Bjørkelangen is a village of 3,196 inhabitants (January 2015 figures) in the

Akershus Akershus () is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akers ...

county of south-eastern

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. Located immediately north of Lake Bjørkelangen, it became the administrative centre of the

Aurskog-Høland Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold county was m ...

municipality in 1966. The village is home to a primary school, a junior high school, and two senior high schools:

Bjørkelangen Videregående Skole Bjørkelangen is a village of 3,196 inhabitants (January 2015 figures) in the Akershus county of south-eastern Norway. Located immediately north of Lake Bjørkelangen, it became the administrative centre of the Aurskog-Høland Aurskog-Høland i ...

, which is a traditional high school offering a broad academic curriculum, and Kjelle Videregående Skole,Kjelle Videregående Skole homepage
/ref> which focuses on agricultural and forestry education. Commercial facilities in Bjørkelangen include three grocery stores, two petrol stations, as well as a number of clothing stores and other retail outlets near the main, pedestrianized street.

Gallery

Image:Gågata_beskåret-.JPG, Main shopping street Image:Bjørkelangen_stasjon_beskåret-.JPG, Former railway station Image:Bjørkelangen kirke 20071021 1.jpg, Bjørkelangen church

References

Aurskog-Høland Villages in Akershus {{Akershus-geo-stub