Editing Elverum (section)

==History==
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| {{flag|Somalia}}||283
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| {{flag|Poland}}||238
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| {{flag|Sweden}}||112
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| {{flag|Russia}}||109
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| {{flag|Iraq}}||102
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| {{flag|Eritrea}}||99
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| {{flag|Bosnia-Herzegovina}}||98
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| {{flag|Syria}}||90
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| {{flag|Thailand}}||79
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| {{flag|Afghanistan}}||63
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| {{flag|Iran}}||56
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| {{flag|Denmark}}||55
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| {{flag|Philippines}}||52
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| {{flag|Lithuania}}||51
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===Military ties===
During the [[Nordic Seven Years' War]] (1563–1570), Swedish troops invaded Norway in a number of locations, including a number of incursions into [[Østerdalen]]. In 1563, Norwegian troops stopped the Swedish advance at Elverum, which provided a strategic point since it lay on both north–south and east–west trade and travel routes.

The parishes of [[Idre]] and [[Särna]] originally belonged to the {{Lang|no|[[prestegjeld]]}} of Elverum, but they were occupied by Swedish troops in 1644, and since then they were lost to Sweden.

Construction of [[List of Norwegian fortresses|fortifications]] in [[Elverum (town)|Elverum]] started in 1673 during the [[Scanian War|Gyldenløve War]] as ''Hammersberg Skanse''. It was renamed [[Christiansfjell Fortress|Christiansfjeld Fortress]] in 1685 by King [[Christian V of Denmark]] during his visit to Hammersberg Skanse on June 14. Although the fortress was manned through the [[Great Northern War and Norway|Great Northern War]], the village was spared major battles. In 1742, Christiansfjeld Fortress was closed.

A Norwegian infantry regiment, the [[Oppland Regiment]], was formed in 1657 and Elverum became a [[garrison]]. The area of population east of the river called Leiret (literally ''the camp'') adjacent to Christiansfjeld Fortress was built up by soldiers as well as the merchants and craftsmen who settled nearby. The central areas of the town of Elverum on the east side of the river is referred to as Leiret.

In 1878, Terningmoen at Elverum became the home base for the Oppland Regiment and an [[infantry]] school was founded here in 1896. The Oppland Regiment had a history which included courageous involvement in combat from the Swedish wars of the 17th century through the [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Norwegian campaign|invasion of Norway]] in 1940. As part of the general restructuring, the unit was disbanded in 2002.

Today, Terningmoen hosts several sub units within the [[Norwegian army]] and the [[Home Guard (Norway)|Home guard]].

===Regional town===
[[File:Elverum januar 2006 025.jpg|thumb|left|View of the west side of the river Glomma from Gammelbrua]]
In the [[Denmark-Norway|Danish-Norwegian]] period, Elverum was the location for a [[bailiff]] ({{Lang|no|[[fogd]]}}), a [[judge]] ({{Lang|no|sorenskriver}}), a church [[Provost (religion)|provost]] ({{Lang|no|prost}}), and numerous military officers.

It became important as a [[market town]] as well. In 1570 [[Hamar Cathedral]] in [[Hamar]] was burned and [[Hamarhus]] castle was destroyed by the Swedish armies during the Seven Years' War with Sweden. Hamar lost its city status, leaving no {{Lang|no|[[kjøpstad]]}}, or official market city, between [[Oslo|Christiania]] and [[Trondheim]]. Eastern Norway needed an organized market for trading goods. The Grundset market ({{Lang|no|Grundsetmart'n}}) in Elverum municipality grew to meet the need. It is recorded as existing in the 17th century, and in 1765 the owner of Gaarder obtained special market privileges from the king, to take place six miles north of the population center of Elverum on his estate. By 1767, it was described as Norway's largest and most famous market. In the first week of March, for almost 300 years, the folks of the district met to trade and to celebrate. People from [[Gudbrandsdal]], [[Oslo]], [[Trøndelag]], and Sweden also regularly came to ''{{Lang|no|Grundsetmart'n}}''. The Grundset market was finally abandoned in 1901, when pressures of the railroad and other markets made it superfluous.

The railway connecting Oslo and [[Trondheim]] passed through Elverum in 1877.

===World War II===
Elverum municipality served as a temporary capital of Norway during the [[World War II]] German invasion. On 9 April 1940 Norwegian troops prevented [[Fallschirmjäger (Nazi Germany)|German parachute troops]] from capturing Norway's [[Haakon VII of Norway|King Haakon]], [[Olav V of Norway|Crown Prince]], and [[Storting|Parliament]] while the Parliament was meeting to issue the Elverum Authorization, authorizing the exiled government until the Parliament could again convene. On 11 April, shortly after the government's refusal to submit to German terms, the central part of the town of Elverum was reduced to ashes.