Sørum was a municipality in

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county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Sørumsand. Sørum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

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). The municipality of

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was merged with Sørum on 1 January 1962. Since 1 January 2020, Sørum has been part of

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Frogner Old Church

Frogner Old Church (''Frogner gamle kirke'') dates from ca. 1180. It is part of the Norwegian Church and belongs to Østre Romerike deanery in Diocese of Borg. The edifice is in stone and has 90 seats. The Medieval era church burned in 1918, the walls repaired in 1936, floors and ceilings in 1948. The restoration was completed in 1977.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Sørum'' farm ( Old Norse: ''Suðrheimr''), since the first church was built here. The first element is ''suðr'' which means "southern" and the last element is ''heimr'' which means "

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/ homestead" or " farm".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 26 June 1981. The arms show a red rose with five petals on a yellow background. The rose is derived from the arms of the medieval dynasty of Sudreim ''(Sudreimsætten)'', one of the most influential noble families in Norway at the time. Their name was derived from what is now known as Sørum.

Geography

Sørum municipality was located in the central part of Akershus county. To the north Sørum bordered the municipality of Ullensaker, to the east Nes and

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, in the south

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, and the west Skedsmo and

Gjerdrum Gjerdrum () is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. Gjerdrum borders the municipalities of Nannestad, Nittedal, and Ullensaker, and Lillestrøm. The administrative centre of the mu ...

Sister cities

The following cities were twinned with Sørum: * – Hagfors, Värmland County,

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References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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Sørumsand videregående skole

Official website

Opplev Sørum
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