Strømmen is a town in
SkedsmoSkedsmo is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillestrøm. About one third of the municipal population lives in Lillestrøm. Other important towns are Skedsmokorset, Skjetten and...
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Akershusis a county in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and Østfold; it has also a short border with Sweden . Akershus is the second largest county by population after Oslo, with more than half a million inhabitants. The county is named after Akershus Fortress...
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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...
. It is about twenty kilometers east of Oslo, and considered part of
Greater OsloGreater Oslo is a metropolitan region around the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The suburban municipalities are divided into two circles and three sectors, west, north and south. They stretch over the counties of Akershus , Østfold , Buskerud and Oppland...
. It has 8,000 residents.
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Strømmen is a town in
SkedsmoSkedsmo is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillestrøm. About one third of the municipal population lives in Lillestrøm. Other important towns are Skedsmokorset, Skjetten and...
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Akershusis a county in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and Østfold; it has also a short border with Sweden . Akershus is the second largest county by population after Oslo, with more than half a million inhabitants. The county is named after Akershus Fortress...
,
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...
. It is about twenty kilometers east of Oslo, and considered part of
Greater OsloGreater Oslo is a metropolitan region around the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The suburban municipalities are divided into two circles and three sectors, west, north and south. They stretch over the counties of Akershus , Østfold , Buskerud and Oppland...
. It has 8,000 residents.
The town has its origins from floating lumber and sawmills along Sagelva. Later there has been heavy industry at Strømmen, including the railway stock manufacturer
Strømmens VærkstedStrømmens Værksted A/S was an industrial company based in Skedsmo, Norway, specializing in the production of rolling stock. Founded in 1873, it remains as a part of Bombardier Transportation...
. It currently hosts Norway's largest shopping centre,
Strømmen StorsenterStrømmen Storsenter is a Norwegian shopping centre in Skedsmo, near Lillestrøm. It was opened in 1985, with 39 stores, and in 1990 it expanded by another 50. Today the shopping centre holds 118 different businesses. In 2002 it had a turnover of 2.012 billion Norwegian kroner, making it the second...
. Strømmen has a top-level women's football team, Team Strømmen, while Strømmen Idrettsforening is in men's second division.