Lom (Norway)

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the Lom municipality
Lom (Norway)
Lom
Lom
Basic data
Commune number : 3434
Province  (county) : Domestic
Administrative headquarters: Fossbergom
Coordinates : 61 ° 43 '  N , 8 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 43 '  N , 8 ° 34'  E
Height : 382 moh.
Surface: 1,968.56 km²
Residents: 2,228  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 1 inhabitant per km²
Language form : Nynorsk
Website:
politics
Mayor : Bjarne Eiolf Holø  ( Sp ) (2011)
Located in the province of Innlandet
Location of the municipality in the province of Innlandet
Lom Stave Church
The "millennial tree" in front of the stave church in Lom

The municipality of Lom in Norway has an area of ​​1969 km² with a north-south extension of 71.6 km and an east-west extension of 58.1 km. Lom has 2228 inhabitants (as of February 27, 2020). The municipality is located in Fylke Innlandet in the middle Ottadal and is administered in Lom. Galdhøpiggen is located in the municipality at an altitude of 2,469 meters, a record in Norway and all of Scandinavia . Lom has a continental climate and very little rainfall with 321 mm per year.

Lom became a parish in 1866. It lies at a height of around 380 meters and is dominated by the Lomsegga panoramic mountain , which reaches a height of 1524 meters. Knut Hamsun , one of Norway's most famous poets, was born 12 kilometers east of Lom in Garmo . There is the reconstructed hut in which he was born in 1859; next to it rises a high memorial stone in memory of him.

Attractions

Lom is a tourist center with a few attractions:

  • The pillared stave church is the most photographed motif of the place. A monument to the Norwegian poet Olav Aukrust (1883–1929) has been erected in the forecourt of the church .
  • The open-air museum Loms-Hof consists of several old farmhouses that were built here from the area around Lom. It shows what a farm looked like in the 18th century. The St. Olaf House , a house on the edge of the courtyard, is of historical interest because, according to tradition, King Olav Haraldssohn stayed here on his travels. A collection of works by the poet Olav Aukrust is also of great importance.
  • The Fossheim Steinsenter is Norway's largest exhibition of native crystals and minerals. In addition to souvenirs and pieces of jewelry that are made in the workshop, other handicrafts can be purchased.
  • The Norsk Fjellmuseum (the Norwegian Mountain Museum ) deals with the Norwegian mountains and their development by humans.
  • The Sognefjellsveien begins in Lom and leads over the Jotunheimen mountains to the Sognefjord .

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning