Elverum

Elverum kommune
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County Hedmark
Landscape Østerdalen
Municipality NO-1101
Administrative centre Elverum
Mayor (2003) Terje Røe (Ap)
Official language form Neutral
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage
Ranked 80
1,229 km²
1,209 km²
0.38 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 49
18,805
0.41 %
7.1 %
16/km²
Coordinates Template:Coor dm
www.elverum.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1101)

Elverum is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway.

Elverum lies at an important crossroads, with Hamar to the West, Kongsvinger to the South, and Trysil on the Swedish border to the northeast. It is bordered on the north by Åmot municipality, in the north east by Trysil municipality, in the south east by Våler and in the west by Løten.

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Elverum in History

Military ties

During the Nordic Seven Years' War (1563 - 1570), Swedish troops invaded Norway in a number of locations, including a number of incursions into the Østerdal. In 1563, Norwegian troops stopped the Swedish advance at Elverum, which provided a strategic point since it lay on both north-south and east-west trade and travel routes.

Construction of fortifications started in 1673 during the Gyldenløve War as Hammersberg Skanse (also referred to as Terningen Skanse); the bastion of which is still preserved today. It was renamed Christiansfjell Fortress in 1685 by Christian V during his visit to Hammersberg skanse on June 14th. Although the fortress was manned through the Great Northern War, the city was spared major battles. In 1742 Christiansfjell Fortress was closed.

A Norwegian infantry regiment, the Oppland Regiment, was formed in 1657 and Elverum became a garrison town. The area of population east of the river called Leiret (literally the camp) adjacent to Christiansfjell Fortress was built up by soldiers as well as the merchants and craftsmen who settled nearby. Even to this day the area of Elverum east of the river is referred to as Leiret.

In 1878, Terningmoen at Elverum became the home base for the Oppland Regiment and an artillery school was founded here in 1896.

The Oppland Regiment had a history which included courageous involvement in combat from the Swedish wars of the 17th century through the German invasion of Norway in 1940. As part of the general restructuring, the unit was disbanded in 2002.

Elverum as a Regional Town

In the Danish-Norwegian period, Elverum was the location for a bailiff (fogd), a judge (sorenskriver), a head pastor (prost), as well as numerous military officers.

It became important as a market town as well. In 1570 Hamar Cathedral in Hamar was burned and Hamarhus castle was destroyed by the Swedish armies during the Seven Years' War with Sweden. Hamar lost its city status, leaving no kjøpstad, or official market city, between Christiania and Trondheim. Eastern Norway needed an organized market for trading goods. The Grundset market (Grundsetmart'n) in Elverum municipality grew to meet the need. It is recorded as existing in the 17th century, and in 1765 the owner of Gaarder obtained special market privileges from the king, to take place six miles north of the population center of Elverum on his estate. By 1767 it was described as Norway's largest and most famous market. On the first week of March, for almost 300 years, the folks of the district met to trade and to celebrate. People from Gudbrandsdal, Oslo, Trøndelag and Sweden also regularly came to Grundsetmart'n. The Grundset market was finally abandoned in 1901, when pressures of the railroad and other markets made it superfluous.

Elverum has been the market town for the Østerdal since the 18th century.

The railway connecting Oslo and Trondheim passed through Elverum in 1877.

Elverum in Recent History

Elverum municipality served as a temporary capital of Norway during the World War II German invasion. On April 9, 1940 Norwegian troops prevented the Germans from capturing Norway's King Håkon, Crown Prince, and Parliament while the Parliment was meeting to issue the Elverum Mandate, authorizing the exiled government authorization to run the Norwegian government until the Parliment could again convene. On April 11th, shortly after the governments refusal to submit to German terms, the center of Elverum was reduced to ashes.

Elverum's Museums

Norwegian Forestry Museum

The Norwegian Forest Museum is a national museum recognizing the importance of forestry to the Norwegain economy.

Glomdal Museum

A pedestrian bridge across the Klokkerfoss falls leads to the Glomdal Museum, one of the largest Norwegian outdoor museums, with numerous houses from the mountain parishess of Østerdalen and the lowland districts of Solør on the Glomma river valley. The exhibition includes a library with numerous books, including handwritten medieval manuscripts.


External links

References

  • History of the Norwegian People by Knut Gjerset, The MacMillan Company, 1915, Volumes I & II
  • A History of Norway by Karen Larson, Princeton University Press, 1948
  • East Norway and its Frontier by Frank Noel Stagg, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. 1956
  • Adventure Roads in Norway by Erling Welle-Strand, Nortrabooks, 1996. ISBN 82-90103-71-9
  • Norway, edited by Doreen Taylor-Wilkie, Houghton Mifflin, 1996. ISBN 0-395-81912-1



Municipalities of Hedmark Hedmark coat of arms

Alvdal | Eidskog | Elverum | Engerdal | Folldal | Grue | Hamar | Kongsvinger | Løten | Nord-Odal | Os | Rendalen | Ringsaker | Stange | Stor-Elvdal | Sør-Odal | Tolga | Trysil | Tynset | Våler | Åmot | Åsnes

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