Glåmos
Glåmos is a mountain village in Røros municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the river Glåma, just west of the lake Aursunden, and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the town of Røros. It is the location of the Glåmos Church and the Glåmos Station which sits along the Rørosbanen railway. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Glåmos which existed from 1926 until 1964. In 2001, the village had about 300 residents.[2]
Glåmos | |
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Village | |
 View of the village | |
  Glåmos Location of the village  Glåmos Glåmos (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 62.6714°N 11.4288°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Central Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Gauldalen |
| Municipality | Røros |
| Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 7372 Glåmos |
The village has several old copper mines located nearby that used to supply the Røros Copper Works in the town of Røros.
Name
The first element of the name is the name of the river Glåma and the last element is os meaning the 'starting point of a river'. The river Glåma is considered to start near here at the end of the lake Aursunden.[3]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Glåmos include:
- Monicha Nergaard (born 1968), archer[4]
References
- "Glåmos, Røros (Sør-Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
- Haugen, Morten, ed. (2017-07-18). "Glåmos - grend". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
- Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2017-12-21). "Glåmos". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
- "Gull til Monicha, sølv i lagskytingen". Arbeidets Rett. March 26, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2023.