Strømmen is a town in Skedsmo

Skedsmo

Skedsmo is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillestrøm. About one third of the municipal population lives in Lillestrøm. Other important towns are Skedsmokorset, Skjetten and...

, Akershus

Akershus

- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...

, 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...

. It is about twenty kilometers east of Oslo, and considered part of Greater Oslo. It has around 8,000 residents.

The town has its origins from floating lumber and sawmills along Sagelva. Later there has been heavy industry at Strømmen, including the railway stock manufacturer Strømmens Værksted

Strømmens Værksted

Strømmens Værksted A/S was an industrial company based in Skedsmo, Norway, specializing in the production of rolling stock. Founded in 1873, it remains as a part of Bombardier Transportation...

. It currently hosts one of Norway's largest shopping centre, Strømmen Storsenter

Strømmen Storsenter

Strømmen Storsenter is a Norwegian shopping centre in Skedsmo, near Lillestrøm. It was opened in 1985, with 39 stores, and in 1990 it expanded by another 50. Today the shopping centre holds 118 different businesses. In 2002 it had a turnover of 2.012 billion Norwegian kroner, making it the second...

. Strømmen had a top-level women's football team, Team Strømmen until 2009, while Strømmen IF

Strømmen IF

Strømmen Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Strømmen. It has sections for football, athletics,-History:The club was founded on 25 September 1911 as Strømmen FK. The name was changed to FK Norrøna in 1914. In 1923 the club merged with Strømmen IL and took the name IL Norrøna...

will play in second top-level from the 2010 season.