Furnes is a village in

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county,

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. The village is located just west of the

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highway, about from the town of

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to the southeast and the same distance from Brumunddal to the northwest. Furnes Church is located in the village. It was built in 1707 using some of the stone from the

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. This village was the

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of the old Furnes Municipality that existed from 1891 until 1964.

Name

The village is named Furnes (). The meaning of the first element is unknown. It is possible that the first part came from the old name of a local river such as ''Fura'' or it could be derived from the word ''furu'' which means "pine". The last element is ''nes'' which means "

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Notable residents

* Jon Balke (born 1955) jazz pianist and composer * Ole Ellefsæter (born 1939) retired Olympic cross-country skier * Alf Frydenberg (1896–1989), Norwegian civil servant * Aase Schibsted Knudsen (born 1954), academic * Amunda Kolderup (1846–1882), opera singer * Erik Kristiansen (born 1961) ice hockey player * Olav Larssen (1894–1981), newspaper editor * Odd Narud (1919–2000), businessperson * Ove Røsbak (born 1959) poet, novelist, children's writer and biographer * Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg (1900–1985), politician for the Norwegian Centre Party

References

Ringsaker Furnes, Norway Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub