Svorkmo

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title: "Svorkmo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["orkland-municipality", "villages-in-trøndelag"] description: "Village in Orkland Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "general/orkland-municipality" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svorkmo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Orkland Municipality, Norway ::

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

Field	Value
official_name	Svorkmo
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Svorkmo stasjon.jpg
image_caption	View of the train station in the village
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
mapframe-marker	village
pushpin_map	Trøndelag#Norway
pushpin_label_position	top
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Norway
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Central Norway
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Trøndelag
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Orkdalen
subdivision_type4	Municipality
subdivision_name4	Orkland Municipality
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+01:00
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+02:00
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	0.26
population_as_of	2024
population_footnotes
population_total	291
population_density_km2	1119
postal_code_type	Post Code
postal_code	7327 Svorkmo
coordinates
elevation_m	48
elevation_footnotes
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Svorkmo is a village in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is situated in the Orkdalen valley along the river Orkla about 60 km west-southwest of the city of Trondheim. Svorkmo is located about 3.5 km south of the village of Vormstad and about 11 km south of the urban area of Orkanger-Fannrem-Råbygda. The lake Svorksjøen lies about 7 km to the east of the village.

For about 100 years beginning in the 17th century, Svorkmo was an industrial centre of major importance. It was in Svorkmo that the Løkken copper mine's smelters were situated. Many people worked in the smelting works and the industry formed the base of one of Norway's largest non-city communities, with hotels, bakeries, saw mills, and the Svorkmo Station (a railway station which still exists, though now only as a museum).

Today Svorkmo is no more than a small village with few facilities (little more than a supermarket and a campsite) and the people who live there work elsewhere. Svorkmo is a classic example of the effects of the centralization on the Norwegian economy. The 0.26 km2 village has a population (2024) of 291 and a population density of 1119 PD/km2.

References

References

1. "Svorkmo, Orkdal (Trøndelag)". [[yr.no]].
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
3. Store norske leksikon. "Svorkmo".
4. Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2024-10-01). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".

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