Lørenskog

Lørenskog kommune
Municipality
Akershus within Norway
Lørenskog within Akershus
Coordinates:
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
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

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.

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Lørenskog by country of origin in 2015

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

Main category: People from Lørenskog

• John Carew, Former Footballer
• M2M, Former Pop Duo
  • Marit Larsen, Pop Artist
  • Marion Raven, Pop-Rock Artist
• Johann Olav Koss, Former Speed Skater

• Pal Grotnes, Hockey Goalie
• Henning Berg, Former Footballer
• Maria Mena, Pop Artist
• Christina Vukicevic, Hurdler
• Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Defence

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Lørenskog:

• - Garching bei München, Bavaria, Germany
• - Järvenpää, Etelä-Suomi, Finland
• - Rødovre, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark
• - Täby, Stockholm County, Sweden

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• The dictionary definition of Lørenskog at Wiktionary
• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
• Akershus travel guide from Wikivoyage
• The Losby waterwheel