Julussa
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Julussa is an 32 kilometer long river in Hedmark, Norway, starting at Bergesjøen 1043 feet (318 m.o.h.) The name Julussa comes from the old Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...

 word "ljudlausa" which means soundless. The reason for that given name is that the river flows so silent through the valley of Julussdalen
Julussdalen
Julussdalen is a small valley in the municipalities of Elverum and Åmot, in the Norwegian county of Hedmark. There are scattered settlements in the valley, especially in the lower part of Elverum...

. Julussa was very important for Timber rafting
Timber rafting
Timber rafting is a log transportation method in which logs are tied together into rafts and drifted or pulled across a water body or down a flatter river. It is arguably the second cheapest method of transportation of timber, next after log driving...

 the timber out of the big forests, from around the mid 16th century until 1969. From Bergesjøen Julussa flows 32 kilometer until it flows into Renaelva
Renaelva
The Renaelva river flows into the Glomma in Åmot municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway. One bridge that connect east and west side of the river, is Kjøllsæter Bridge...

. The place Brattveltdammen along the Julussa, is known as a national historic place for the Julussakonflikten in 1927.
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