Kolbotn

Kolbotn
Town
Country	Norway
Region	Østlandet
County	Akershus
District	Follo
Municipality	Oppegård
Population
• Total	c. 6,000
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	NO-1410

Kolbotn's Primary School

Kolbotn is an urban area in Norway's Nordre Follo county. Kolbotn is in the centre of the traditional district, Oppegård. The population is about 6,000. Kolbotn has several elementary schools, four middle schools and a high school. Town is located at the end of Kolbotnvannet, a lake.

Buildings include Stabburet, [the area's oldest building,] from the 18th century.

Sports

The football team Kolbotn IL hails from here. In 2006 Kolbotn women's team were top of the top league for women in Norway, the Toppserien. The team included Norwegian national footballers Solveig Gulbrandsen, Trine Rønning, Christine Colombo Nilsen and Isabell Herlovsen. Striker Rebecca Angus from Middlesbrough, England also played four seasons for Kolbotn in 2007-10. Kolbotn won the 2007 Cup competition by beating Asker 4-2 on 10-11-07. Kolbotn finished in third place in the Toppserien league for three seasons 2009-11 while coached by Dan Eggen. Kolbotn is also the first professional club of Ada Hegerberg, first women's Ballon d'Or in history (2018).

In popular culture

In the Norwegian legal drama Aber Bergen, lead character Erik Aber is "a Kolbotn boy" and implies he is from a rough neighborhood compared to his refined middle class Bergen wife, Elea Wessel.

People from Kolbotn

• Tore Linné Eriksen (born 1945), historian
• Jan Petersen (born 1946 in Oslo, but from Kolbotn), foreign minister
• Eivind Aarset (born 1961), jazz guitarist
• Lisa Aisato (born 1981) illustrator, author of picture books, visual artist
• Eivind Lønning (born 1983), jazz trumpeter
• Fenriz (born 1971), drummer, bass guitarist, guitarist
• Nocturno Culto (born 1972), singer, bass guitarist, guitarist