Lillehammer (help·info) is a town and municipality Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties , and 430 municipalities (kommuner, cf. communes). The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality in Oppland Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway county Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (singular Norwegian: fylke, plural Norwegian: fylker / fylke (Nynorsk); until 1918 known as amt, pl. amter / amt). The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 municipalities (kommune, pl. kommuner / kommunar). The capital Oslo is, Norway After World War II, Norway experienced rapid economic growth, with the first two decades due to the Norwegian shipping and merchant marine and domestic industrialization, and from the early 1970s, a result of exploiting large oil and natural gas deposits that had been discovered in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. Today, Norway ranks as the, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially the XVII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer's winning bid was announced in September 1988 in Seoul before the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics. Lillehammer was selected as host over bids from Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.;. It is part of the traditional region Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords, plains, or coastlines, or combinations of the above. Many such regions of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of 2009, the population of the town of Lillehammer was 20,097.[2] The city centre is a late 19th century concentration of wooden houses, which enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen, surrounded by mountains.
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Name
The municipality is named after the old Hamar farm (Old Norse Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300: Hamarr), since the first church was built there. The word hamar means a "steep rock". In order to distinguish it from the nearby town and the bishopric In some forms of Christianity, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area /episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bishop, and bishopric to the post of being bishop. The of Hamar, it was often called Lilþlæ Hamar or Litlihamarr meaning "the small Hamar Hamar is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849. Vang was merged back into Hamar on 1 January 1992". It is also mentioned in the Old Norse sagas The sagas , are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families. They were written in the Old Norse language, mainly in Iceland as Litlikaupangr meaning "the small trading place".[3][4]
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms A coat of arms strictly speaking is a distinctive design painted on a shield, but the term is also broadly applied to the heraldic achievement consisting of the shield and certain accessories; in either sense, the design is a symbol unique to a person, family, corporation or state. Such displays can also be called armorial bearings or devices, or was granted in 1898. The arms show a birkebeiner, carrying a spear and a shield, who is skiing down a mountainside. It symbolizes the historical importance of when the Birkebeiners carried the to-be-King Haakon from Lillehammer to Rena on skis.[5]
History
The area has been settled since the Norwegian Iron Age In archaeology, the Iron Age is the prehistoric period in any area during which cutting tools and weapons were mainly made of iron or steel. The adoption of this material coincided with other changes in society, including differing agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles. It is also mentioned as a site for council A thing or ting was the governing assembly in Germanic and some Celtic societies, made up of the free people of the community and presided by lawspeakers, meeting in a place called a thingstead. Today the term lives on in the official names of national legislatures and political and judicial institutions in the Nordic countries, and (in the Manx in 1390. It had a lively market by the 1800s, and obtained rights as a merchant city Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city. A town may be correctly described as a "market town" or as having "market rights", even if it no longer holds a market, provided the legal on 7 August 1827, at which point there were 50 registered residents within its boundaries.
The town of Lillehammer was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838
Further information: formannskapsdistrikt Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837. The law, which fulfilled an express requirement of the Constitution of Norway, required that every parishThe rural municipality of Fåberg was merged into the municipality of Lillehammer on 1 January 1964.
Olympic ski jumpLillehammer was the site of the Lillehammer affair The Lillehammer affair refers to the assassination by Mossad agents of a Moroccan waiter, Ahmed Bouchiki, in Lillehammer, Norway on July 21, 1973. The Israeli agents had mistaken their victim for Ali Hassan Salameh, the chief of operations for Black September. Most of the Mossad team was captured and tried for the murder, in a major blow to the in 1973 where operatives of the Israeli Israel , officially the State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (help·info), Medīnat Yisrā'el; Arabic: دَوْلَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ, Dawlat Isrā'īl), is a country in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and the Mossad The Mossad , known in full as the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (Hebrew: המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim, Arabic: الموساد للاستخبارات والمهام الخاصة al-Mūssād li'l-Istikhbārāt wa'l-Mahāmm al-Khāṣṣa) is the shot and killed a Moroccan Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية, al-Mamlakah al-Maġribiyya), is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of nearly 32 million and an area of 710.850 km², including the disputed Western Sahara which is mainly under Moroccan administration. Morocco has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that waiter they mistakenly thought was involved in the Munich Massacre The Munich massacre is an informal name for events occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually murdered by Black September, a militant group with ties to Yasser Arafat’s Fatah organization.
