Ullensaker is a municipality in

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 ...

in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Jessheim. It has a population of 40,459 inhabitants. Norway's largest international airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, is located in Ullensaker.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Ullensaker'' farm. The name is first recorded in 1300 as ''Ullinshof''. The first element is the

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of the name ''Ullinn'' (a sideform of '' Ullr''). The last element was originally '' hof'' which means "temple", but this was later (around 1500 AD) changed to ''aker'' meaning "

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" or " field".

Coat-of-arms

Ullensaker does not have an heraldic coat-of-arms properly granted. The municipality uses a non-heraldic badge that is from modern times. The logo was adopted on 8 November 1979, and it shows the god Ullr of

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holding a bow and three

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s. The colors on the logo can vary.

Geography

Ullensaker borders with Eidsvoll to the north, Nes to the east,

Sørum Sørum was a municipality in Akershus 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 ...

to the south, 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 ...

and Nannestad to the west. The

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that serves as the main airport of Norway, Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, is located in Ullensaker. The municipality has two major population centres: the village of

Kløfta Kløfta is a town located in Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway. It has a population of approximately 7,170 inhabitants. Kløfta has a soccer team called Kløfta IL, and a shopping market. Kløfta has three schools – a middle school and two first thro ...

and the city of Jessheim, the latter one houses the administration center of Ullensaker. There is also a Royal Norwegian Army base at Sessvollmoen as well as a Royal Norwegian Air Force air station, Gardermoen Air Station.

Society

Ullensaker has had a huge population increase over the past fifty years. This increase has been slightly accelerating over the past few years. From 2000 to 2007, the population of Ullensaker increased by almost 6,000 people. The recent increase is partly attributed to the founding of Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.

History

Raknehaugen Rakni's Mound ( no, Raknehaugen) is a large mound at Ullensaker in Akershus county, Norway. It is the largest free-standing prehistoric monument in Norway and is one of the largest Tumulus, barrows in Northern Europe. It dates to the Migration A ...

, the largest burial mound in the Nordic countries, has been carbon dated to around 550; the age of the mound is disputed.

Demographics

In 2021, 1,390 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 1,048 had Pakistani parents and/or were Pakistani.

Attractions

- the largest tumulus of Northern Europe *

Trandumskogen Trandumskogen is a forest located in Ullensaker, Akershus county, Norway. It was the site of one of the first discoveries in May 1945 of Nazi Germany, German mass graves in Norway. The German executioner Oskar Hans was the officer in command of t ...

- A memorial honoring 173 Norwegians, 15 Soviet citizens and 6 Britons that were executed by the nazis during World War II. *

Gardermoen Culture Park Oslo Airport ( no, Oslo lufthavn; ), alternatively referred to as Oslo Gardermoen Airport or simply Gardermoen, is the international airport serving Oslo, Norway, the capital and most populous city in the country. A hub for Flyr, Norse Atlan ...

- An area close to Gardermoen Airport, which serves as the Norwegian Air Force's airplane collection and the Scandinavian Airlines Museum's location.

Notable people

Niels Laache Niels Jacob Jensen Laache (6 November 1831 – 5 February 1892) was a Norwegian revivalist, writer, and bishop. Laache was born in 1831 in Ullensaker, Norway. He received his theology degree in 1858 and became a priest in 1863. For the next 2 ...

(1831 in Ullensaker – 1892) a Norwegian revivalist, writer, and bishop *

Kristian Laake Kristian Kristiansen Laake (9 April 1875 – 3 August 1950) was a Norwegian military officer. He is best known for having commanded the Norwegian Army in the first days after the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940, and for having been ...

(1875 in Ullensaker - 1950) Former Commanding General of Norway *

Gudmund Sundby Gudmund Sundby (18 January 1878 – 16 February 1973) was a Norwegian hydroelectric engineer and university professor. Biography Sundby was born at Ullensaker in Akershus, Norway. He was a son of Halvor Gudmundsen Sundby and Gina Jakobsdatter. ...

(1878 in Ullensaker – 1973) a hydroelectric engineer and academic *

Thor Gystad Thor Gystad (born 3 August 1919 in Ullensaker, died 15 June 2007) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions. On the local level he was ...

(born 1919 in Ullensaker - 2007) politician, Mayor of Ullensaker 1959 to 1969 *

Harald Espelund Harald Espelund (born 10 December 1948) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus during the term 2001–2005. On the local level he was the mayor of Ul ...

