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Lunner

Lunner is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Oppland

Oppland

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, M?re og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the traditional region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
of Hadeland

Hadeland

Hadeland is a Districts of Norway in the south-eastern part of Norway. It is located around the southern part of lake Randsfjorden in Oppland county, and consists of the municipalities of Norway of Gran, Norway, Jevnaker and Lunner....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Roa

Roa, Norway

Roa is the administrative centre of Lunner municipality, Norway. Together with the village Lunner it forms an urban area with a population of 1,590....
. Lunner was established when it was separated from the municipality of Jevnaker

Jevnaker

Jevnaker is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302....
on 1 January 1898.

municipality (originally the parish

Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
) is named after the old Lunner farm (Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Lunnar), since the first church was built here.

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Lunner is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Oppland

Oppland

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, M?re og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Districts of Norway

Hadeland

Roa, Norway

Jevnaker

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish

Parish

Old Norse

Plural

Plural is a grammatical number, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers....
form of lunnr which means "log

Logging

Logging is the process in which certain trees are cut down for forest management and timber....
". (The farm and the church are located on a long hill which was probably compared to a log.)

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times. They were granted on 4 April 1986. The arms show a Lily of the Valley, as a symbol for the forest

Forest

File:Stara planina suma.jpgA forest is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions of a forest, based on various criteria....
s in the area. The Lily of the Valley is a very common flower

Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
in the meadows and forests. The flowers also symbolize the eight schools in the municipality.

Geography

Lunner is bordered to the north by the municipality of Gran

Gran, Norway

is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jaren....
, to the east by Nannestad

Nannestad

Nannestad is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Teigebyen....
, to the south by Nittedal

Nittedal

Nittedal is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rotnes....
and Oslo

Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
, and to the west by Jevnaker

Jevnaker

Jevnaker is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302....
. There are several population centers in the municipality. Amongst these are: Harestua

Harestua

Harestua is a village in the south of Lunner, Oppland county, Norway. It has ca. 2500 inhabitants , and serves as a commuter town to the capital Oslo....
, Grua

Grua

Grua is a village in the municipality of Lunner, Norway. Its population is 1,477. Mining is historically important, and Norway's oldest registered iron mine is located here....
, Roa

Roa, Norway

Roa is the administrative centre of Lunner municipality, Norway. Together with the village Lunner it forms an urban area with a population of 1,590....
, and the village of Lunner.

Lunner is on a north-south axis (23.1 km with water included) and on an east-west axis. It lies at the southern end of Oppland county. The highest point is the Bislingflaka with a height of .

Transportation

The Gjøvikbane and Bergensbane railway lines pass through the municipality.

Attractions

Lunner church
Lunner church

Lunner church is a medieval stone church from the 12th century, located on the hill of Lunnertoppen in Lunner municipality of Oppland county, Norway....
Hadeland Mining Museum at Grua
Sun
Sun

The Sun , a G V star, is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 98.6% of the Solar System's mass....
Observatory
Observatory

An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed....
at Harestua
Harestua

Harestua is a village in the south of Lunner, Oppland county, Norway. It has ca. 2500 inhabitants , and serves as a commuter town to the capital Oslo....
, near Piperen
Kloppstock Music Festival
Music festival

A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday....
every summer at Harestua

Notable residents

Ivar Ballangrud
Ivar Ballangrud

Ivar Ballangrud was a Norway Speed skating born in Lunner, Norway....
(7 March 1904‐1 June 1969), a speed skater
Speed skating

Speed skating or speedskating is a competition form of skating in which the competitors racing each other in travelling a certain distance on skating....
, was born in Lunner.
Knut Schreiner
Euroboy

Knut Schreiner , better known by his stage name Euroboy, plays lead guitar in Turbonegro , noted internationally for the album Apocalypse Dudes....
, ("Euroboy") from the punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
band Turbonegro
Turbonegro

Turbonegro is a Norway punk rock band that combines hard rock and punk music into a style the band describes as "deathpunk".Among the band's main influences are Black Flag , Rolling Stones, Kiss , Venom , Radio Birdman, AC/DC, Kill City, Circle Jerks, Ramones, Alice Cooper, Negazione, The Dictators and The Stooges, as well as Norwegian roc...
, grew up in Harestua, Lunner
Robert Skjærstad, Amanda-award
Amanda (award)

The Amanda Award is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Cinema of Norway....
winning actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, grew up in Harestua, Lunner

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned

Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
with Lunner: - Frederikssund, Region Hovedstaden

Region Hovedstaden

Region Hovedstaden is an administrative Regions of Denmark of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties of Denmark with five larger regions....
, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
- Keila

Keila

Keila is a town and an Municipalities of Estonia in Harju County in north-western Estonia. It is also the administrative centre of the surrounding rural municipality ? Keila Parish....
, Harju County

Harju County

Harju County , or Harjumaa, , nowadays one of 15 Counties of Estonia of Estonia. It is situated in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders L??ne-Viru County to the east, J?rva County to the south-east, Rapla County to the south, and L??ne County to the south-west....
, Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
- Loppi

Loppi

Loppi is a municipalities of Finland in Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper regions of Finland....
, Etelä-Suomi

Southern Finland

The Province of Southern Finland is a Provinces of Finland of Finland. It borders the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also borders the Gulf of Finland and Russia....
, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
- Vetlanda

Vetlanda Municipality

Vetlanda Municipality is a Municipalities of Sweden in J?nk?ping County, in southern Sweden where the town Vetlanda is seat.The municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Vetlanda was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form a unitary municipality....
, Jönköping County

Jönköping County

J?nk?ping County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland County, V?stra G?taland County, ?sterg?tland County, Kalmar County and Kronoberg County....
, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....

External links

from Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway is the Norway statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1000, Statistics Norway releases more than 800 Norwegian statistical publications every year on its web site....