Lillehammer was host city of the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially the XVII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer's winning bid was announced in September 1988 in Seoul before the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics. Lillehammer was selected as host over bids from Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.;. It is known for being a typical venue for winter sporting events. It bid for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, but was passed over.
In 2005, the popular British automotive show Top Gear Top Gear is a BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humorous style. The show is currently presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, and also features a test driver known aired its "Winter Olympics special", an episode of various Olympic event-themed challenges involving cars, set in the surrounding area of Lillehammer.
Education
A number of schools are located in Lillehammer including the Hammartun Lower Secondary School Lillehammer High School, Mesna High School, Vargstad High School are the three high schools in Lillehammer.
Geography
Vista of Lillehammer from the westLillehammer is located to the south of the municipality of Øyer, to the southeast of Gausdal, northeast of Nordre Land, and to the north of Gjøvik, all in Oppland county. To the southeast, it is bordered by Ringsaker municipality in Hedmark Hedmark is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar county. Lillehammer has a relatively dry inland climate. To the northwest is the mountain Spåtind.
Climate
| Climate data for Lillehammer | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | -6 (21) | -4 (25) | 1 (34) | 6 (43) | 13 (55) | 18 (64) | 19 (66) | 17 (63) | 12 (54) | 7 (45) | 0 (32) | -4 (25) | 7 (45) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | -9 (16) | -7.5 (18.5) | -3.5 (25.7) | 1.5 (34.7) | 8 (46) | 13 (55) | 14 (57) | 12.5 (54.5) | 8 (46) | 4 (39) | -3 (27) | -7 (19) | 4.3 (39.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | -12 (10) | -11 (12) | -8 (18) | -3 (27) | 3 (37) | 8 (46) | 9 (48) | 8 (46) | 4 (39) | 1 (34) | -6 (21) | -10 (14) | -1.5 (29.3) |
| Precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that is pulled down by gravity and deposited on the Earth's surface. The main forms of precipitation include rain, snow, ice pellets, and graupel. It occurs when the atmosphere, a large gaseous solution, becomes saturated with water vapour and the water mm (inches) | 46 (1.81) | 35 (1.38) | 40 (1.57) | 37 (1.46) | 58 (2.28) | 77 (3.03) | 89 (3.5) | 90 (3.54) | 86 (3.39) | 85 (3.35) | 68 (2.68) | 50 (1.97) | 761 (29.96) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 182 |
| Source: World Weather Information Service[6] | |||||||||||||
Economy
The basis for the city's commerce is its position as the northernmost point of the lake Mjøsa and as the gateway for the Gudbrandsdal region Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords, plains, or coastlines, or combinations of the above. Many such regions, through which the historical highway to Trondheim Trondheim (historically Nidaros and Trondhjem) is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The city of Trondheim was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipalities of Byneset, Leinstrand, Strinda, and Tiller were merged with Trondheim on 1 January 1964 passes. The Mesna river has provided the basis for several small industries through the years, but Lillehammer is now all but industry-less.
Transport
One of the major Norwegian rail lines, the Dovrebanen, runs from Hamar Hamar is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849. Vang was merged back into Hamar on 1 January 1992 to the north through Lillehammer on its way up the Gudbrandsdal, to terminate in Trondheim.
European route E6 passes through Lillehammer.
Attractions
Lillehammer ChurchIn addition to the Olympic site, Lillehammer offers a number of other tourist attractions:
- Maihaugen, centrally located in Lillehammer, is the largest open air museum An open-air museum is a distinct type of museum exhibiting its collections out-of-doors. The first open-air museums were established in Scandinavia towards the end of the nineteenth century, and the concept soon spread throughout Europe and North America. Open-air museums are variously known as skansen, museums of buildings and folk museums. A in Norway, with 185 buildings, mostly from Lillehammer and the valley of Gudbrandsdalen Gudbrandsdalen is a valley and traditional district in the Norwegian county of Oppland. The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer at Lake Mjøsa, extending 230 km toward Romsdal. The large river Gudbrandsdalslågen flows through the valley, starting from Lesjaskogsvatnet and ending in Lake Mjøsa.
- Garmo stave church (built around 1150)
- The art museum, "Flygelet".
