Skjetten is a town in

Lillestrøm Lillestrøm is a municipality in Viken county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger ...

municipality,

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county,

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. It is located approximately 20 kilometres northeast of Oslo's city centre with a population of 10 000. Skjetten has five kindergartens, two primary schools and a secondary school in close proximity.

Notable people

Iver Bjerkestrand Iver Bjerkestrand (born 1987) is a retired Norway, Norwegian alpine skier. Bjerkstrand is from Skjetten, Skjetten, Norway. He made his FIS Alpine Ski World Cup debut in October 2008 in Sölden. Among his ten first World Cup races he only managed ...

, skier * Henrik Christiansen, swimmer * Ingrid Hjelmseth, footballer

References

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