Lunner is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Roa. Lunner was established when it was separated from the municipality of Jevnaker on 1 January 1898. From 1 January 2020 the municipality belongs to Viken county, it was Oppland before that.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Lunner'' farm ( Old Norse: ''Lunnar''), since the first church was built here. The name is the plural form of "

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". (The farm and the church are located on a long hill which was probably compared to a log.)

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 April 1986. The arms show a Lily of the Valley, as a symbol for the forests in the area. The Lily of the Valley is a very common flower in the meadows and forests. The flowers also symbolize the eight schools in the municipality.

Geography

Lunner is bordered to the north by the municipality of

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, to the east by Nannestad, to the south by Nittedal and Oslo, and to the west by Jevnaker. There are several population centers in the municipality. Amongst these are: Harestua,

Grua Grua is a village in the municipality of Lunner municipality, Viken, Norway. Its population (2005) is 1,477. Mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode ...

, Roa, and the village of Lunner. Lunner is on a north–south axis (23.1 km with water included) and on an east–west axis. It lies at the southern end of Oppland county. The highest point is the Bislingflaka with a height of . Lakes in the region include

Avalsjøen Avalsjøen is a lake in the municipality of Lunner in Viken 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 ...

Transportation

The Gjøvikbane and Bergensbane railway lines pass through the municipality.

Attractions

* Lunner church * Hadeland Mining Museum at Grua *

Harestua Solar Observatory Harestua Solar Observatory ( no, Solobservatoriet på Harestua) is a solar observatory near Harestua in the municipality of Lunner, Oppland, Norway. It was used for solar research purposes from 1954 to 1986, and was subordinated the University ...

, near Piperen * Kloppstock

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used to be held every summer at Harestua

Notable residents

Trond Halvorsen Wirstad Trond Halvorsen Wirstad (15 June 1904 – 4 October 1985) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 1950, and was re-elected on four occasions. Wirstad was born in Lunner and ...

(1904 in Lunner – 1985) politician, Mayor of Lunner, 1947–1951 *

Ivar Ballangrud Ivar Eugen Ballangrud (né ''Eriksen'', 7 March 1904 – 1 June 1969) was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in speed skating. As the only triple gold medalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful at ...

(1904 in Lunner - 1969), a

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

, triple gold medalist at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

Josef Monsrud Josef Monsrud (29 May 1922, in Lunner, Oppland – 12 December 2009) was a Norwegian forester and resistance member during World War II. He hailed from Harestua in Lunner. At the age of twenty he joined the resistance Osvald Group. He went throug ...

(1922 in Harestua – 2009) a forester and resistance member during WWII *

Jorun Askersrud Nygaard Jorun Askersrud, later ''Nygaard'', also married ''Tangen'' (6 May 1929 – 12 October 2012) was a Norway, Norwegian cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier and track and field athlete during the 1950s. She was born in Lunner, and re ...

(1929 in Lunner – 2012) a cross-country skier and track and field athlete *

Knut Schreiner Knut Schreiner (born 18 December 1974 in Bergen, Norway), is a Norwegian singer, musician and producer currently residing in Oslo. Also known by his stage name Euroboy, he has been part of important Norwegian bands like Kåre and The Cavemen known ...

(born 1974) stage name ''"Euroboy"'' from the punk rock band Turbonegro, grew up in Harestua *

Ivar Rønningen Ivar Rønningen (born 13 February 1975) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Vålerenga, Brann, Rosenborg and HamKam. He also spent time on loan with Walsall and Lillestrøm. After playing professional f ...

(born 1975 in Lunner) a former footballer with over 200 club caps * Steinar Strømnes (born 1987 in Roa) a footballer with over 300 club caps

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Lunner: * - Frederikssund, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark * - Keila, Harju County, Estonia * - Loppi, Etelä-Suomi, Finland * -

Vetlanda Vetlanda () is a locality and the seat of Vetlanda Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 13,050 inhabitants in 2010. History Vetlanda was still nothing more than a village for several centuries. With the 1840s population boom in Småland ...

Jönköping County Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in Septe ...

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References

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every yea ...

* {{authority control Hadeland Municipalities of Oppland Municipalities of Viken (county) Villages in Oppland