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| Origin | Mjøsa |
| Mouth | Glomma, Årnes |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Length | 30 km |
Vorma is a river in Norway that brings water from lake Mjøsa into the Glomma river. For the town in Australia see Eidsvold Queensland is a municipality in the county of Akershus Norway. Mjøsa is Norway 's largest lake as well as the one of the deepest lakes in Norway and in Europe as a whole after Hornindalsvatnet. Glomma, also known as Glåma is the longest and largest river in Norway, 598 kilometers long Årnes is the administrative centre of Nes municipality Akershus, Norway. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Mjøsa is Norway 's largest lake as well as the one of the deepest lakes in Norway and in Europe as a whole after Hornindalsvatnet. Glomma, also known as Glåma is the longest and largest river in Norway, 598 kilometers long The Vorma is 30 kilometers long and flows through the town of Eidsvoll. For the town in Australia see Eidsvold Queensland is a municipality in the county of Akershus Norway. The Vorma goes from Lake Mjøsa via Minnesund to join with the Glomma at Årnes. Årnes is the administrative centre of Nes municipality Akershus, Norway.
Vorma was so named because it was a "warm" river that never freezes over, while both the Glomma and the Gudbrandsdalslågen routinely freeze. The Gudbrandsdalslågen (or the Lågen river flows through Norway 's Gudbrandsdal valley The junction of the Vorma with the Glomma at Årnes and Nes is the site of the Funnefoss on the Glomma, a 10 meter fall. Nes may refer to In Norway: Nes Akershus, a municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway Nes Buskerud, a municipality
History
The junction of the Minnesund and the Vorma, Eidsvoll, served as an ancient 'ting'place - or meeting place for the local council or parliament - for Romerike during the period when travel by boat was much easier than by land. Romerike is a traditional district located north-east of Oslo, in what is today south-eastern Norway. The "Eidsivating" was, according to tradition, founded by Halvdan Svarte, and served as the 'ting' place for all of the Opplands and Viken. Halfdan the Black Gudrødsson (c 810 – c 860) ( Old Norse: Hálfdan svarti, Norwegian Halvdan Svarte) was the father of the first is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo Viken (the bay or the wick) is a historical district surrounding the Oslofjord in southeastern Norway. Saint Olav also held a ting there and built a church at this site in 1017. In 1795 a landslide totally blocked the Vorma at Disen for 111 days, completely drying the riverbed. A channel was cut around it to prevent a major overflow, with accompanying downstream damage.
On the Vorma, south of Eidsvoll, lies the Svanfoss where the water level in Lake Mjøsa is regulated. For the town in Australia see Eidsvold Queensland is a municipality in the county of Akershus Norway. A 60 meter long by 6 meter wide lock, which bypassed the Svanfoss, lifting boats 3 meters to allow the bypassing of the fall, opened in 1906.
References
- East Norway and its Frontier by Frank Noel Stagg, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. 1956
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