Magnor, Innlandet County, Eastern Norway Region, Norway


🇳🇴 Magnor is a village in Eidskog Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located 3 km (1.9 mi) from the border with Sweden. The village lies along the Norwegian National Road 2 and the Kongsvingerbanen railway line. The municipal centre, Skotterud lies about 6 km (3.7 mi) to the north-west of Magnor and the Swedish village of Charlottenberg lies about 10 km (6.2 mi) to the south-east of Magnor.

The village is known as a production site for glass, made at Magnor Glassverk (lit. Magnor Glass Works) and also for the production of aluminium, made at Hydro Extrusion Norway.

During the border wars in the middle of the 17th century, there were fortifications in the area. In 1914, the famous Peace Monument was built in Magnor. It was designed by the Swedish architect Lars Johan Lehming and funded by the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society to celebrate the peaceful dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway in 1905.

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Magnor has a population of over 918 people. Magnor also forms part of the wider Eidskog Municipality which has a population of over 6,032 people. It is also a part of the larger Innlandet county.

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