Contact us:
SKEDSMO KOMMUNE
Rådhuset, Jonas Liesgt. 18, Lillestrøm
Postbox 313, 2001 Lillestrøm, Norway
Telephone: + 47 66 93 80 00 Telefax: + 47 66 93 85 90
E-mail: skedsmo.kommune@skedsmo.kommune.no
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A world of opportunity awaits!
From cappuccino to culture, from high schools to hi-tech, from the historic to the modern, Lillestøm has something to offer everyone. Situated in the heart of Romerike, including Lillestrøm City, its urban centre, this vibrant municipality abounds with opportunities. Whether you want to enjoy an exotic meal in one of the city’s many restaurants, experience a beaver safari, or visit one of northern Europe’s largest bird sanctuaries the choice is yours. Or perhaps take in a show in the newly refurbished theatre in Lillestrøm’s culture centre, or a film in the modern cinema complex?
Norway Trade Fairs, Lillestrøm
Lillestrøm is ideally located, with Oslo and Gardermoen airport only twelve minutes by train. With several international standard hotels, Norway’s biggest congress centre, shopping to satisfy the most discerning tastes and a heavily booked calendar of concerts and exhibitions – why go anywhere else? Whether you want museums, art, culture, entertainment, sport or recreation, this is the place. Whatever your interests, Skedsmo has it all. A world of opportunity awaits!
City festival in Lillestrøm
At Kjeller, north of Lillestrøm, you can study for your doctorate at the internationally acclaimed science park, which boasts the first nano reactor in the Nordic area; help shape the future with world leading research on hydrogen energy at the Institute of Energy Technology (IFE), or take a Master’s degree in Nutrition at the exciting new college in Akershus. Kjeller has a long history of innovation and one of the longest running airports in the world. If you want to train to service an F16 fighter jet, design chemicals for the future, analyze oil samples from the North Sea, or perhaps even win an international prize for industrial design – then this is the place for you.
Norway’s principal research centre for energy and the environment
Skedsmo facts & figures:
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Located in the county of Akershus with Lillestrøm City as its urban centre
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Skedsmo also includes the communities of Strømmen, Skjetten, Skedsmokorset and Leirsund
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Comprises an area of 77.2 square kilometres
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46,300 inhabitants and more than 22,000 employees
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Houses Norway’s pre-eminent technology centre, Kjeller, employing more than 300 doctorates
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Boasts Norway’s third largest railway station, and terminus for the airport express train
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Just twelve minutes to Oslo and twelve minutes to Gardermoen airport
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Norway’s largest congress and exhibition arena including Norway Trade Fair in Lillestrøm and Exporama at Hellerudsletta
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Norway’s fastest developing region
Nebbursvollen outdoor swimming centre