- The PS Skibladner is the world's oldest paddle steamer A paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a steam engine that uses one or more paddle wheels to develop thrust for propulsion. It is also commonly a type of steamboat. Paddle steamers usually carry the prefix "PS". Although generally associated with steam power, paddleboats or paddlewheelers have also been driven by diesel engines, in scheduled service, launched in 1856. Summer sailings around lake Mjøsa: Lillehammer, Moelv, Gjøvik, Hamar Hamar is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849. Vang was merged back into Hamar on 1 January 1992, and Eidsvoll Eidsvoll is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet.
- The ski jump at Lysgårdsbakkene.
- Sjusjøen is a skiing destination with forest and mountain terrain only 20 km away (east) from the centre of Lillehammer in the municipality of Ringsaker.
- The Sambandets Utdanning og Kompetansesenter is an army unit located in the camp Jørstadmoen 3–4 km northwest of Lillehammer.
- The rock carvings at Drotten, Fåberg, west of Lågen about 1.5 km above Brunlaug bridge.
- Nansen Academy - the Norwegian Humanistic Academy - The Nansen Academy is an educational institution for adult students with different political, religious and cultural backgrounds. The Academy is founded on the inheritance of humanism and aims at strengthening the knowledge about this inheritance.
Sport
Sportclubs in Lillehammer
- Lillehammer Icehockey Club (The team competes in Norway's major hockey league, the GET-League.)
- Lillehammer Orienteeringclub
- Lillehammer Skiclub
- Lillehammer Speedskating club
- Faaberg Fotball Lillehammer
- Roterud Idrettslag
- Lillehammer Fotballklubb
Notable residents
- Sigrid Undset Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928 lived in Lillehammer at her home "Bjerkebæk" from 1919 through 1940. She brought her children with her for a short rest, planning on returning to Oslo Oslo (Norwegian pronunciation: [ùʃlu] or [ùslu]) is the capital and largest city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by a fire in 1624. The Danish–Norwegian king Christian IV rebuilt the city as Christiania (briefly also spelt Kristiania). In 1925 the city reclaimed its original. However, she chose to remain in Lillehammer. She wrote her most famous works there: the three-volume Kristin Lavransdatter, the six-volume Sverkholt tales, and the four-volume Olav Audunssønn. In 1940, because she had expressed strong anti-Nazi sentiments since the early 1930s, she fled Lillehammer before the invading German army The Norwegian Campaign was a campaign that was fought in Norway during the Second World War between the Allies and Germany, after the latter's invasion of the country. The United Kingdom and France responded to Norway's aid with an expeditionary force. Despite moderate success, however, Germany's invasion of France in June compelled the allies to reached the town. She returned to Lillehammer after the war and died there in 1949. She is buried at the cemetery in Mesnali, a nearby village.
- Cesar Baena , the Venezuelan cross country skier.
International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in NorwayTwin towns — Sister cities
The following cities are twinned Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties with Lillehammer:[7]
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See also
References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskriving_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn.
- ^ "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2009". Statistics Norway. http://www.ssb.no/beftett_en/tab-2009-06-16-01-en.html. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 219. http://books.google.com/books?id=DohBAAAAIAAJ. (Norwegian)
- ^ "Lillehammers historie". Lillehammer kommune. http://www.lillehammer.kommune.no/omkommunen/34585/27077:. Retrieved 2009-01-04. (Norwegian)
- ^ "Historiske Linjer". National Archives of Norway. http://www.arkivverket.no/webfelles/kommunevaapen/h_linjer.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04. (Norwegian)
- ^ "Weather Information for Lillehammer". World Weather Information Service. http://www.weather2travel.com/climate-guides/index.php?destination=lillehammer. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
- ^ "Lillehammers vennskapsbyer" (Microsoft Word). Lillehammer kommune. http://www.lillehammer.kommune.no/files/71639/. Retrieved 2009-01-04. (Norwegian)
External links
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| Look up Lillehammer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Lillehammer travel guide from Wikitravel
- Oppland travel guide from Wikitravel
- Lillehammer Tourist Office
- Gudbrandsdalen Region
- Lillehammer University College
- Lillehammer Icehockey Club (Norwegian)
- Olympic Park in Lillehammer
- Pictures from the Olympic games in 1994
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