Bøverbru is a village in

Vestre Toten Municipality Vestre Toten is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rau ...

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county,

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. The village is located about to the southeast of the village of

Reinsvoll Reinsvoll is a village in Vestre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Norwegian National Road 4 between the villages of Eina and Raufoss. Reinsvoll has a train station that is located along the Gjøv ...

and about to the northwest of the village of

Kolbu Kolbu is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Toten, about to the southwest of the village of Lena, Norway, Lena, the administrative centre ...

in neighboring Østre Toten Municipality. The village of

Eina Eina is a village in Vestre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Gjøvikbanen railway line, between the villages of Jaren and Raufoss. The village of Eina is located south of the municipal centre of R ...

lies about to the southwest of Bøverbru. The village has a population (2021) of 752 and a

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of . "Toten Kjøtt", a local meat producer, and Studio Studio Nyhagen, a music production company are both located in the village. Ås Church is located about to the northeast of the village centre.

History

The settlement grew up around the Bøverbru Station, a railway station along the

Skreiabanen The Skreia Line () is an abandoned railway line between Reinsvoll and Skreia in Toten, Norway. The 21.97 kilometer long single track (rail), single track rail was a branch line from the Gjøvik Line. History The line was opened on 26 Novem ...

railway line starting in 1902. In the same year, Bøverbru was established as a postal address. The name Bøverbru comes from the name "Bøfr-Broen" (an older spelling) which was used for a local bridge over the river Bøvra. This name can be found in documents dating back to the 18th century. In the first part of the 20th century,

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and

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were important business activities in the Bøverbru area. The railway line to Bøverbru was closed to passenger traffic in 1963 (and freight traffic continued) and it was closed completely in 1987.

References

Vestre Toten Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub