Segalstad bru () is the

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Gausdal Municipality Gausdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Segalstad bru. Other villages in Gausdal include Follebu, Forset, a ...

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...

county,

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. The village is located at the crossroad between

Østre Gausdal Østre Gausdal is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1879 until its dissolution in 1962. The area is now part of Gausdal Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Segalstad br ...

and

Vestre Gausdal Vestre Gausdal is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1879 until its dissolution in 1962. The area is now part of Gausdal Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Forset. His ...

. The village sits along the north side of the river Jøra, about to the northwest of the village of

Follebu Follebu is a village in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Gausa, about to the southeast of the village of Segalstad bru. The town of Lillehammer lies about to the southeast of Follebu. F ...

and about to the northeast of the village of

Forset Forset is a village in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Jøra, about west of the villages of Follebu and Segalstad bru. Forset was the administrative centre of the former municipality of V ...

. The village has a population (2021) of 1,026 and a

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of . The village is named ''Segalstad bru'' which literally translates to ''Segalstad bridge''. The village got its name from the actual bridge which links the two parts of the municipality on either side of the river.

Economy

A number of business and shops are located at Segalstad bru, the most significant of which is the timber company, ''Gausdal Bruk''. Moreover, Segalstad bru is home to Fjerndum primary school, Gausdal Secondary school, the municipal administration building, and some sports facilities. There is a large

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just outside of Segalstad bru which is one of Norway's biggest producers of

brunost Brunost ("brown cheese") is a common Norwegian name for mysost ("whey cheese"; da, myseost; sv, mesost; fi, mesjuusto; is, mysuostur), a family of cheese-related foods made with whey, milk, and/or cream. The term is often used to just refer t ...

, a type of Norwegian

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. The dairy is part of the Q-Meieriene company in 2000.

History

On 26-27 April 1940, during

Operation Weserübung Operation Weserübung (german: Unternehmen Weserübung , , 9 April – 10 June 1940) was Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. In the early morning of 9 Ap ...

during

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, Segalstad bru was the site of a major battle in which several men lost their lives.

References

Gausdal Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub