Larkollen

Larkollen is a village in Rygge municipality, Norway. Its population is 1,382. [cite paper | author=Statistics Norway | title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2006 | date=2006 | url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/tab-2006-07-05-01-en.html] Larkollen was the landfall on the main route between Oslo (then Christiania) and Copenhagen for several centuries. The lee behind the islands west of Larkollen was an easily accessible harbor in all kinds of wind. Sometime in the early 1800s the landfall was moved north to Jeløya outside of Moss.

In the early 1900s Larkollen, which today is known as a sleepy suburb for Moss, became a prime summer destination for well-to-do families from Oslo and Fredrikstad. The summer houses built by these families still dominate the coastline and the islands at Larkollen. In the 1900s up to about 1970, two summer hotels were operating in Larkollen, contributing to making a stop worthwhile whether you came by boat or car.

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