is a

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. A suburb of

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, it is part of the Oslo

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and the

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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 ...

. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lørenskog. Lørenskog was separated from the municipality of

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on 1 January 1908.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old (and no longer existent) ''Leirheimr'' farm. The first element is ''leirr'' which means "

clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, ). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impuriti ...

" and the last element is ''heimr'' which means " homestead" or "

farm A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used fo ...

". Thus: "the farm built on clay ground". The

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''skógr'' (meaning "

wood Wood is a structural tissue/material found as xylem in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulosic fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin t ...

") was added later, changing the meaning to "the woodlands around the farm ''Leirheimr''". Prior to 1918, the name was spelled "Lørenskogen".

Heraldry

Lørenskog's

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date from modern times. Granted on 26 July 1957, they show a red waterwheel on a gold background. Water-driven

sawmill A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...

s were once an important part of the municipality's economy.

Lørenskog Church

Lørenskog Church (''Lørenskog kirke'') is a medieval era church. The building material was brick and quarried limestone. The church dates to ca. 1150. The church is of rectangular plan and has 140 seats. In 1608 the church received a pulpit. The west tower was made of wood and was erected in 1864. In the tower hangs two church bells, the larger made in 1874. Its walls are one meter thick, and the stones are held together with lime mortar. The exterior and interior plaster was repaired during the 1600s and 1700s. In 1956 old plaster was removed and walls re-plastered and painted. The current outward opening door was inserted in 1946.

Demographics

Geography

The municipality is located just east of the capital,

, with many main roads going through it. Almost all the inhabitants live in the northern part of Lørenskog. The southern parts consist of

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, while farms and grain fields occupy the space in between. An important train station, Lørenskog Station, is situated in the district. Within Lørenskog, Losby is known for its waterwheel, which is represented in the municipal coat-of-arms of Lørenskog. Losby Golf and Country Club is located within the municipality.

Village

From 2006 to 2008, workers renovated the village of Lørenskog (the administrative center of the municipality), also called the ''"Metro Senter"''. This renovation includes a considerably larger

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, a

bus terminal A bus station, bus depot, or bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. A bus station is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can st ...

with buses going in and out of Oslo every 15 minutes, possibly a future subway station, and the new Mailand Upper Secondary School.

Economy

The headquarters of Power, a consumer electronics company, are located at Lørenskog.

Education

There are seven public elementary schools and four public

high schools A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

located in Kjenn, Hammer, Løkenåsen and Fjellsrud. In addition there are two Upper Secondary Schools, namely Lørenskog Upper Secondary School and Mailand Upper Secondary School.

Notable residents

* Aslam Ahsan (born 1942), a Pakistani Norwegian politician, elected to Lørenskog municipal council in 1983 * Trond Granlund (born 1950), rock and folk singer and composer; lives in Lørenskog * Torgrim Sørnes (born 1956), physician, historian and author; lives in Lørenskog * Frode Barth (born 1968 in Lørenskog), a Norwegian musician (guitar) and composer * Marianne Aulie (born 1971 in Lørenskog), a Norwegian painter and former model * Lise Myhre (born 1975 in Lørenskog), a Norwegian cartoonist * Marianne Beate Kielland (born 1975 in Lørenskog), a Norwegian mezzo-soprano * Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (born 1976 in Lørenskog), politician,

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2013/2017 * Ida S. Skjelbakken (born 1979 in Lørenskog), an author, illustrator and bodyguard * Marit Larsen (born 1983 in Lørenskog) & Marion Raven (born 1984 in Lørenskog), singer/songwriters with the pop duo M2M * Elisabeth Carew (born 1985 in Lørenskog), a Norwegian singer and songwriter * Kirby Ann Basken (born 1985 in Lørenskog), a Norwegian model, Miss Norway Universe 2007 * Kaja Norum (born 1989 in Lørenskog), a Norwegian model and figurativist painter * Tom Hagen (born 1950), billionaire businessman, whose wife disappeared mysteriously in 2018, dramatised for television a
The Lørenskog Disappearance

Sport

* Kjetil Siem (born 1960), journalist, author and sports official; Secretary-general of the

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, lives in Lørenskog * Schirin Zorriassateiny (born 1964 in Lørenskog), a Norwegian rhythmic gymnast * Trine Hattestad (born 1966 in Lørenskog), a retired javelin thrower, bronze and gold medallist at the

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

Hege Riise Hege Riise (born 18 July 1969) is a Norwegian Association football, football coach and former Midfielder (association football), midfield player. She is considered one of the best footballers of her generation, having won the FIFA Women's World ...

(born 1969 in Lørenskog), a football coach and former player with 188 caps for

* Pål Grotnes (1977 in Lørenskog), a professional ice hockey goaltender * John Carew (born 1979 in Lørenskog), former footballer with 365 club caps and 91 for

* Ingrid Hjelmseth (born 1980 in Lørenskog), a former football goalkeeper with 361 club caps and 138 for Norway women * Aksel Lund Svindal (born 1982 in Lørenskog), a former World Cup and Olympic medallist alpine ski racer * Siren Sundby (born 1982 in Lørenskog), sailor, gold medallist at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

* Christina Vukicevic (born 1987), a Norwegian former hurdler * Cecilie Fiskerstrand (born 1996), a footballer for

Twin towns – sister cities

Lørenskog is twinned with: * Garching bei München, Germany * Järvenpää, Finland *

Rødovre Rødovre () is a town in eastern Denmark, seat of the Rødovre Municipality, in the Capital Region of Denmark, Region Hovedstaden. The town's population 1 January 2019 was 39,907, and in addition 145 persons had no fixed address, which made up a ...

, Denmark * Täby, Sweden

References

External links

* *
Municipal fact sheet
from

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway (, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All rele ...

*
The Losby waterwheel
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