Sørum
Sørum Municipality
Sørum kommune | |
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 Frogner Old Church | |
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| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 207 km2 (80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 200 km2 (80 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #327 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 12,768 |
| • Rank | #85 in Norway |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +12.7% |
| Demonym | Sørumsokning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0226[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Sørum was a
Since 1 January 2020, Sørum has been part of Lillestrøm municipality.
Frogner Old Church
Frogner Old Church (Frogner gamle kirke) dates from ca. 1180. It is part of the Norwegian Church and belongs to Østre Romerike deanery in Diocese of Borg.
The edifice is in stone and has 90 seats. The Medieval era church burned in 1918, the walls repaired in 1936, floors and ceilings in 1948. The restoration was completed in 1977.[4]
General information
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Sørum farm (Old Norse: Suðrheimr), since the first church was built here. The first element is suðr which means "southern" and the last element is heimr which means "home/homestead" or "farm".
Coat-of-arms
The
| Ancestry | Number |
|---|---|
 Poland |
532 |
 Lithuania |
362 |
 Sweden |
185 |
 Pakistan |
169 |
 Sri Lanka |
139 |
 Iran |
117 |
 Germany |
114 |
 Denmark |
88 |
 Thailand |
86 |
 Afghanistan |
79 |
Geography
Sørum municipality was located in the central part of Akershus county. To the north Sørum bordered the municipality of
.Sister cities
The following cities were
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. "Frogner gamle kirke". Norges Kirker. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ "Sørum kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Sørum kommune. Archived from the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Vennskapskommuner" (in Norwegian). Sørum kommune. Archived from the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
External links
Media related to Sørum at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Sørum at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Akershus travel guide from Wikivoyage- Sørumsand videregående skole (in Norwegian)
- Official website (in Norwegian)
- Opplev Sørum (in Norwegian)
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