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Nystulia
Nystulia (1–147, 2–148) is a road built as a three-part road network in a residential area of the same name in the village of Ask in the municipality of Gjerdrum in Akershus county. The road has access via three intersections from the road Fjellinna, where each branch of Nystulia does not meet in the residential area. The river Tistilbekken flows partly open and partly in pipes through Nystulia. The residential area was hit by the 2020 Gjerdrum landslide The 2020 Gjerdrum landslide was a quick clay landslide that occurred in the early hours of 30 December 2020 at Ask village, the administrative centre of Gjerdrum, Norway. It spanned a flow off area of and additionally affected by debris fl ... on the night of 30 December 2020, which is described as the most serious in Norway of this type in recent times. References {{reflist Gjerdrum Roads in Akershus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Gjerdrum Landslide
The 2020 Gjerdrum landslide was a quick clay landslide that occurred in the early hours of 30 December 2020 at Ask village, the administrative centre of Gjerdrum, Norway. It spanned a flow off area of and additionally affected by debris flow. Several buildings were destroyed, most of them houses and apartment buildings. As of 22 March 2021, ten people had been confirmed killed by the landslide. In 2022, the police charged Gjerdrum Municipality. The causes of the landslide .. had by 2022 beeninvestigated by police; another investigation, tasked with finding - prior to August 2021 - the causes of the landslide, will be performed by a group of experts. Background There have previously been landslides in Gjerdrum municipality. During the night between 20 and 21 October 1924, a landslide destroyed several farms and damaged 1600 metres of road. In 1973 there was a landslide at Ask. A 1980 landslide was near the south end of the 2020 landslide. In 2014, a landslide destroyed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tistilbekken
Tistilbekken, also called Fjelstadbekken, is a river in Ask in the municipality of Gjerdrum in Akershus county, Norway. It flows through the residential area Nystulia and from Brådalsfjellet. 2020 Gjerdrum landslide Tistilbekken flows into a soil area consisting of a lot of clay. On the night of 30 December 2020, the area was hit by the 2020 Gjerdrum landslide which is described as the most serious in Norway of this type in recent times. Large amounts of precipitation are considered to have had a triggering factor. Tistilbekken's role in the stability of clay and quick clay in the area has been discussed for several years. Norges Geotekniske Institutt 19. november 2003''Geoteknisk vurdering''besøkt 2. januar 2021 See also *List of rivers in Norway The following are the 19 longest rivers of Norway, ranked by length: # Glomma, # Pasvikelva and Ivalo, (109 km in Norway) # Numedalslågen, # Gudbrandsdalslågen and Vorma, # Tana, # Drammensvassdraget (Drammenselva, # S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ask, Akershus
Ask is the administrative centre of Gjerdrum municipality, Norway. It is around 20 km north-east of Oslo. Its population is 6,890 as of 2020. Ask contains a community centre, schools, kindergartens, a training centre, shops, a pub, restaurants and hotel, according to public information. The name The centre is named after the old farm Ask. The farm name (Old Norse: ''Askr'') means "ash tree". 2020 landslide In the early hours of 30 December 2020 a quick clay landslide Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated grade (slope), slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of ..., leaving a crater measuring 300 by 700 meters, killed at least seven people, and injured many others, destroying several buildings. As of Tuesday, 5 January 2021, Norwegian authorities stated their hopelessness of finding any more survivors. Three people wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjerdrum
Gjerdrum () is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. Gjerdrum borders the municipalities of Nannestad, Nittedal, and Ullensaker, and Lillestrøm. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ask. Name and coat of arms The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Gjerdrum farm ( Norse ''Gerðarvin''). The first element is the genitive of a river name ''Gerð'' and the last element is ''vin'' 'meadow, pasture'. The river name is derived from the Norse word ''garðr'' meaning 'fence' and so the meaning is 'the river whose function is a fence (and/or as a border)'. The coat of arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1993. The arms show a traditional Norwegian form of roundpole fence. The arms are also canting because the name of the municipality refers to a fence. History Gjerdrum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Store norske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akershus
Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county that included most of Eastern Norway, and from the 17th century until 2020, Akershus also had a more narrow meaning as a (sub) county that included most of the Greater Oslo Region. After 2020 the former county of Akershus was merged into Viken along with the former counties of Østfold and Buskerud. In 2022 the Storting voted to dissolve Viken and reestablish Akershus county. Originally Akershus was one of four main fiefs in Norway and included almost all of Eastern Norway. The original Akershus became a main county (''Stiftamt'' or ''Stift'') in 1662 and was sometimes also known as ''Christiania Stift''. It included several subcounties (''Amt'' or ''Underamt''); in 1682 its most central areas, consisting of modern Oslo and Akershus, beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
