Fossbergom

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title: "Fossbergom" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lom-municipality-(norway)", "villages-in-innlandet"] description: "Village in Lom Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossbergom" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Lom Municipality, Norway ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Fossbergom
Lom
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Lom stavkyrkje B.jpeg
image_caption	View of the old Lom Stave Church
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
mapframe-marker	village
pushpin_map	Innlandet#Norway
pushpin_label	Fossbergom
pushpin_label_position	top
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Norway
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Eastern Norway
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Innlandet
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Gudbrandsdalen
subdivision_type4	Municipality
subdivision_name4	Lom Municipality
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+01:00
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+02:00
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	1.47
population_as_of	2024
population_footnotes
population_total	839
population_density_km2	571
postal_code_type	Post Code
postal_code	2686 Lom
coordinates
elevation_m	379
elevation_footnotes
::

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Fossbergom or Lom is the administrative centre of Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the south shore of the river Otta, at the north end of the Bøverdal valley. The 1.47 km2 village has a population (2024) of 839 and a population density of 571 PD/km2. Fossbergom is the main population centre for the municipality and a large portion of the residents work in the tourism, commerce, and the service sectors.

Geography

Bøverdalen, a valley in the western part of Lom Municipality, stretches from Fossbergom to the Sogn area in Western Norway. Fossbergom is situated where the river Bøvra falls over Prestfossen waterfall into the river Otta.

Transportation

Fossbergom is located on a main transportation junction with roads leading to Stryn (Rv.15 Strynefjellsvegen road), Sogn (Rv. 55 Sognefjellsvegen road), and Eastern Norway. During the summer months, this is an important road junction connecting Eastern and Western Norway. The Sognefjellsvegen road is closed from October/November until about the end of April/beginning of May. Fossbergom is also accessible by taking the train from Trondheim or Oslo to Otta, and then traveling the remaining 60 km by bus.

Attractions

The Fossheim Hotel () first opened in 1897. It is a two-story log building with an attic, kitchen, two living rooms, and seven bedrooms. The site was run both as a farm and as a hotel until World War I, after which cars became the more common means of transportation. In the 1950s and 1960s, several renovations were carried out in order to satisfy demands made by new groups of tourists. Today, the main building has 26 double rooms and 3 single rooms and a connecting restaurant. The new annex building was also built to satisfy foreign visitors.

The Fossheim Stone Center geological museum () has one of the larger collections of minerals and precious stones in the country.

The thirteenth-century Lom Stave Church (), which is one of the biggest stave churches in Norway, is located here. The church was built in the 12th century and restored in the 17th century.

References

References

1. "Fossbergom, Lom". [[yr.no]].
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
3. Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2024-10-01). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
4. {{Cite SNL. Fossbergom. Fossbergom. 2025-08-22. Mæhlum. Lars. 2025-08-01
5. "Lom".
6. "History, Visitors since 1897". Fossheim Turisthotell.

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