(born 1948) organic farmer and Mayor of Ullensaker from 2003 to 2015 * Laila Brenden (born 1956) a Norwegian author, lives in Jessheim *

Knut Ljøgodt Knut Ljøgodt '' knʉt jøɡɔt'' (born 1968 in Ullensaker) is a Norwegian art historian. He was museum director of The Northern Norway Art Museum in Tromsø between 2008-2016 and founding director of Kunsthall Svalbard in Longyearbyen since 201 ...

(born 1968 in Ullensaker) a Norwegian art historian *

Anniken Huitfeldt Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt (born 29 November 1969) is a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. She has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2021. She previously served as Minister of Children and Equality from 2008 to 2 ...

(born 1969) a historian and politician, grew up in Jessheim *

Tanya Hansen Tanya Hansen (born 11 September 1973) is a Norwegian pornographic actress. Before entering the adult industry, she worked as a stripper. Career Hansen moved from Jessheim when she finished high school and began performing in strip clubs in Oslo ...

(born 1973 in Jessheim) a Norwegian pornographic actress *

Thomas Enger Thomas Enger (born November 21, 1973 in Oslo) is a Norwegian writer and journalist. He grew up in Jessheim, but is now living in Oslo with his cohabitant and two children. He is a trained journalist and worked for Nettavisen ''Nettavisen'' is ...

(born 1973) a writer and journalist, grew up in Jessheim *

Mani Hussaini Mani Hussaini ( ar, مانی حسینی; born 25 October 1987) is a Kurdish-Norwegian politician who was the leader of the Workers' Youth League (AUF) from 2014 to 2018. He is currently a member of parliament for Akershus since 2021. Born in a ...

(born 1987) a Kurdish-Norwegian politician, lived in Jessheim since 2001 Galder

Musicians & Bands

Johannes Hanssen Johannes Hanssen (2 December 1874 in Ullensaker – 25 November 1967 in Oslo) was a Norwegian bandmaster, composer and teacher. He was bandmaster of the Oslo Military Band from 1926 to 1934 and again from 1945 to 1946. Hanssen received the King's ...

(1874 in Ullensaker – 1967) a bandmaster, composer and teacher *

Stein Ove Berg Stein Ove Berg (22 December 1948 – 17 June 2002) was a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Berg hailed from Kløfta. He had a musical breakthrough with the song "Manda morra blues" in 1973, and his song "Kommer nå" from 1974 was well received ...

(1948 in Kløfta – 2002) a Norwegian singer and songwriter * Stian Tomt Thoresen (born 1976 in Jessheim) stage name Shagrath, vocalist and founder of Dimmu Borgir * Ivar Tristan Lundsten (born 1976 in Jessheim) stage name

Brynjard Tristan Ivar Tristan Lundsten (professional name: Brynjard Tristan) (born 14 June 1976) is a Norwegian bassist and songwriter, presently living in Oslo, but originally hails from the nearby municipalities of Nesodden and Jessheim.Galder, a guitarist and vocalist * Andres Rafael Diaz (born 1976 in Jessheim) stage name Diaz, rapper *

Antestor Antestor () is a Norwegian Christian extreme metal band formed in 1990 in Jessheim. Credited for starting the northern European Christian metal, Christian black metal scene,Bryzak, Michael. Liner notes of ''The Defeat of Satan'' album. 2003. End ...

(formed 1990 in Jessheim) an unblack metal band * Dimmu Borgir (formed 1993 in Jessheim) a

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band

Sport

* Oscar Fonbæk (1887 in Ullensaker – 1965) long-distance runner, bronze and silver medallist at the

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Ole Kristian Furuseth Ole Kristian Furuseth (born 7 January 1967) is a retired Norwegian Alpine skiing, alpine skier. He scored his first Alpine Skiing World Cup, World Cup victory in Furano Ski Resort, Furano in 1989 and his final World Cup victory in Bormio in 2000, ...

(born 1967) a retired Norwegian alpine skier, skied for

Ullensaker SK Ullensaker Skiklubb is a Norwegian sports club from Ullensaker, founded in 1958. It has sections for alpine skiing, Telemark skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country ski ...

* brothers Thomas Roth (born 1991 in Sand) & Andreas Roth (born 1993 in Sand) Norwegian middle-distance runners

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Ullensaker: * - Borgarbyggð, Western Region, Iceland * - Falkenberg, Halland County,

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* - Leirvík, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands * -

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, Region Sjælland, Denmark

References

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from

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