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{{Short description|Former municipality in Akershus, Norway}}
'''Skedsmo''' was a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Akershus]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]].  It is part of the [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]] of [[Romerike]].  The administrative centre of the municipality was the [[List of cities in Norway|town]] of [[Lillestrøm (town)|Lillestrøm]].  About one third of the municipal population lived in Lillestrøm.  Other important towns are [[Skedsmokorset]], [[Skjetten]] and [[Strømmen]]. A smaller settlement adjoining Lillestrøm is [[Kjeller]].

The local [[newspaper]] is ''Romerikes Blad'' (circulation 39,139 in 2004). The paper comes out daily.

Skedsmo municipality became part of [[Lillestrøm|Lillestrøm municipality]] 1 January 2020.

==General information==

===Name===
The name of the municipality (originally the [[parish]]) may have originally been the name for the rectory. In [[Old Norse]] the name was {{lang|non|Skeiðsmór}}. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of {{lang|non|skeið}}, a [[Grammatical gender|neuter]] [[noun]]. One possible meaning of this word, {{lang|non|skeið}}, is "a track for footraces or horseraces"; another "a farm road between fields". The last element is {{lang|non|mór}}, which in this context has been taken to mean "dry sandy plain".<ref>{{cite book|title=Norsk stadnamnleksikon|date=1997|publisher=Norske samlaget|isbn=82-521-4905-7|edition=4. utgåva|location=Oslo|language=Norwegian|trans-title=Norwegian lexicon of place names|oclc=40964571}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was from modern times, granted on 4 October 1974. The arms show three silver [[horse]] heads with waving [[mane (horse)|mane]]s on a red background. The arms are [[canting arms|canting]], a reference{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} to an interpretation of the first part of the name {{lang|no|Skedsmo}}, {{lang|non|skeið}}. The arms were designed by Finn Fagerli from Lillestrøm.<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|year=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/s/skedsmo.htm|access-date=2008-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skedsmo.kommune.no/Om-kommunen/Om-kommunevapenet/|title=Om Kommunevåpenet|access-date=2008-12-20|publisher=Skedsmo kommune|language=no}}</ref> {{See also-text|Coats of arms of [[Coat of arms of Eid|Eid]], [[Coat of arms of Gloppen|Gloppen]], [[Coat of arms of Levanger|Levanger]], [[Coat of arms of Lyngen|Lyngen]], [[Coat of arms of Nord-Fron|Nord-Fron]], and [[Coat of arms of Ski|Ski]]}}

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Skedsmo by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title= Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population|language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}||1,417
|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}}||1,350
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||1,069
|-
| {{flag|Iraq}}||889
|-
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}||803
|-
| {{flag|Iran}}||722
|-
| {{flag|Afghanistan}}||611
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||475
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||453
|-
| {{flag|Turkey}}||409
|-
| {{flag|India}}||351
|-
| {{flag|Syria}}||347
|-
| {{flag|Russia}}||293
|-
| {{flag|Eritrea}}||283
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}||251
|}

==History==
Skedsmo was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]]). [[Lørenskog]] and Lillestrøm was separated from Skedsmo as municipalities of their own on 1 January 1908. Lillestrøm was, however, merged back into the municipality of Skedsmo on 1 January 1962. On 1 January 2020, Skedsmo was merged with [[Fet, Norway|Fet]] and [[Sørum]] municipalities to, once again, form [[Lillestrøm|Lillestrøm municipality]].

In this area, the tribe of Raumas fought against King [[Olaf II of Norway|Olav Haraldsson]], patron saint of Norway, in 1028. The area has become an important part of Norway's industrial history. [[Strømmens Værksted]] built the country's first trains, at Kjeller airplanes were constructed up to [[World War II]], the [[sawmill]]s at Lillestrøm processed [[lumber]] from the great [[forest]]s, and a number of other enterprises have been important.


==Government==
The head office of [[Accident Investigation Board Norway]] is located in [[Lillestrøm]], Skedsmo.<ref>"[http://www.aibn.no/contact-us Contact us]." [[Accident Investigation Board Norway]]. Retrieved on January 13, 2011. "Visiting address:  Sophie Radichsvei 17 N-2003 Lillestrøm."</ref> and led by Grete Myhre.

==International relations==

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway}}

The following cities are [[town twinning|twinned]] with Skedsmo:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skedsmo.kommune.no/Om-kommunen/Vennskapskommuner/|title=Vennskapskommuner|publisher=Skedsmo kommune|access-date=2008-12-20|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430230342/http://www.skedsmo.kommune.no/Om-kommunen/Vennskapskommuner/|archive-date=2012-04-30}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Alingsås Municipality|Alingsås]], [[Sweden]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Karis]],  [[Finland]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Riihimäki]], [[Finland]]
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Tårnby Municipality|Tårnby]], [[Denmark]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Norway}}
{{Commons category|Skedsmo}}
{{wiktionary|Skedsmo}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001032021/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0231 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Akershus}}

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