Garder

Garder
Village
Garder Location in Akershus
Coordinates: 59°34′52″N 10°48′34″E / 59.58111°N 10.80944°E / 59.58111; 10.80944
Country	Norway
Region	Østlandet
County	Akershus
Municipality	Vestby
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Garder^[1] is a parish and village in Vestby municipality, Akershus county, Norway.

The name

The parish is named after the old farm Garder (Norse Garðar), since the first church was built there. The name is the plural of garðr 'fence; farm'.

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