Strømmen is a town in
Lillestrøm
Lillestrøm is a municipality in Viken county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger be ...
municipality,
Viken county,
Norway
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. It is about twenty kilometers east of Oslo, and considered part of
Greater Oslo
Greater Oslo Region ("Stor-Oslo-regionen" in Norwegian language, Norwegian) is a statistical metropolitan region surrounding the Norway, Norwegian capital of Oslo. The region includes the city of Oslo (population: 658,390), the entire county of Ake ...
. It has around 11,400 residents.
The town has its origins from floating lumber and sawmills along
Sagelva. Later there has been
heavy industry at Strømmen, including the railway stock manufacturer
Strømmens Værksted. It currently hosts one of Norway's largest shopping centre,
Strømmen Storsenter. Strømmen had a top-level women's football team,
Team Strømmen
LSK Kvinner Fotballklubb is a Norwegian women's football club from Lillestrøm. They currently play in Toppserien, the top division of Norwegian football. The club was founded as Setskog/Høland Fotballklubb on 10 October 1989.
History
The cl ...
until 2009, while
Strømmen IF will play in second top-level from the 2010 season.
Populated places in Akershus
Skedsmo
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