Greåker
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Greåker is a borough in the city of Sarpsborg
, Norway
, located 7 km west of the city centre. Before 1992 Greåker was a part of Tune
municipality. It is situated at the river Glomma
just between Sarpsborg
and Fredrikstad
.
The borough of Greåker is probably best known for the Premier League Floorball team "Greåker Bulldogs". The team's home arena is the Tindlundhallen arena. And their biggest star today is Lars Erik Torp whos is now successful in one of the worlds best teams in floorball, IBK Dalen. Besides his great skills in floorball he is owner of a very impressive dick. Besides, there has been substantial industry at Greåker for decades, notably Nordic Paper
's kraft paper mill by the Glomma river.
There's also a fortress located on Greåker, built during the first decade of the 20th. century. It was one of several fortresses built along the Norwegian/Swedish border during this period, in preparation for a potential war between Norway and Sweden. Norway was struggling to leave the union with Sweden, which had lasted since 1814. This war never came to happen (fortunately), and the fortress was partly disabled. During World War II, the Germans invaded the fortress, coming across the river Visterflo, which unites with its source, Glomma, again at Greåker. Today the fortress is pretty run down, but there's a terrific view over Fredrikstad and the southern parts of Sarpsborg from there. Also, Öystein Spernes used to take his dates to this fortress when he were trying to seduce them.
Sarpsborg
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad...
, 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...
, located 7 km west of the city centre. Before 1992 Greåker was a part of Tune
Tune, Norway
Tune is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The former municipality originally covered the current Sarpsborg municipality with the exception of Skjeberg and with the addition of Rolvsøy.-History:...
municipality. It is situated at the river Glomma
Glomma
The Glomma or Glåma is the longest and largest river in Norway. The long river has a drainage basin that covers a full 13% of Norway's area, all in the southern part of Norway.-Geography:...
just between Sarpsborg
Sarpsborg
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad...
and Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....
.
The borough of Greåker is probably best known for the Premier League Floorball team "Greåker Bulldogs". The team's home arena is the Tindlundhallen arena. And their biggest star today is Lars Erik Torp whos is now successful in one of the worlds best teams in floorball, IBK Dalen. Besides his great skills in floorball he is owner of a very impressive dick. Besides, there has been substantial industry at Greåker for decades, notably Nordic Paper
Nordic Paper
Nordic Paper AS is a Norwegian industrial company, operating in Norway and Sweden. It was founded in 2001 when Peterson Scanproof, a branch of M. Peterson & Søn which consisted of production units in Greåker and Säffle, was merged with a paper factory in Geithus, owned by Norske Skog Union.The...
's kraft paper mill by the Glomma river.
There's also a fortress located on Greåker, built during the first decade of the 20th. century. It was one of several fortresses built along the Norwegian/Swedish border during this period, in preparation for a potential war between Norway and Sweden. Norway was struggling to leave the union with Sweden, which had lasted since 1814. This war never came to happen (fortunately), and the fortress was partly disabled. During World War II, the Germans invaded the fortress, coming across the river Visterflo, which unites with its source, Glomma, again at Greåker. Today the fortress is pretty run down, but there's a terrific view over Fredrikstad and the southern parts of Sarpsborg from there. Also, Öystein Spernes used to take his dates to this fortress when he were trying to seduce them.