{{Short description|Village in Eidskog Municipality, Norway}} {{about|the village in Eidskog, Norway||}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Magnor |other_name = |native_name = |native_name_lang = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Magnor view.jpg |image_caption = View of Magnor, with the old train station on the left and Magnor Glassverk on the right | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-marker = village |pushpin_map = Innlandet#Norway |pushpin_label = |pushpin_label_position = top |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Norway |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Eastern Norway |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Innlandet |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Vinger |subdivision_type4 = Municipality |subdivision_name4 = Eidskog Municipality |timezone1 = CET |utc_offset1 = +01:00 |timezone1_DST = CEST |utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 |area_footnotes = <ref name="ssb" /> |area_total_km2 = 1.41 |population_as_of = 2024 |population_footnotes = <ref name="ssb" /> |population_total = 940 |population_density_km2 = 667 |postal_code_type = Post Code |postal_code = 2240 Magnor |coordinates = {{coord|59.95092|12.20151|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 150 |elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Magnor, Eidskog |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-89395/Norge/Innlandet/Eidskog/Magnor |access-date=2022-03-20 |publisher=yr.no}}</ref>}}
'''Magnor'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/126268 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}}</ref> is a village in Eidskog Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located {{convert|3|km}} from the border with Sweden. The village lies along the Norwegian National Road 2 and the Kongsvingerbanen railway line. The municipal centre, Skotterud lies about {{convert|6|km}} to the northwest of Magnor and the Swedish village of Charlottenberg lies about {{convert|10|km}} to the southeast of Magnor.<ref name="snl">{{Cite SNL|Magnor|Magnor|2025-06-27|Thorsnæs|Geir|2024-11-27}}</ref>
The {{convert|1.41|km2|acre|adj=on}} village has a population (2024) of 940 and a population density of {{convert|667|PD/km2}}.<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2024-10-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/tettsteders-befolkning-og-areal}}</ref>
==History== The village is known as a production site for glass, made at Magnor Glassverk ({{lit|Magnor Glass Works}}) and also for the production of aluminium, made at Hydro Extrusion Norway.<ref name="sapa">{{Cite web |title=Sapa Extrusion Magnor |url=https://www.sapagroup.com/en-GLOBAL/locations/europe/norway/offices/sapa-extrusion-magnor/}}</ref>
During the border wars in the middle of the 17th century, there were fortifications in the area. In 1914, the famous Peace Monument was built in Magnor. It was designed by the Swedish architect Lars Johan Lehming and funded by the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society to celebrate the peaceful dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway in 1905.<ref name="snl" />
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