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Kløfta is a town located in Tettsteder. Folkemengde og areal, etter kommune. 1. januar 2013
/ref> Kløfta has a soccer team called Kløfta IL, and a shopping market. Kløfta has three schools – a middle school and two first through seventh grade school. Literally translated, the name means 'the cleft' in English. It probably refers to a junction of three roads heading for
Norway's main prison,
Ullensaker
Ullensaker is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus in Viken (county), Viken Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality i ...
, 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 ...
, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. It has a population of approximately 7,170 inhabitants./ref> Kløfta has a soccer team called Kløfta IL, and a shopping market. Kløfta has three schools – a middle school and two first through seventh grade school. Literally translated, the name means 'the cleft' in English. It probably refers to a junction of three roads heading for
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
, Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...
and Kongsvinger
Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...
. At Kløfta, the road RV2 towards Sweden branches off from the E6. Two railway lines to the north also split here.
Norway's main prison, Ullersmo prison
Ullersmo Prison ( no, Ullersmo fengsel) is a prison in Ullensaker, Akershus. It was opened in 1970. The prison was intended as a replacement for the Botsfengselet in Oslo. It is used for long term prisoners from the whole of Norway
Norw ...
, is located in Kløfta. It is also home to some of the largest farming equipment companies in Norway. Ullensaker Church
Ullensaker Church is a church in Ullensaker, Norway, located southeast of Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. It is the fourth church that has been located almost there since the 12th century. The present church was built in concrete in 1958 and has been ...
, built in 1958, lies just outside Kløfta. This church is often referred to as the "Romerike
Romerike is a traditional district located north-east of Oslo, in what is today south-eastern Norway. It consists of the Viken municipalities Lillestrøm, Lørenskog, Nittedal, Rælingen and Aurskog-Høland in the southern end (Nedre Romerike), ...
cathedral".
Augustus "Gus" Halvorsen Hilton (1854-1919), the father of American hotelier Conrad Hilton
Conrad Nicholson Hilton Sr. (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American businessman who founded the Hilton Hotels chain. From 1912 to 1916 Hilton was a Republican representative in the first New Mexico Legislature, but became disil ...
and emigrant to the United States, was born at Kløfta
Kløfta was, until 1995, the location of a longwave broadcasting station, which broadcast on 216 kHz.
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