Fannrem is a village in the municipality of

Orkland Orkland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Orkang ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

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. The village is located along the

Orkla River Orkla may refer to: Places * Orkla (river), a river in Trøndelag county, Norway Business * Orkla Group (or ''Orkla ASA''), a large Norwegian company * Orkla Mining Company, a historic company in Norway * Orkla Metall, a former smelting company in ...

about south of the urban area of

Orkanger Orkanger is a town and the administrative centre of Orkland municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is also a former municipality which existed from 1920 until 1963. The town sits at the end of the Orkdal Fjord, an arm of the Trondhe ...

Thamshavn Thamshavn or Thamshamn is a small port village in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is the site of the port for the town of Orkanger and the ferrosilicon plant Elkem Thamshavn. It is located right along European route ...

, and

Råbygda Råbygda (or historically: ''Gjølme'') is a village in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Orkla River, at the mouth of the river. The village lies about west of the town c ...

, and about north of the village of

Vormstad Vormstad is a village in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Orkla River between the villages of Svorkmo and Fannrem. The village of Hoston lies about west of Vormstad. The village of Vorms ...

. Due to recent

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between Orkanger and Fannrem,

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regards Orkanger-Fannrem as one community with a population (2018) of 8,204. Orkanger-Fannrem is one of the largest settlements in

county. Fannrem was the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of the old Orkdal municipality until 1 January 1963, when the municipalities of

, and

Geitastrand Geitastrand is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1905 until 1963 in what is now part of the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county. It encompassed the coastal area along the T ...

were merged into a new Orkdal municipality. At that time

became the municipal center. The main city center of Fannrem is mainly composed of service industries, surrounded by residential areas and farms. The large Orkel industrial factory is located in Fannrem, which produces machinery for agricultural use. Norgesfôr Orkla, the main grain mill and silo for the

Orkdalen Orkdalen or Orkladalen ( en, Orkla Valley) is a valley and a traditional Norwegian district in Trøndelag county, Norway. In the early Viking Age, before King Harald Fairhair, the Orkla Valley was also a petty kingdom. The valley begins in the h ...

region is located in Fannrem.

Orkdal Church Orkdal Church ( no, Orkdal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Orkland municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fannrem, about south of the town of Orkanger. It is the main church for the Orkdal ...

is located in Fannrem.

Notable residents

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Roar Ljøkelsøy Roar Ljøkelsøy (born 31 May 1976) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1993 to 2010, and twice finished runner up in the World Cup. Career He won his first individual World Cup event on 25 January 2003 and was a very consistent ...

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Nils Arne Eggen Nils Arne Eggen (17 September 1941 – 19 January 2022) was a Norwegian footballer, manager and teacher from Orkdal. Eggen was closely tied to Rosenborg, the club he managed for 23 years between 1970 and 2010. He is Norway's most successful clu ...

and

Knut Torbjørn Eggen Knut Torbjørn Eggen (1 November 1960 – 20 February 2012) was a Norwegian football coach and player, famous for his time in Rosenborg as a player, and Moss and Fredrikstad as a coach. He was the son of Norway's most successful football coach, ...

* Parliamentarian

Jorodd Asphjell Jorodd Asphjell (born 17 July 1960 in Orkdal) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 2005. On the local level, he was a member of Orkdal municipal council from 1983 to ...

References

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