Mysen is the administrative center of the municipality of Eidsberg in the county of Østfold in Norway.

The town is named after the old farm of Mysen (Norse Mysin, from *Mosvin), since the town is built on its ground. The first element is mosi m 'bog, marsh', the last element is vin m 'meadow, pasture'.

History

Between 1920 and 1961, it was a separate municipality. Mysen became an independent municipality on 1 July 1920 when it was spun off from Eidsberg. On 1 January 1961 Mysen was merged again with Eidsberg. As with many other places in Eastern Norway Mysen has grown up around a railway station, after Østfold Line's Eastern Line opened in 1882. Today the station is an end stop for most local trains on the eastern line. Therefore, Mysen is a communication center for inner Østfold, with bus routes to most of the surrounding area, also Töcksfors in Sweden. The village had 6,084 inhabitants as of 1 January 2011.

During the Second World War. there was a Nazi concentration camp at Mysen.^{[citation needed]} One camp commandant was Hans Aumeier, who was later tried and convicted at the Auschwitz Trial.

Notable people from Mysen

• Jan Garbarek, musician
• Atle Næss, author
• Eva Røine, psychologist and author
• Brage Vastevik, gravity mountain biker

See also

• Momarken, a racecourse just north of Mysen

References

External links

Media related to Mysen at Wikimedia Commons

59°33′N 11°20′E / 59.550°N 11.333°E / 59.550; 11.333

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