construction of the [[Gjøvik Line]] reached the west side of Nittedal, from Oslo and through the forest.<ref>https://snl.no/Nittedal "Etter at Gjøvikbanen i 1902 var ført fra Oslo over skogen til vestsiden av Nittedal, vokste det her opp villabebyggelser, særlig ved Nittedal stasjon."</ref>

==Demography==
{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nittedal by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title= Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population|language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||462
|-
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}||329
|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}||303
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||241
|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}}||197
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||178
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}||139
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}||103
|-
| {{flag|India}}||103
|-
| {{flag|Philippines}}||94
|}

==Administration==
Mayor Hilde Thorkildsen is on suspension from her position.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/ordforer-tiltalt-for-grov-korrupsjon-_-politiets-telefonavlytting-blir-bevis-i-retten-1.15621948 |title=Ordfører tiltalt for grov korrupsjon – politiets telefonavlytting blir bevis i retten |website=www.nrk.no |date= 31 August 2021|access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref> {{As of|2022|7|post=,}} she is still under trial for corruption.<ref>https://e24.no/naeringsliv/i/dnX39B/tidligere-nittedal-ordfoerer-frifunnet-i-lagmannsretten. [[E24 Næringsliv|E24]].no. Retrieved 7 July 2022</ref><ref>https://direkte.vg.no/nyhetsdognet/news/anker-frifinnelse-av-tidligere-nittedal-ordfoerer.TWT3ntcu1 (1 November 2021) Retrieved 1 November 2021</ref><ref>https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/nittedal-ordforer-hilde-kristine-nysten-thorkildsen-frifunnet-i-korrupsjonssak-1.15695799. Retrieved 19 October 2021. "– Vi vil nå bruke ankefristen til å vurdere hvorvidt det er aktuelt for påtalemyndigheten å inngi anke til lagmannsretten, sier assisterende sjef Inge Svae-Grotli."</ref>

==Sister cities==
The following cities are [[town twinning|twinned]] with Nittedal:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nittedal.kommune.no/en/Lenker/|title=Lenker|publisher=Nittedal kommune|access-date=2008-12-20|language=no}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|DEN}} - [[Fredensborg Municipality|Fredensborg]], [[Region Hovedstaden]], [[Denmark]]
* {{flagicon|SWE}} - [[Håbo Municipality|Håbo]], [[Uppsala County]], [[Sweden]]
* {{flagicon|FIN}} - [[Ingå]], [[Uusimaa]], [[Finland]]

==Notable people==
[[File:Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2011 Bernhoft2 Harry Wad.jpg|140px|thumb|Jarle Bernhoft, 2011]]
This list includes people who were born or have resided in Nittedal:
* [[Peter Østbye]] (1855 in Nittedal - 1943) a philologist and academic administrator
* [[Svend Rasmussen Svendsen]] (1864 in Nittedal – 1945) a [[Norwegian American]] impressionist artist
* [[Hans Prydz]] (1868–1957) a physician and Mayor of Nittedal 1913/22 & 1928/34 
* [[Gunnar Haarstad]] (1916 in Nittedal – 1992) a jurist, police officer, a resistance member during World War II, and head of the [[Norwegian Police Security Service]] for fifteen years
* [[Tor Brustad]] (1926 in Nittedal – 2016) a Norwegian biophysicist
* [[Nils Vogt (civil servant)|Nils Vogt]] (1926 in Hakadal – 2000) a Norwegian civil servant and diplomat
* [[Kjell Magne Yri]] (born 1943) a Norwegian priest and linguist, lives in Nittedal
* [[Inge Solli]] (born 1959) a Norwegian politician, deputy county Mayor of Akershus
* [[Ib Thomsen]] (born 1961) politician
* [[Jarle Bernhoft]] (born 1976 in Nittedal) stage name ''Bernhoft'', singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and lyricist
* [[Marte Wexelsen Goksøyr]] (born 1982 in Nittedal) an actress, public speaker, writer and public debater with [[Down syndrome]]
[[File:Hanne Staff WOC 2010.jpg|140px|thumb|Hanne Staff, 2010]]

=== Sport ===
* [[Hroar Elvenes]] (1932 in Hakadal – 2014) a speed skater, competed in four Winter Olympics
* [[Odd Martinsen]] (born 1942) cross-country skier, multiple Olympic medallist, father of [[Bente Skari]]
* [[Terje Thorslund]] (born 1945) a former Norwegian champion javelin thrower
* [[Bente Skari]] (born 1972 in Nittedal) cross-country skier, multiple Olympic medallist
* [[Hanne Staff]] (born 1972 in Nittedal) an orienteering athlete
*[[Stine Bredal Oftedal]] (born 1991 in Nittedal) handball player, European, World, and Olympic champion

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Nittedal}}
*{{wiktionary-inline|Nittedal}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230429/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0239 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Akershus}}
*[http://www.varingen.no Varingen]: the local newspaper
*[http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/0233.html Population changes from 1951 onwards]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Nitedal
|North     =  [[Lunner]]<br />[[Nannestad]]
|Northeast =  
|East      =  [[Gjerdrum]]
|Southeast =  [[Lillestrøm]]
|South     =  [[Oslo]]
|Southwest =  
|West      =  [[Oslo]]
|Northwest =  
}}
{{Akershus}}
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