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Former municipality in Akershus, Norway

Sørum Municipality Sørum kommune Former municipality Frogner Old Church Flag Coat of arms Akershus within Norway Sørum within Akershus Coordinates: 60°0′21″N 11°15′34″E / 60.00583°N 11.25944°E / 60.00583; 11.25944 Country Norway County Akershus District Romerike Administrative centre Sørumsand Government • Mayor (2011) Are Tomasgaard (Ap) Area (upon dissolution) • Total 207 km2 (80 sq mi) • Land 200 km2 (77 sq mi) • Rank #327 in Norway Population (2004) • Total 12,768 • Rank #85 in Norway • Density 64/km2 (170/sq mi) • Change (10 years) +12.7% Demonym Sørumsokning[1] Official language [2] • Norwegian form Neutral Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) ISO 3166 code NO-0226[3] Website Official website Data from Statistics Norway

**Sørum** was a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Norway) in [Akershus](/source/Akershus) [county](/source/Counties_of_Norway), [Norway](/source/Norway). It is part of the [traditional region](/source/Districts_of_Norway) of [Romerike](/source/Romerike). The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of [Sørumsand](/source/S%C3%B8rumsand). Sørum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [formannskapsdistrikt](/source/Formannskapsdistrikt)). The municipality of [Blaker](/source/Blaker) was merged with Sørum on 1 January 1962.

Since 1 January 2020, Sørum has been part of [Lillestrøm municipality](/source/Lillestr%C3%B8m).

## Frogner Old Church

Frogner Old Church (*Frogner gamle kirke*) dates from ca. 1180. It is part of the Norwegian Church and belongs to Østre Romerike deanery in Diocese of Borg.

The edifice is in stone and has 90 seats. The Medieval era church burned in 1918, the walls repaired in 1936, floors and ceilings in 1948. The restoration was completed in 1977.[4]

## General information

### Name

The municipality (originally the [parish](/source/Parish)) is named after the old *Sørum* farm ([Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse): *Suðrheimr*), since the first church was built here. The first element is *suðr* which means "southern" and the last element is *heimr* which means "[home](/source/Home)/[homestead](/source/Homestead_(buildings))" or "[farm](/source/Farm)".

### Coat-of-arms

The [coat-of-arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) is from modern times. They were granted on 26 June 1981. The arms show a red [rose](/source/Rose) with five petals on a yellow background. The rose is derived from the arms of the [medieval](/source/Middle_Ages) [dynasty](/source/Dynasty) of [Sudreim](/source/Sudreim_claim) *(Sudreimsætten)*, one of the most influential [noble families in Norway](/source/Norwegian_nobility) at the time. Their name was derived from what is now known as Sørum.[5][6]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Sørum by country of origin in 2017[7] Ancestry Number Poland 532 Lithuania 362 Sweden 185 Pakistan 169 Sri Lanka 139 Iran 117 Germany 114 Denmark 88 Thailand 86 Afghanistan 79

## Geography

Sørum municipality was located in the central part of Akershus county. To the north Sørum bordered the municipality of [Ullensaker](/source/Ullensaker), to the east [Nes](/source/Nes%2C_Akershus) and [Aurskog-Høland](/source/Aurskog-H%C3%B8land), in the south [Fet](/source/Fet%2C_Norway), and the west [Skedsmo](/source/Skedsmo) and [Gjerdrum](/source/Gjerdrum).

## Sister cities

The following cities were [twinned](/source/Town_twinning) with Sørum:[8]

- – [Hagfors](/source/Hagfors_Municipality), [Värmland County](/source/V%C3%A4rmland_County), [Sweden](/source/Sweden)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn"](https://www.sprakradet.no/sprakhjelp/Skriverad/navn-pa-steder-og-personer/Innbyggjarnamn/) (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar"](https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/2019-12-20-2114) (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2024-01-09). ["Kommunenummer"](https://snl.no/kommunenummer). *[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)* (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. ["Frogner gamle kirke"](http://www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Frogner_gamle_kirke). Norges Kirker. Retrieved October 1, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). ["Nye kommunevåbener i Norden"](http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/s/sorum.htm). Retrieved 2008-12-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Sørum kommunevåpen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080708164911/http://www.sorum.kommune.no/Om_Sorum/Fakta/Kommunevapen/) (in Norwegian). Sørum kommune. Archived from [the original](http://www.sorum.kommune.no/Om_Sorum/Fakta/Kommunevapen/) on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-12-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population"](https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true). ssb.no. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Vennskapskommuner"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080708165529/http://www.sorum.kommune.no/Om_Sorum/Fakta/Vennskapskommuner/) (in Norwegian). Sørum kommune. Archived from [the original](http://www.sorum.kommune.no/Om_Sorum/Fakta/Vennskapskommuner/) on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-12-20.

## External links

- Media related to [Sørum](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:S%C3%B8rum) at Wikimedia Commons

- The dictionary definition of [*Sørum*](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/S%C3%B8rum) at Wiktionary

- [Municipal fact sheet](https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235330/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0226) from [Statistics Norway](/source/Statistics_Norway)

- [Akershus](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Akershus#Q57914) travel guide from Wikivoyage

- [Sørumsand videregående skole](http://www.sorumsand.vgs.no) (in Norwegian)

- [Official website](http://www.sorum.kommune.no) (in Norwegian)

- [Opplev Sørum](http://www.opplevsorum.no) (in Norwegian)

v t e Akershus county, Norway Main article: Akershus Capital: Oslo County government: Akershus County Municipality County lists: County Governors Villages Churches Towns and cities Current Lillestrøm (1997) Sandvika (2003) Ski (2004) Drøbak (2006) Jessheim (2012) Former Son (1604–1963) Hvitsten (1837–1964) Hølen (1837–1943) Drøbak (1842–1961) Holmsbu (1847–1964) Municipalities Asker og Bærum Asker Bærum Hadeland Jevnaker Lunner Follo Enebakk Frogn Nesodden Nordre Follo Vestby Ås Romerike Aurskog-Høland Eidsvoll Gjerdrum Hurdal Lillestrøm Lørenskog Nannestad Nes Nittedal Rælingen Ullensaker Former Municipalities in Akershus Aker (1838–1948) Aurskog (1838–1966) Blaker (1919–1962) Drøbak (1838–1962) Feiring (1870–1964) Fet (1838–2020) Høland (1838–1924) Hølen (1848–1943) Kråkstad (1838–1964) Lillestrøm (1908–1962) Oppegård (1915–2020) Nordre Høland (1924–1966) Setskog (1905–1966) Skedsmo (1838–2020) Ski (1931–2020) Son (1848–1964) Son/Hølen (1838–1848) Søndre Høland (1924–1964) Sørum (1838–2020)

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