Ullensaker

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Ullensaker Municipality
Ullensaker kommune
Municipality
Storgata Jessheim.jpg
Ullensaker komm.svg
Coat of arms
Norway Counties Akershus Position.svg
Akershus within Norway
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Ullensaker within Akershus
Coordinates: 60°10′15″N11°11′17″E / 60.17083°N 11.18806°E / 60.17083; 11.18806
Country Norway
County Akershus
District Romerike
Administrative centre Jessheim
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Ståle Lien Hansen (FRP)
Area
 • Total252 km2 (97 sq mi)
 • Land250 km2 (100 sq mi)
 • Rank#301 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total43,814 [1]
 • Rank#25 in Norway
 • Density173/km2 (450/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase2.svg +34.5%
Demonym Ullsokning [2]
Official language
[3]
 •  Norwegian form Bokmål
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-3209 [4]
Income (per capita)362 696 NOK  kr (2022)
Website Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Ullensaker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Jessheim. It has a population of 40,459 inhabitants. Norway's largest international airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, is located in Ullensaker.

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Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Ullensaker farm. The name is first recorded in 1300 as Ullinshof. The first element is the genitive case of the name Ullinn (a sideform of Ullr ). The last element was originally hof which means "temple", but this was later (around 1500 AD) changed to aker meaning "acre" or "field".

Coat-of-arms

Ullensaker does not have an heraldic coat-of-arms properly granted. The municipality uses a non-heraldic badge that is from modern times. The logo was adopted on 8 November 1979, and it shows the god Ullr of Norse mythology holding a bow and three arrows. The colors on the logo can vary. [5]

Geography

Ullensaker borders with Eidsvoll to the north, Nes to the east, Sørum to the south, and Gjerdrum and Nannestad to the west. The international airport that serves as the main airport of Norway, Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, is located in Ullensaker. The municipality has two major population centres: the village of Kløfta and the city of Jessheim, the latter one houses the administration center of Ullensaker. There is also a Royal Norwegian Army base at Sessvollmoen as well as a Royal Norwegian Air Force air station, Gardermoen Air Station.

Society

Ullensaker has had a huge population increase over the past fifty years. This increase has been slightly accelerating over the past few years. From 2000 to 2007, the population of Ullensaker increased by almost 6,000 people. The recent increase is partly attributed to the founding of Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. [6]

History

Raknehaugen, the largest burial mound in the Nordic countries, has been carbon dated to around 550; the age of the mound is disputed. [7]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19519,195—    
196111,611+26.3%
197115,800+36.1%
198116,906+7.0%
199118,116+7.2%
200120,987+15.8%
201130,081+43.3%
202140,459+34.5%
2031?49,447+22.2%
Source: Statistics Norway. [8]

Demographics

In 2021, 1,390 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 1,048 had Pakistani parents and/or were Pakistani. [9]

AncestryNumber
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1390
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1048
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 771
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan 641
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 688
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 578 [10]
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 452
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 378
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 327
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 315
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia-Herzegovina 266
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 243
Herredshuset was completed in 1901 and housed Ullensaker county administration until 1967. Herredshuset Ullensaker.jpg
Herredshuset was completed in 1901 and housed Ullensaker county administration until 1967.

Attractions

Notable people

Harald Espelund, 2010 Harald Espelund.jpg
Harald Espelund, 2010
Galder with Dimmu Borgir, 2007 Galder.jpg
Galder with Dimmu Borgir, 2007

Musicians & Bands

Sport

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Ullensaker:

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