Skarnes

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Skarnes
Village
Skarnes railway station, Innlandet, Norway. Built 1862. Architects: Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno
Skarnes Location within Norway
Coordinates: 60°15′0″N 11°41′0″E / 60.25000°N 11.68333°E / 60.25000; 11.68333Coordinates: 60°15′0″N 11°41′0″E / 60.25000°N 11.68333°E / 60.25000; 11.68333
Country	Norway
County	Innlandet
Municipality	Sør-Odal
Population  (2018)
• Total	2,456[1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2100

Skarnes is the administrative centre of Sør-Odal municipality, Innlandet county, Norway. Its population in 2018 was 2,456, according to Statistics Norway^[2] Sør-odal city hall is located in the village, when construction was finished in 2010.^[3]

The local railway station, opened in 1862, is served by Kongsvingerbanen.

Skarnes is divided by the river Glåma, the longest river in Norway.

Location[]

The village consists of three parts, the "original" Skarnes on the east side of the river Glomma, which is located south of Glomma and the third part, Korsmo, on the west side of the river.

Famous people from Skarnes[]

• Charles Berstad (1964–), football player
• Magnus Gullerud (1991–), handball player
• Kent Håvard Eriksen (1991–), football player
• Kåre Tveter (1922–2012), painter
• Øystein Sunde (1947–), musician
• (1974–), jazz vocalist
• (1947–), singer
• (1986–), singer

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