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Solbergfoss is a small village in
Askimis a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Askim. Askim was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ....
municipality,
NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
. Located a few miles north of the town Askim on the east bank of the
GlommaGlomma, also known as Glåma is the longest and largest river in Norway, 598 kilometers long. Its drainage basin covers fully 13% of Norway's area, all in the Southern part of Norway....
river, Solbergfoss has a power plant which was built in 1924. In 1918 a railway line,
Askim–Solbergfosslinjen|}The Solbergfoss Line was a railway line between Askim and Solbergfoss in Norway. It was opened in 1918 as a branch line from the Eastern Østfold Line at Askim Station. Its tracks were 7.9 kilometers long and single track....
, from Askim to Solbergfoss was built.