Furnes,_Norway

Furnes, Norway

Furnes, Norway

Village in Eastern Norway, Norway

This article is about the village in Ringsaker, Norway. For other uses, see Furnes.

Furnes is a village in Ringsaker Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located just west of the European route E6 highway, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the town of Hamar to the southeast and the same distance from Brumunddal to the northwest. Furnes Church is located in the village. It was built in 1707 using some of the stone from the Cathedral Ruins in Hamar.[2]

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This village was the administrative centre of the old Furnes Municipality that existed from 1891 until 1964.[2]

Name

The village is named Furnes (Old Norse: Furnes). The meaning of the first element is unknown. It is possible that the first part came from the old name of a local river such as Fura or it could be derived from the word furu which means "pine". The last element is nes which means "headland".[2][3]

Notable residents

See also: Ringsaker § Notable_residents

References

  1. [1]
    "Furnes, Ringsaker". yr.no. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. [2]
    Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (21 February 2021). "Furnes". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (3 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 68.


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