Strømmen Storsenter is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

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located in

Strømmen Strømmen is a town in Lillestrøm municipality, Viken county, Norway. 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 alon ...

, just outside

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, Norway.

History

Strømmen Storsenter was built on the site of

Strømmen Stål Strømmen is a town in Lillestrøm municipality, Viken county, Norway. 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 ...

, which had closed in the 1970s. It was opened in 1985, with 39 stores, and in 1990 it expanded by another 50. It has been expanded several times since then, the last time in October 2012 with 80 new businesses. Today the shopping centre holds over 200 stores and restaurants, and 2100 parking spots, most of them inside. In 2009 it had a turnover of 2.066 billion

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r. In 2009 over four million people visited the mall. It has a size of 65,000 m² distributed over three floors where 2000 employees work. It is now known as the largest shopping mall in Norway. Strømmen Storsenter is owned by the

Olav Thon Group Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father ...

() which in turn is owned by the Olav Thon Foundation (). Olav Thon Group operates primarily in the retail and hotel sectors. It operates shopping centers located in Norway and Sweden, as well as

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, which is one of Norway's leading hotel chains.

Gallery

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References

External links

Strømmen Storsenter website
Buildings and structures in Viken Shopping centres in Norway Shopping malls established in 1985 Skedsmo Tourist attractions in Viken 1985 establishments in Norway {{Norway-struct-stub