Roverud is a village in

Kongsvinger Municipality Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Austm ...

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The n ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The village is located about north of the town of Kongsvinger on the east side of the river

Glomma The Glomma, or Glåma, is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers fully 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country. Geography At its fullest length, the ...

. The village has a grocery store, a grade school, offices, elder care facilities, and

Roverud Church Roverud Church ( no, Roverud kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Kongsvinger Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory ...

. The village has a population (2021) of 769 and a

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of .

History

The area around Roverud had little significance apart from the

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Berger Church Berger is a surname in both German and French, although there is no etymological connection between the names in the two languages. The French surname is an occupational name for a shepherd, from Old French ''bergier'' (Late Latin ''berbicarius'', ...

which stood for many years (today the place is called ''Vestre Berger''). Later, after the church was closed, people used the Brandval Church further north. The road between

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

and

Elverum is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum. Other settlements in the municipality include Heradsbygd, Sørsko ...

went along the west side of the river

across the river from Roverud until it reached the village of

Brandval Brandval is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 1964 when it became part of Kongsvinger Municipality. It was located in the southern part of the traditional distr ...

, but that changed when a bridge was built at Kongsvinger in 1855, after which traffic also went up the east side of the river. Roverud then became a central point for moving timber out of the

Finnskogen Finnskogen ("Forest of the Finns") is an area of Norway and Sweden situated in the counties of Innlandet and Värmland respectively, so named because of immigration of Finnish people in the 17th century, the so-called '' Skogfinner/"Forest Finns"'' ...

region. The road from

Svullrya Svullrya is a village in Grue Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Finnskogen area, between the lakes Røgden and Skasen. The village is regionally important as a hub of the Finnskogen culture. The Grue Finn ...

over the mountains to Lundersæter was constructed from 1866 to 1870, and shortly thereafter that road from Lundersæter to Øyermoen on the Swedish border was completed. The arrival of the railroad breathed life into Roverud. The Roverud Station on the Solørbanen railway line became operational in 1893, and it became one of the most important stations for the handling of timber from the Finnskogen area. In 1936, Johannes Een moved from

Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, ...

to Roverud. In Roverud, he established the firm ''Brødrene Een A/S'' which produced his own patented lathwork shutters (). These shutters were a great success and were shipped throughout the country. Brødrene Een A/S then became one of the countries first producers of ready-made buildings. After

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, the company became producers of ready-made housing as well.

Notable people

* Bjørge Stensbøl, former head of the Norwegian

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sport program * Even Pellerud, soccer coach

References

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