Fredrikstad

English Etymology en :bor no:Fredrikstad + 1 Proper noun en city/and/mun co/Viken r/Eastern Norway c/Norway. Norwegian Bokmål nb: right|thumb|250px|A view of the old town of Fredrikstad in Norway, seen from the air. Alternative forms nb Frederiksstad Fredriksstad Etymology nb eponyms nb ine-pro *steh₂- nb Fredrik stad, first part named after Frederick II of Denmark, the King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death in 1588, the city was the first in Norway to be named after a person. Prior to 1877, the name was spelled nb Frederiksstad, then from 1877–1888 it was written as nb Fredriksstad, and finally since 1889 it has been spelled in its current form: Fredrikstad. Pronunciation nb /ˈfrɛdrɪkstɑː/ nb nb-fredrikstad.ogg nb ɑː nb Fred rik stad nb Fredriksstad Proper noun nb proper noun nb administrative center/municipality/and/city co/Viken r/Eastern Norway c/Norway Fredrikstad References “Fredrikstad” in Store norske leksikon Norwegian Nynorsk nn: nn:+ kommune Alternative forms nn Freksta colloquial Proper noun nn proper noun nn municipality co/Østfold c/Norway, and the seventh-largest city in Norway. nn Cities in Norway