Kløfta

Coordinates: 60°04′37″N 11°08′20″E / 60.077°N 11.139°E / 60.077; 11.139
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Kløfta
Town
Kløfta with Kløfta Station in the foreground and Ullersmo Prison in the background.
Kløfta with Kløfta Station in the foreground and Ullersmo Prison in the background.
Kløfta is located in Norway
Kløfta
Kløfta
Coordinates: 60°4′37.2″N 11°8′20″E / 60.077000°N 11.13889°E / 60.077000; 11.13889
CountryNorway
CountyAkershus
MunicipalityUllensaker
DistrictRomerike
Population
 (2022)
 • Total8,071[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Post code
2040 Kløfta

Kløfta is a town located in Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway. It has a population of approximately 8 200 inhabitants.[2] Kløfta has a growing sports team Kløfta IL which consists of football, handball, basketball, e-sports, table tennis, cycling and floorball, a great sports park has also been built in Bakkedalen. Ther are also a local shopping market locatede in Kløfta Romerikssenteret. Kløfta has three schools – a middle school and two first through seventh grade school, and several kindergardens.

Literally translated, the name means 'the cleft' in English. It probably refers to a junction of three roads heading for Oslo, Trondheim and Kongsvinger. At Kløfta, the road RV2 towards Sweden branches off from the E6. Two railway lines to the north also split here.

Ullensaker Church is a large church at Kløfta, often referred to as "Romeriksdomen" or Romerike "Cathedral".

Norway's main prison, Ullersmo prison, 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 cathedral".

Augustus "Gus" Halvorsen Hilton (1854-1919), the father of American hotelier Conrad Hilton and emigrant to the United States, was born at Kløfta

Kløfta was, until 1995, the location of a longwave broadcasting station, which broadcast on 216 kHz.

60°04′37″N 11°08′20″E / 60.077°N 11.139°E / 60.077; 11.139

References

  1. ^ "Population and land area in urban settlements". Statistics Norway. 2021-10-26. Table 1.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Tettsteder. Folkemengde og areal, etter kommune. 1. januar 2013(in Norwegian)
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