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| County | Hedmark | |
| Landscape | Hedemarken | |
| Municipality | NO-0415 | |
| Administrative centre | Løten | |
| Mayor (2003) | Martin Skramstad (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage | Ranked 252 369 km² 362 km² 0.11 % | |
| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density | Ranked 137 7,282 0.16 % 3.4 % 20/km² | |
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | |
| www.loten.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0415) | ||
Løten is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway.
The name come from old Norwegian "Lautin". The word is the combination of "Laut" and "vin" where "Laut" means a hollow depression in the ground and "vin" which means a natural meadow. The name was written "Løten" from the beginning of the 19th century.
Location
Løten is the most eastern of the original villages in Hedmark where it is lays between Hamar municipality to the west north west, Stange municipality to the west south west, and Elverum municipality to the east. Small portions of the municipality border on Åmotin the far north and Våler in the south.
History
There have been traffic between east to west since time immemorial.
The old center was by the Løten Church, which is from the 13th century.
When Christian IV prohibited the importation of German beer in the early 17th Century, distillation began in Norway. In 1624 distilled alcohol was prohibited at weddings, and by 1638 Christian forbade the clergy the right to distill in their own homes. The corn-growing districts of Løten, Vang & Romedal all became famous for their distilleries. “Gamle Løiten” from Løiten Brænderi, which was established in 1855, was a highly prized ‘akvavit’ produced in Løten.
When the railroad was opened in 1862, Løten station became the new center of trade and management.
Edvard Munch was born in Løten on 12 December 1863.
References
East Norway and its Frontier by Frank Noel Stagg, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1956.
| Municipalities of Hedmark | 
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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 | |