Strømmen is a town in
Lillestrøm municipality,
Akershus
Akershus () is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akers ...
county,
Norway
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. It is about twenty kilometers east of Oslo, and considered part of
Greater Oslo. It has around 11,400 residents.
The town has its origins from floating lumber and sawmills along
Sagelva. Later there has been
heavy industry
Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); o ...
at Strømmen, including the railway stock manufacturer
Strømmens Værksted. It currently hosts one of Norway's largest shopping centre,
Strømmen Storsenter. Strømmen had a top-level women's football team,
Team Strømmen until 2009, while
Strømmen IF
Strømmen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Strømmen. It has sections for association football, football, sport of athletics, athletics and Artistic gymnastics, gymnastics, and formerly had sections for bandy, orienteering, skiing, ...
will play in second top-level from the 2010 season.
Populated places in Akershus
Skedsmo
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