Lørenskog

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the municipality of Lørenskog
Lørenskog (Norway)
Lørenskog
Lørenskog
Basic data
Commune number : 3029
Province  (county) : Viken
Coordinates : 59 ° 56 '  N , 10 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 56 '  N , 10 ° 57'  E
Surface: 70.55 km²
Residents: 41,460  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 588 inhabitants per km²
Language form : Bokmål
Postal code : 1372
Website:
politics
Mayor : Ragnhild Bergheim  ( Ap ) (2015)
Location in the province of Viken
Location of the municipality in the province of Viken

Lørenskog is a municipality in the province of Viken in Norway . It borders directly to the east on the capital Oslo and has 41,460 inhabitants (as of February 27, 2020). The name Lørenskog means roughly swampy forest .

Almost all residents live in the northern part of Lørenskog. A well-known part of Lørenskog is Losby , where the water wheel is located, which can be found in the municipal coat of arms . The Losby area is now partially a golf course.

geography

In the southern part there is mainly forest and in the middle there are farms and wheat fields.

traffic

The municipality has three stops (Lørenskog, Hanaborg and Fjellhamar) on the local train line Oslo – Lillestrøm.

Town twinning

Lørenskog has partnerships with the Swedish municipality of Täby near Stockholm, with the Copenhagen suburb of Rødovre , with the Finnish city of Järvenpää near Helsinki and, since 1974, with the Bavarian city of Garching near Munich .

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Lørenskog  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning