Furnes, Norway
Furnes is a village in Ringsaker Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located just west of the European route E6 highway, about 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.
This village was the administrative centre of the old Furnes Municipality that existed from 1891 until 1964.
Name
The village is named 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 which means "headland".Notable people
- Jon Balke, a jazz pianist and composer
- Ole Ellefsæter, a retired Olympic cross-country skier
- Alf Frydenberg, a Norwegian civil servant
- Aase Schibsted Knudsen, an academic
- Amunda Kolderup, an opera singer
- Erik Kristiansen, an ice hockey player
- Olav Larssen, a newspaper editor
- Odd Narud, a businessperson
- Ove Røsbak, a poet, novelist, children's writer, and biographer
- Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg, a politician for the Norwegian Centre Party