Lillestrøm

Lillestrøm is a town located some 18 km east-northeast of Oslo, the capital city of Norway. With a population of 14,379 inhabitants , it is the administrative centre of Lillestrøm Municipality in Viken County, and lies within the traditional district of Romerike.

Lillestrøm's history dates back to the times river powered sawmills came into use for the production of building materials. Later Lillestrøm got its own steam sawmill which laid the base for the development of the area that became the town. The area was, by and large, a moss covered swamp-like area, at the time considered almost uninhabitable. However, the almost non-existent property values were judged to be a fair exchange and so the workers started living and settling in the area around the sawmill, and Lillestrøm was born.

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