Matrand

Matrand is a village in Eidskog Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

Matrand is approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of the border with Sweden.

The village is located along the Norwegian National Road 2 and the Kongsvingerbanen railway line.

Matrand was host to the bloodiest battle of the entire Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814.

This was where Lieutenant Colonel Andreas Samuel Krebs (1766-1818), who was leading the Norwegian forces, attacked the temporary stronghold set up by the Swedish forces led by Major General Carl Pontus Gahn (1759–1825).

Eidskog Church at Matrand