Geography and history

Gjønnes is the district southwest of Presterud, Nadderud

Nadderud

Nadderud is a district in eastern Bærum, Norway. It was formerly farmland under one of Bærum's larger farms, named Nadderud, but since the 1950s it has been built up with housing, several schools and sporting facilities. The best known facility, which has made the name Nadderud nationally known, is...

 and Bekkestua

Bekkestua

Bekkestua is a town in the municipality of Bærum, Norway, with a busy bus terminal and a station on one of Oslo's westbound T-bane lines, Kolsåsbanen. It also has its own library, McDonalds, police station and fire station...

, south and east of Haslum

Haslum

Haslum is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population is 6,041. Haslum is noted for its medieval parish church, which is surrounded by a cemetery.-References:...

, north of Ekeberg, Ramstad

Ramstad

Ramstad is a district in central Bærum, Norway. It is known mainly for its school, and a former station on the Drammen Line.-History, geography and transportation:...

 and Ballerud.

Geographically, the most significant feature of Gjønnes was the Nadderud Watershed , with several small creeks from northern Bærum confluencing south of Gjønnes farm before continuing southwest towards Øverlandselva

Øverlandselva

Øverlandselva is a river that flows through Bærum, Norway.It starts near Øverland in northern Bærum, at the confluence of the creeks Seternbekken and Ilabekken. It runs south and southwest, emptying into the eastern side of Engervannet at Blommenholm. A river runs from Engervannet and flows into...

. Most of the creek system is now led underground through a pipe system. Much of the riverbed southwest of Gjønnes is used as a pedestrian road. A grinding mill

Mill (grinding)

A grinding mill is a unit operation designed to break a solid material into smaller pieces. There are many different types of grinding mills and many types of materials processed in them. Historically mills were powered by hand , working animal , wind or water...

 was operated at Gjønnes, but it was only usable during flooding.

The name stems from the local farm, whose name has been recorded as Gieffnes (1578), Gioffuenes (1617) and Gionæs (1723). The farm has been owned by the Haslum family since 1883. In 1826 the farm was registered with 210 decares of crop, four horses, sixteen cattle and sixteen sheep. In 1939 it had 296 decares of crop, four horses, forty cattle, six swine and 25 chicken. Gjønnes farm also had a limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

 oven. The former croft

Croft (land)

A croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as a tenant farmer.- Etymology :...

 Kleiva was separated from Gjønnes in 1820. In 1939 Kleiva had 19 decares of crop, one horse, six cattle and 20 swine.

Farming later decreased significantly, and the periphery of the farmland was soon built up with housing. This development was spurred by the creation of the Kolsås Line light rail. The farm still exists, but in 2009 politicians agreed to allow housebuilding on much of the remaining soil.

Sports and education

The upper secondary school Nadderud was raised at southern Nadderud, not far from Gjønnes farm, in 1958. Politicians agreed to building the school in 1957, and it had 326 students in its first year. The school building being temporary, it was only intended to exist for five years, but the number of students rose and it was necessary to proliferate the school's lifespan; in 1965 it had 547 students. The school was finally discontinued in 2004, being replaced by a new school between Gjønnes and Haslum; the name Nadderud was kept for the new school.

In conjunction with the new school, a new multi-sports hall called Gjønneshallen was completed in 2005. It was the largest sports complex in Bærum at the time. It has one section mainly for team handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

, and another section with a small artificial turf football field, a strip with athletics

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 rubber and a climbing wall

Climbing wall

A climbing wall is an artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet, usually used for indoor climbing, but sometimes located outdoors as well. Some are brick or wooden constructions, but on most modern walls, the material most often used is a thick multiplex board with holes drilled...

. It also has rooms for weight training

Weight training

Weight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses the weight force of gravity to oppose the force generated by muscle through concentric or eccentric contraction...

, spinning

Indoor cycling

Indoor cycling, as an organized activity, is a form of exercise with classes focusing on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity and recovery, that involve using a special stationary exercise bicycle with a weighted flywheel in a classroom setting.- History :Group indoor cycling was...

 and the like. On the other side of the school is found the headquarters of Haslum's sports team Haslum IL; a small complex with two football fields (bandy

Bandy

Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...

 during the winter) and an indoor hall mostly used for handball.

Before 1973, Stabæk IF

Stabæk IF

Stabæk Idrætsforening is a Norwegian multi-sports club in Bærum, a municipality bordering on Oslo in the west.-Organization:It has sections for football, bandy, handball and alpine skiing. While the football team Stabæk Fotball is the most prominent, the men's bandy team has taken multiple national...

 operated a small ski jumping hill

Ski jumping hill

A ski jumping hill is a sports venue used for ski jumping. They vary in size from temporary hand-made snow structures to permanent competition venues. At the top is an in-run where the jumper runs down to generate sufficient speed, before reaching the jump. The skier is then airborne until landing...

 named Gjønnesbakken. It was located on the small hill Gjønnesåsen northwest of the farm.

Transport

Since 1924 Gjønnes is served by the Oslo Metro station Gjønnes

Gjønnes (station)

Gjønnes is a station on the Kolsås Line of the Oslo Metro system. It is located between Haslum and Bekkestua, from Stortinget.The station was opened in 1924 as part of the tramway Lilleaker Line....

. The district is also served by lines 42, 142, 732 and 735 of Ruter

Ruter

Ruter As is the public transport authority for Oslo and Akershus, Norway. The company, organized as a limited company is responsible for managing, but not operating, public transport in the two counties, including bus, the Oslo Metro, the Oslo Tramway and ferries...

's bus network. Norwegian National Road 160 passes through the area, with the Bekkestua Tunnel

Bekkestua Tunnel

The Bekkestua Tunnel is a road tunnel that runs under Bekkestua in Bærum, Norway. It forms a part of the Norwegian National Road 160, starts northeast of Bekkestua to ease this population and commercial centre of heavy traffic, and emerges in the southwest near Gjønnes Station. It was opened in...

having its western exit right by the Metro station.