Lillehammer is a town and municipality in Gudbrandsdalen in the Inland, at the northern end of Lake Mjøsa. It borders in the north towards Øyer, in the southeast towards Ringsaker, in the south towards Gjøvik, in the southwest towards Nordre Land, and in the west towards Gausdal. Sentrum, Nordre Ål, Søre Ål, Røyslimoen and Vårsetergrenda are located on the east side where Lågen flows into Lake Mjøsa. Jørstadmoen, Fåberg and Rudsbygd are located north of the city center, and Vingnes and Vingrom on the west side of Lake Mjøsa. Lillehammer is also called the "Dølabyen" based on its location at the entrance to Gudbrandsdalen. The city is the northern terminus of "Skibladner".
Area and population
Most inhabitants live in the city center,
the districts of Busmoen, Nordre Ål, Søre Ål, Suttestad, Vingnes,
Nybu, Jørstadmoen, Røyslimoen, Vårsetergrenda and Fåberg.
Lillehammer is an administration center in Oppland county. The town
of Lillehammer has 20,933 inhabitants as of 2020. Ecclesiastically,
Lillehammer is the prosthetic seat in Sør-Gudbrandsdal prostitute.
History
Lillehammer was granted purchase rights in 1827.
In 1837, when the presidency laws were introduced, the town was
still small, and Lillehammer had a joint municipal council with the
surrounding municipality Fåberg. In 1842, the city got its own city
council. Merchant Ludvig Wiese has been considered the city's
founder, and a statue of him was erected on Lilletorget in
connection with the city's 100th anniversary. Until the middle of
the 19th century, the buildings were mainly in the area around
Hammer farm. In 1850, the city had about a thousand inhabitants, and
had good connections to the south and north. The construction of the
main line Oslo-Eidsvoll in 1852 was based on the connection with
steamships along Lake Mjøsa to Lillehammer, and a newly laid road
further up Gudbrandsdalen. This transport system enabled the transit
of timber and agricultural goods to the capital, and contributed to
the city's growth.
On April 22, 1940, Lillehammer was
conquered by German forces. The fighting on the east side of Lake
Mjøsa was thus over. Thus, the road up Gudbrandsdalen was opened for
the advance of the German forces towards Dombås and Åndalsnes.
In 1964, the municipality was merged with Fåberg municipality.
In 1973, Lillehammer came into the world's spotlight through the
liquidation of a Moroccan waiter, the so-called Lillehammer case.
Lillehammer was the organizer of the 17th Olympic Winter Games
in 1994, with parts of the event distributed to the municipalities
of Gjøvik, Øyer, Ringebu and Hamar.
Espen Granberg Johnsen
from the Labor Party is mayor of Lillehammer, while Ingunn
Trosholmen (AP) is deputy mayor. Both were elected in the autumn of
2015 for the period 2015-2019. Labor cooperates with Venstre and SV.