Lunner

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Lunner is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Roa. Lunner was established when it was separated from the municipality of Jevnaker on 1 January 1898. From 1 January 2020 the municipality belongs to Viken county, it was Oppland before that.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Lunner farm (Old Norse: Lunnar), since the first church was built here. The name is the plural form of Template:Lang "log". (The farm and the church are located on a long hill which was probably compared to a log.)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 April 1986. The arms show a Lily of the Valley, as a symbol for the forests in the area. The Lily of the Valley is a very common flower in the meadows and forests. The flowers also symbolize the eight schools in the municipality.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

**Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Lunner by country of origin in 2017**<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Ancestry	Number
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Geography

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Lunner town hall

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Lunner church

Lunner is bordered to the north by the municipality of Gran, to the east by Nannestad, to the south by Nittedal and Oslo, and to the west by Jevnaker. There are several population centers in the municipality. Amongst these are: Harestua, Grua, Roa, and the village of Lunner.

Lunner is Template:Convert on a north–south axis (23.1 km with water included) and Template:Convert on an east–west axis. It lies at the southern end of Oppland county. The highest point is the Bislingflaka with a height of Template:Convert. Lakes in the region include Avalsjøen.

Transportation

The Gjøvikbane and Bergensbane railway lines pass through the municipality.

Attractions

Lunner church
Hadeland Mining Museum at Grua
Harestua Solar Observatory, near Piperen
Kloppstock Music Festival used to be held every summer at Harestua

Notable residents

Trond Halvorsen Wirstad (1904 in Lunner – 1985) politician, Mayor of Lunner, 1947–1951
Ivar Ballangrud (1904 in Lunner - 1969), a speed skater, triple gold medalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Josef Monsrud (1922 in Harestua – 2009) a forester and resistance member during WWII
Jorun Askersrud Nygaard (1929 in Lunner – 2012) a cross-country skier and track and field athlete
Knut Schreiner (born 1974) stage name "Euroboy" from the punk rock band Turbonegro, grew up in Harestua
Ivar Rønningen (born 1975 in Lunner) a former footballer with over 200 club caps
Steinar Strømnes (born 1987 in Roa) a footballer with over 300 club caps