Lørenskog

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Lørenskog kommune
Municipality
Official logo of Lørenskog kommune
Akershus within
Norway
Lørenskog within Akershus
Lørenskog within Akershus
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Country Norway
County Akershus
District Romerike
Administrative centre Kjenn
Government
 • Mayor (2004) Åge Tovan (Ap)
Area
 • Total 71 km2 (27 sq mi)
 • Land 67 km2 (26 sq mi)
Area rank 405 in Norway
Population (2011)
 • Total 33,308
 • Rank 25 in Norway
 • Density 453/km2 (1,170/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 11.5 %
Demonym(s) Lørenskoging
Lørnskæving[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-0230
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.lorenskog.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Audio file "No-Lørenskog.ogg" not found is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lørenskog. Lørenskog was separated from the municipality of Skedsmo on 1 January 1908.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old (and no longer existent) Leirheimr farm. The first element is leirr which means "clay" and the last element is heimr which means "homestead" or "farm". Thus: "the farm built on clay ground". The suffix skógr (meaning "wood") was added later, changing the meaning to "the woodlands around the farm Leirheimr". Prior to 1918, the name was spelled "Lørenskogen".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 26 July 1957. The arms show a red waterwheel on a gold background. Sawmills, driven by waterwheels, used to be an important part of the municipality's economy.[2]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Lørenskog by country of origin in 2015[3]
Ancestry Number
 Pakistan 1,152
 Poland 893
 Sri Lanka 672
 Vietnam 629
 Iran 451
 Turkey 363
 Lithuania 317
 Sweden 304
 India 277
 Iraq 234

Geography

The municipality is located just east of the capital, Oslo, with many main roads going through it. Almost all the inhabitants live in the northern part of Lørenskog. The southern parts consist of forest, 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 2006-2008, workers renovated the village of Lørenskog (the administrative center of the municipality), also called the "Metro Senter". This renovation includes a considerably larger shopping mall, a bus terminal with buses going in and out of Oslo every 15 minutes, perhaps a subway station, and the new Mailand Upper Secondary School.

Education

There are seven public elementary schools and four public high schools 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

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Main category: People from Lørenskog

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Lørenskog:

References

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