Surname
Ringsaker
“field, acre”
Ringsaker is a surname from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ringsaker goes back to Old Norse Hringisakr, meaning “field, acre.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
First recorded in 14th century.
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