Kløfta is a town located in
Ullensaker
Ullensaker is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Jessheim. I ...
,
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 ...
,
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 ...
. It has a population of 8,371 inhabitants as of December 12th, 2023.
Kløfta has a growing sports tea
Kløfta ILwhich consists of football, handball, basketball, e-sports, table tennis, cycling and floorball. A large sports park has also been built in Bakkedalen. There are also a local shopping market locatede in Kløft
Romerikssenteret Kløfta has three schools – a middle school and two first through seventh grade school, and several kindergartens.
Background
Literally translated, the name means 'the cleft' in English. It probably refers to a junction of three roads heading for
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
,
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...
and
Kongsvinger
Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...
. At Kløfta, the road RV2 towards Sweden branches off from the
E6. Two railway lines to the north also split here.
Norway's main prison,
Ullersmo prison
Ullersmo Prison () is a prison in Ullensaker, Akershus. It was opened in 1970. The prison was intended as a replacement for the Botsfengselet in Oslo. It is used for long term prisoners from the whole of Norway
Norway, officially the King ...
, is located in Kløfta. It is also home to some of the largest farming equipment companies in Norway.
Ullensaker Church, built in 1958, lies just outside Kløfta. This church is often referred to as the "
Romerike
Romerike is a Districts of Norway, traditional district located north-east of Oslo, in what is today south-eastern Norway. It consists of the Akershus municipalities Lillestrøm, Lørenskog, Nittedal, Rælingen and Aurskog-Høland in the southern ...
cathedral".
Augustus Halvorsen Hilton
The Hilton family is an American family that originally comes from Kløfta, Norway, and spans over four generations from New York City and Los Angeles. The family members hold varying degrees of power, wealth and status as socialites in the Un ...
(1854-1919), the father of American hotelier
Conrad Hilton
Conrad Nicholson Hilton (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American hotel magnate and politician who founded the Hilton Hotels chain. From 1912 to 1916, Hilton was a Republican representative in the first New Mexico Legislature ...
and emigrant to the United States, was born in Kløfta.
Kløfta was, until 1995, the location of a longwave broadcasting station, which broadcast on 216 kHz.
Gallery
File:Ullensaker kirke 20080203-2.jpg , Ullensaker Church is a large church at Kløfta, often referred to as "Romeriksdomen" or Romerike "Cathedral"
References
External links
Villages in Akershus
Populated places in Akershus
Ullensaker
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