Langhus is a village in the municipality of Ski

Ski, Norway

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Follo. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Ski. Ski was separated from the municipality of Kråkstad on 1 July 1931 to form a separate municipality...

 in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 with a population of about 13,000. Langhus includes the local areas of Bøleråsen, Vevelstad and Langhus.

Transport

The village is stretched along the Østfold railway line, which runs between Oslo S and Ski

Ski Station

Ski Station is a railway station located in Ski, Norway. Located from Oslo Central Station on the Østfold Line, at the point where the railway splits in two into an eastern and western line....

 and includes Langhus

Langhus Station

Langhus Station is a bi-hourly railway station at Langhus in Ski, Norway.Located on the Østfold Line line, at Langhusveien 1405, Langhus is an unsheltered and unstaffed station served by Oslo Commuter Rail, which is operated by Norges Statsbaner....

 and Vevelstad

Vevelstad Station

Vevelstad Station is a railway station at Langhus in Ski, Norway. Located on the Østfold Line, it is served by the Oslo Commuter Rail line 500 operated by Norges Statsbaner with two hourly services....

 railway stations. The distance between Langhus and Vevelstad stations is, at 650 metres, the shortest between any two stations in in Norway.

Education

There are three primary schools in Langhus (Bøleråsen Skole, Vevelstadåsen Skole and Langhus Skole) and one Secondary School (Haugjordet Ungdomsskole). Another secondary school, Vevelstad Ungdomskole, was located near the church but is now no longer in use.

Other facilities

The commercial centre of Langhus is known as Langhussenteret and includes Langhus Post Office, a supermarket, cafes and other stores. A gas station is located north of Langhussenteret. Following release of new residential land, Langhus has grown significantly since 1980. The local church built on the higher ground above Langhus senteret was opened in 1990. A retirement home was built in Langhus in 2009, near the lake Fosstjern.

Notable Langhus locals

Several well-known musicians began their careers in the Langhus area during the mid to late 1980s, playing at the local practice room, including the black metal band Mayhem

Mayhem (band)

Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway and regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene...

 and black metal artist Simen Hestnæs

ICS Vortex

Simen Hestnæs , also known as I.C.S. Vortex, or just simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician, best known as the current vocalist of the avant-garde metal band Arcturus, the current vocalist and bass guitarist to the progressive black metal band Borknagar, and the former bass guitarist and backing...

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