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Gudbrandsdal
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Lillehammer
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<br> Coat Of Arms Of Lillehammer
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, the gateway to
Gudbrandsdalen , is a town and
Municipality in the
County of
Oppland ,
Norway .
The town of Lillehammer was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see
Formannskapsdistrikt ). The rural municipality of
Fåberg was merged with Lillehammer January 1, 1964.
The city centre is a well-preserved late 19th century concentration of wooden houses, which enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of lake
Mjøsa and the river
Lågen , surrounded by mountains. The main street is excellent for people-watching,
Shopping and
Dining .
The
Coat Of Arms is from 1898. It shows a
Birkebeiner . (See
Birkebeinerrennet .)
Lillehammer is located to the south of
Øyer , to the southeast of
Gausdal , northeast of
Nordre Land and to the north of
Gjøvik , all municipalities in Oppland. To the southeast it is bordered by
Ringsaker municipality in
Hedmark county. Lillehammer has a relatively dry inland climate (
1 ).
The basis for the city's commerce is its position as the northernmost point of the lake
Mjøsa and as the gateway for the
Gudbrandsdal Landscape , through which the historical highway to
Trondheim passes. The
Mesna river has provided the basis for several small industries through the years.
One of the major
Norwegian Rail Lines , the
Dovrebanen runs from
Hamar to the north through Lillehammer on its way up the Gudbrandsdal, to terminate in
Trondheim .
The
E6 highway passes through Lillehammer.
The area has been settled since the Norwegian Iron Age. It is mentioned in the old sagas as "Litlikaupangr" ('the small trading place') and as "Litlihamarr" ('the small Hamar' - to distinguish it from the town and the bishopric of
Hamar ). It is also mentioned as a site for council in 1390. It had a lively market by the 1800s, and obtained rights as a
Merchant City on
August 7 ,
1827 , at which point there were 50 registered residents within its boundaries.
Lillehammer was the site of the
Lillehammer Affair in 1973 where operatives of the
Israel i
Mossad shot and killed a Moroccan waiter they mistakenly thought was involved in the
Munich Massacre .
Lillehammer was host city of the
1994 Winter Olympic Games . It is known for being a typical venue for winter sporting events.
In 2005, the popular British automotive show ''
Top Gear '' aired its "Winter Olympics" special, an episode of various Olympic event-themed challenges involving cars, set in the surrounding area of Lillehammer.
In addition to the Olympic site, Lillehammer offers a number of other tourist attractions:
- Maihaugen , centrally located in Lillehammer, is the largest open-air museum in Norway, with 185 buildings, mostly from Lillehammer town and the valley of Gudbrandsdal.
:Especially attractive are
- The art museum, "Flygelet".
- Sjusjøen is a skiing destination with forest and mountain terrain only 20 km away (east) from the centre of Lillehammer in the municipality of Ringsaker .
- Sigrid Undset lived in Lillehammer at her home 'Bjerkebæk' from 1919 through 1940. She brought her children with her for a short rest, planning on returning to Oslo. However, she chose to remain in Lillehammer. She wrote her most famous works there: the three-volume "Kristin Lavransdatter" and the four-volume "Olav Audunssønn". In 1940, because she had expressed strong anti-Nazi sentiments since the early 30s, she fled Lillehammer before the German invasion of Norway reached there. She returned to Lillehammer after the war and died there in 1949. She is buried at the cemetery in Mesnalia.
- The fictional character Toki Wartooth of the television show Metalocalypse is explained to be from an abandoned village near Lillehammer. He is considered to be the second fastest guitarist alive, and is the Rhythm Guitarist for the band Dethklok.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
