Furnes, Norway Explained

Official Name:Furnes
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Innlandet#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Eastern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Innlandet
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Hedmarken
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Ringsaker Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:2320 Furnes
Coordinates:60.8355°N 11.0241°W
Elevation M:220
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

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.[2]

This village was the administrative centre of the old Furnes Municipality that existed from 1891 until 1964.

Name

The village is named Furnes (Norse, Old: 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 nes which means "headland".[3]

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Furnes, Ringsaker . . 2022-04-02.
  2. Encyclopedia: Furnes . . . 2021-02-21 . Thorsnæs . Geir . Norwegian . 2022-04-02.
  3. Book: Rygh, Oluf . Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt . 1900 . W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri . 3 . Kristiania, Norge . 68 . no . Oluf Rygh.