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Sæbø
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Norwegian Bokmål
no:Sæbø,Sæbø (Møre og Romsdal)
thumb|Sæbø Church in Alver.
thumb|Sæbø seen from Hjørundfjorden.
thumb|Hjørundfjord Church in Sæbø.
Etymology
nb gem-pro *saiwiz
nb ine-pro *bʰuH-
From a Norwegian place-name compound of nb non sær sea and non bœr farm, settlement, literally “sea farm” or “farm by the sea”. The first element corresponds semantically to modern nb sjø sea, lake. The second element non bœr is related to non búa to dwell, live.
Compare similarly formed da Sæby and sv Sjöbo place names.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈsæː.bøː/
nb æːbøː 2
nb Sæ bø
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb village mun/Alver county/Vestland c/Norway
nb historical nb former municipality county/Hordaland c/Norway, dissolved in 1964 and later part of nb Alver
nb village mun/Ørsta county/Møre og Romsdal c/Norway
nb habitational from Norwegian farm names and places named nb Sæbø
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, nb Sæbø was borne by 1,159 people in Norway as a surname in 2025.“Etternavn”, Statistics Norway.
References
Further reading
“Sæbø – tidligere kommune” in Store norske leksikon.
Sæbø no
Sæbø (Møre og Romsdal) no
“Sæbø i Ørsta” in NRK-språket.
Sæbø (Ørsta)
Sæbø kirke