Coordinates: 60°40′N 11°00′E

Mjøsa
Mjøsa is Norway's largest lake, as well as one of the deepest lakes in
Mjøsa
Norway and in Europe. It is the fourth-deepest lake in Norway. It is located
in the southern part of Norway, about 100 km north of Oslo. Its main
tributary is Gudbrandsdalslågen in the north; the only distributary is Vorma
in the south. Inflows would theoretically need 5.6 years to fill the lake. With
an average depth of 153 meters most of the lakes volume is under sea level.
Average outflow (measured 1931-1982) is 316 m3/s or 9959 million m3.[2]
Mjøse contains about 56 km3 of water compared to 15 km3 of Røssvatnet,
the second largest volume of lakes in Norway.
View northwards from Minnesund,
Thomas Robert Malthus travelled through Norway in 1799 and his diaries Eidsvoll
from the trip includes a description of Mjøsa. Malthus wrote that Mjøsa Location Akershus, Hedmark,
appears as both lake and river because the shores are defined by mountains Oppland
and where the valley becomes wider the water fills the space. Below Minde Coordinates 60°40′N 11°00′E
(Minnesund) the lake only appears like a river and is called Vorma on the
Primary inflows Gudbrandsdalslågen
map, according to Malthus.[3]
Primary Vorma
outflows
Basin countries Norway
Contents
Max. length 117 km (73 mi)
Location
Max. width 15 km (9.3 mi)
Mjøskastellet
Surface area 362 km2
Fish
(140 sq mi)[1]
The name
Events
Average depth 155 m (509 ft)[1]
(other source 153
See also
m[2])
Culture projects
Max. depth 449 m (1,473 ft)[1][2]
References
(other sources give
External links
468 m)
Water volume 56.0 km3
Location (45,400,000 acre⋅ft)[1]
Surface 121 m (397 ft)[1]
From its southernmost point at Minnesund in Eidsvoll to its northernmost
elevation (other sources give
point in Lillehammer it is 117 km long. At its widest, near Hamar, it is
123 m[2])
15 km wide. It is 365 km² in area and its volume is estimated at 56 km³;
normally its surface is 123 metres above sea level, and its greatest depth is Islands Helgøya
468 metres. Its total coastline is estimated at 273 km, of which 30% is built Settlements Hamar, Gjøvik,
up. Dams built on the distribuary of Vorma in 1858, 1911, 1947, and 1965 Lillehammer
raised the level by approximately 3.6 metres in total. In the last 200 years, [1]
References
20 floods have been registered that added 7 metres to the level of Mjøsa.
Several of these floods inundated the city of Hamar.
 The cities of Hamar, Gjøvik, and Lillehammer were founded along the shores of
the lake. Before the construction of railways past the lake, it was an important
transport route. Today, aside from minor leisure boating and the steamship
Skibladner, there is no water traffic on the lake. Most of its shores are dominated
by rolling agricultural areas, among them some of the most fertile grainlands in
Norway. The main train line, the Dovre Line between Oslo and Trondheim, goes
along its eastern shore, making stops in Hamar and Lillehammer. From the south
European route E6 runs along the eastern shore of the lake until the Mjøsa
Bridge connects Moelv on the east with Biri on the west.

Map with cities Lillehammer (North),
Gjøvik (West), and Hamar (East)
archaeological plan for the site. [4][5]
Mjøskastellet
The largest and only island is
Helgøya. Except for Helgøya,
Mjøsa only contains small
islets. The most interesting of
these is Steinsholmen, which
holds the ruins of Mjøskastellet,
a medieval citadel dating from
the 13th century. Established by Drawing of Mjøstkastellet as
King Haakon IV of Norway, it imagined by Peter Andreas Blix
was first mentioned in a letter
dated 1234. Peter Andreas Blix
documented the site and made drawings in 1897. Hedmark Museum has a future

Fish
Lake Mjøsa has 20 species of fish. Among the most common are pike, European perch, common roach, greyling, and the
hundertrout, a brown trout which can reach a weight more than 20 kg. Another common species is the European smelt, which is
the most important baitfish for the predators. Historically, the most economically significant species is the lågsild (European
cisco).

The name
The name (Norse Mjǫrs, Proto-Norse *Merso) must be very old. The meaning is, maybe, 'the bright/shiny one'. (If *mer- is
related to the English word mere 'clear, bright', and -so is a suffix.)
 The lake seen from the The landmark Mjøsa from Hamar Steamboat Skibladner on
harbor in Hamar Geiteryggen looking the lake of Mjøsa
south from Hamar

Steinholmen on lake
Mjøsa

Events
In 1975, the 14th World Scout Jamboree was held on its shores. More than 17,000 Scouts from 91 countries took part.

In 1995, a Swedish team lifted a Halifax bomber that was shot down in World War II.

See also
Toftes Gave

Culture projects
ArtProjectMjøsa2008 (http://artprojectmjosa2008.blogspot.com/)

References
1. Seppälä, Matti (2005), The Physical Geography of Fennoscandia (https://books.google.com/?id=q33WekTp7tgC
&pg=PA145), Oxford University Press, p. 145, ISBN 978-0-19-924590-1
2. Dybdekart for Mjøsa (http://gis3.nve.no/metadata/tema/dkbok1984/02_04_05_Mjøsa.pdf) (PDF), Dybdekartbok,
NVE (Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate), 1984, s.22
3. Selstad, Tor (red.) og Arve Stensrud: Den Store Mjøsboka. Oslo: Pegasus, 1991.
4. "Mjøskastellet på Steinsholmen" (http://www.mjossamlingene.no/index.php/mjoshistorie/93-mjoskastellet-pa-stein
sholmen). Mjøssamlingene. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
5. "Mjøskastellet" (https://snl.no/Mj%C3%B8skastellet). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
External links
Mjøskastellet (https://digitaltmuseum.no/011085440854/mjoskastellet) (DigitaltMuseum)

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