- Skedsmo
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name=Skedsmo
idnumber=0231
county=Akershus
landscape=Romerike
capital=Lillestrøm
governor=Anita Orlund (Ap)
governor_as_of=2006
arearank=398
area=77
arealand=75
areapercent=0.02
population_as_of=2008
populationrank=14
population=46146
populationpercent=0.90
populationdensity=615
populationincrease=17.7
language=Bokmål
lat_deg=59| lat_min=58| lat_sec=58| lon_deg=11| lon_min=2| lon_sec=47
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6651278 |utm_easting=0614200| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.skedsmo.kommune.noSkedsmo is a municipality in the county of
Akershus ,Norway .Skedsmo was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt ).Lørenskog andLillestrøm was separated from Skedsmo as municipalities of their own January 1, 1908. Lillestrøm was, however, again merged with Skedsmo January 1, 1962.The centre of Skedsmo is
Lillestrøm which has status as a city and about 1/3 of the population of Skedsmo. Other important towns areSkedsmokorset ,Skjetten andStrømmen . A smaller settlement adjoining Lillestrøm isKjeller .In this area, the tribe of Raumas fought against King
Olav Haraldsson , patron saint of Norway, in 1028. The area has become an important part of Norway's industrial history. Strømmen Verksted built the country's first trains, at Kjeller airplanes were constructed up toWorld War II , the sawmills at Lillestrøm processed lumber from the great forests, and a number of other entreprises have been important.The local newspaper is "Romerikes Blad" (circulation 39,139 in 2004). The paper comes out daily.
The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm Skedsmo (Norse "Skeiðsmór"), since the first church was built here. The first element is the genitive case of "skeið" n 'running track for horseracing', the last element is "mór" m 'heath, moor'.
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1974). It shows three silver horseheads in a red field. (See above under the name.)
(See also the coat-of-arms of Ski.)
People from Skedsmo
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