Løten
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| County | Hedmark | |
| District | Hedemarken | |
| Municipality | NO-0415 | |
| Administrative centre | Løten | |
| Mayor (2003) | Martin Skramstad (Sp) | |
| Official language form | Bokmål | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 252 369 km² 362 km² 0.11 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 137 7,282 0.16 % 3.4 % 20/km² |
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| www.loten.kommune.no |
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Løten is a municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway.
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[edit] The name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after an old farm Løten (Norse Lautvin). The actual farm is probably the one which is now called Prestgarden ('the vicarage'), where the first church was built. The first element is laut f 'hollow depression'. (And there is a long depression between Prestgarden and the old church.) The last element is vin f 'meadow, pasture'.
From about 1500 until 1838 the name was written "Leuten" or "Leuthen". From 1838 until 1918 the name was written "Løiten".
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1984). It shows a drinking horn from the Middle Ages (to represent the products of Løiten Brænderi).
[edit] Location
Løten is the most eastern of the original villages in Hedmark where it is lays between Hamar municipality to the west north west, Stange municipality to the west south west, and Elverum municipality to the east. Small portions of the municipality border on Åmot in the far north and Våler in the south.
[edit] History
There has been traffic from east to west through Løten, for all recorded periods and archeological evidence supports earlier trade along this route.
The old town center was formed around the Løten Church, which is from the 13th century.
When King Christian IV prohibited the importation of German beer in the early 17th Century, distillation began in Norway. In 1624 distilled alcohol was prohibited at weddings, and by 1638 Christian forbade the clergy the right to distill in their own homes. The corn-growing districts of Løten, Vang (the former municipality in Hedmark), and Romedal all became famous for their distilleries. "Gamle Løiten" from Løiten Brænderi, which was established in 1855, was a highly prized ‘akvavit’ produced in Løten.
When the railway was opened in 1862, Løten Station became the new center of trade and management.
Edvard Munch was born in Løten on 12 December 1863.
[edit] References
East Norway and its Frontier by Frank Noel Stagg, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1956.
| Municipalities of Hedmark |  |
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Alvdal | Eidskog | Elverum | Engerdal | Folldal | Grue | Hamar | Kongsvinger | Løten | Nord-Odal | Os | Rendalen | Ringsaker | Stange | Stor-Elvdal | Sør-Odal | Tolga | Trysil | Tynset | Våler | Åmot | Åsnes |
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