Tistedalen

Originally located four kilometers from the city center, the area started growing up around the sawmill industry and has now been engulfed by Halden, although it still maintains some separate identity.

[1] Traditionally, Norway's largest sawmill industry was located in Tistedalen.

In the 20th century, Tistedalen became a classic working class community, surrounded by small factories.

Tistedalen suddenly got into the focus of the media, due to one of the worst murder cases in Norwegian history.

In 1994, a local man, Roger Haglund, was sentenced for the Tistedalen Murders.