Granrudmoen
Encyclopedia
Granrudmoen is the biggest population cluster in Øyer
municipality, Oppland
county, Norway
.
Its population is 1,755. It is located close to 1994 Olympic venues Hafjell
and Hunderfossen
. The local multi-sports team is Øyer-Tretten IF
.
The first element is the name of the small farm Granrud ('the clearing among the spruces'), the last element is the finite form of mo m 'moor, heath'.
Øyer
Øyer is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tingberg....
municipality, Oppland
Oppland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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Its population is 1,755. It is located close to 1994 Olympic venues Hafjell
Hafjell
Hafjell is a village and a ski resort in Norway, in the Øyer municipality in the county of Oppland.Hafjell hosted the alpine skiing technical events at the 1994 Winter Olympics; the speed events were held at Kvitfjell, a regular stop on the World Cup tour for men's speed events in March...
and Hunderfossen
Hunderfossen
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton in Hunderfossen, Lillehammer, Norway. It was built in 1992 and hosted the bobsleigh and luge competitions for the 1994 Winter Olympics...
. The local multi-sports team is Øyer-Tretten IF
Øyer-Tretten IF
Øyer-Tretten Idrettsforening is a multi-sports club from Øyer, Norway.It was founded on 29 November 1990 as a merger between Øyer IL and Tretten IL...
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The first element is the name of the small farm Granrud ('the clearing among the spruces'), the last element is the finite form of mo m 'moor, heath'.