Moelv is the second largest center (after Brumunddal

Brumunddal

Brumunddal is the largest settlement in the Ringsaker municipality of Hedmark, Norway. It is a small, densely populated area surrounded by scenic countryside and farms on the eastern shore of Norway's largest lake: Mjøsa...

) in the municipality of Ringsaker

Ringsaker

is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Brumunddal.The municipality of Ringsaker was established on 1 January 1838...

 in Norway.

Situated at the shores of lake Mjøsa

Mjøsa

Mjøsa is Norway's largest lake, as well as one of the deepest lakes in Norway and in Europe as a whole, after Hornindalsvatnet. It is located in the southern part of Norway, about 100 km north of Oslo...

 at the mouth of the Moelva river, the town is bordered by green, forested hills farmland. Home to about 4,000 inhabitants, the town consists of a few shopping centers, a railway station and some pubs and restaurants. The main employer is Moelven Industrier

Moelven Industrier

Moelven Industrier is a Moelv, Norway based company that delivers wood products to the construction industry throughout Scandinavia with production facilities in Norway and Sweden...

, a manufacturer of specialty building materials and modular construction solutions.

Archaeological excavations have found traces of human habitation in the area back to the Norwegian Stone Age.

Until 1985, European route E6

European route E6

European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...

 went through Moelv, but in when the Mjøsa Bridge

Mjøsa Bridge

Mjøsa Bridge is a box girder bridge that crosses lake Mjøsa between Moelv and Biri in Hedmark and Oppland counties in Norway. The bridge is 1421 metres long, the longest span is 69 metres, and the clearance to the water is 15 metres...

 opened for traffic, the center turned into a local center.

The local sports team is Moelven IL

Moelven IL

Moelven Idrettslag is a Norwegian multi-sports club located in Moelv, Hedmark. It has sections for athletics, handball, football, skiing and gymnastics.The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football....

.