Mysen

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Mysen" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Mysen" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

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', and the last element is vin m 'meadow, pasture'.

History

During the Second World War, there was a Nazi concentration camp at Mysen. 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

This Østfold location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

• v
• t
• e