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 Aust ...

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county,

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

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. The village has a grocery store, a grade school, offices, elder care facilities, and Roverud Church. 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 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 Elverum () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Elverum ( ...

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 dist ...

, 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 ''Forest Finns, Skogfinner/"Fo ...

region. The road from Svullrya over the mountains to

Lundersæter Lundersæter is a village in Kongsvinger Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Finnskogen Finnskogen ("Forest of the Finns") is an area of Norway and Sweden situated in the counties of Innlandet and Värmland r ...

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 Municipalities of Norway, municipality and a Districts of Norway, traditional district in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages inclu ...

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 Olympic sport program *

Even Pellerud Even Jostein Pellerud (born 15 July 1953) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. Career Pellerud played for several clubs, including Vålerenga from 1974 to 1979 and Kongsvinger from 1983 to 1986. He was head coach for the Norway women' ...

, soccer coach

References

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