What is Lom, Norway?
[[File:Lom stave church.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|The Stave Church at Lom, Norway}}]] [[Image:Lom komm.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Lom''' is a [[municipality]] in [[Oppland]] area of [[Innlandet]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. It is part of the [[tradition]]al [[region]] of [[Gudbrandsdal]]. The administrative center of the municipality is the [[village]] of [[:en:Fossbergom|Fossbergom]]. The municipality of Lom was established on 1 January 1838. ==Geography== Lom sits at the base of two [[mountain]]s. ''Glittertind'' is {{convert|2,452|m}} and ''Galdhøpiggen'' is {{convert|2,469|m}} high.<ref name=Norum209/> ==History== It has one of the few remaining [[:en:Stave_church|stave churches]] in Norway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lom.kommune.no/lom-stave-church.259966.nn.html |title=Guiding in Lom Stavechurch |author=<!--Staff writer(s)--> |date=12 June 2012 |website= |publisher=Lom kommune |accessdate=26 November 2014 |archive-date=15 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915151453/http://www.lom.kommune.no/lom-stave-church.259966.nn.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The church was built in 1158.<ref name=Norum209>Roger Norum, ''Norway'' (Hoboken, NJ; Chichester: Wiley, 2011), p. 209</ref> The area of [[Skjåk]] was separated from Lom to become a municipality of its own in 1866. In 2025, its [[secondary school]] (''videregående skole'') will end its [[operation]]s.<ref>https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/skulesaka-i-innlandet-_-vil-redde-bygda-med-kristen-privatskule-1.17192070. 2025-01-09</ref> ==Related pages== *[[List of mayors in Norway 2023–2027|List of mayors in Norway that are elected until 2027]] == References == {{reflist}} {{commons}} {{Innlandet}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Municipalities of Innlandet]]