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Gjerdrum Municipality Gjerdrum kommune
Municipality
Flag of Gjerdrum MunicipalityFlagCoat of arms of Gjerdrum MunicipalityCoat of arms
Viken within NorwayViken within Norway
Gjerdrum within VikenGjerdrum within Viken
Coordinates: 60°4′57″N 11°0′52″E / 60.08250°N 11.01444°E / 60.08250; 11.01444
CountryNorway
CountyViken
DistrictRomerike
Administrative centreAsk
Government
 • Mayor (2007)Tobben (DNT)
Area
 • Total83 km (32 sq mi)
 • Land82 km (32 sq mi)
 • Rank#396 in Norway
Population
 • Total6,267
 • Rank#192 in Norway
 • Density60/km (200/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)Increase +31.6%
DemonymGjermsokning
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3032
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Gjerdrum is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike.

General information

Gjerdrum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

Gjerdrum borders the municipalities of Nannestad, Nittedal, Ullensaker, Skedsmo, and Sørum. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ask.

2020 landslide

In late December 2020 a quick clay landslide occurred in the village; it measured 700m by 300m, injured 10 people (including one seriously), left 11 unaccounted for and led to 900 being evacuated from the village, with several homes having been destroyed in the slide. The head of local police announced that it had been designated a disaster.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Gjerdrum farm (Norse Gerðarvin). The first element is the genitive of a river name Gerð and the last element is vin 'meadow, pasture'. The river name is derived from the Norse word garðr meaning 'fence' and so the meaning is 'the river whose function is a fence (and/or as a border)'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1993. The arms show a traditional Norwegian form of roundpole fence. The arms are also canting because the name of the municipality refers to a fence.

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Gjerdrum by country of origin in 2017
Ancestry Number
 Poland 213
 Lithuania 129
 Sweden 67
 Iraq 47
 Iceland 39

Sports

The local sports team is Gjerdrum IL.

References

  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2024-01-09). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
  4. ^ "Norway landslide: Houses buried in Gjerdrum village near Oslo". BBC News. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. "Om kommunevåpenet i Gjerdrum" (in Norwegian). Gjerdrum kommune. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  6. "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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Akershus county, Norway
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Municipalities
Asker og Bærum
Hadeland
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Former Municipalities in Akershus
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