Løkken Verk

Løkken Verk
Løkken Verk; Løkken
	Village
	View of the old mine tower
	Løkken Verk Location of the village Løkken Verk Løkken Verk (Norway)
	Coordinates: 63.1258°N 09.7052°E
Country	Norway
Region	Central Norway
County	Trøndelag
District	Orkdalen
Municipality	Melhus
Area [1]
• Total	1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	166 m (545 ft)
Population (2018)[1]
• Total	1,292
• Density	783/km2 (2,030/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	7332 Løkken Verk

Løkken Verk (sometimes just called Løkken) is a village in the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the village of Svorkmo (in Orkdal municipality), 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the village of Bjørnli, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the municipal center of Meldal.

The 1.65-square-kilometre (410-acre) village has a population (2018) of 1,292 and a population density of 783 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,030/sq mi).[1]

History

View of Løkken Verk (c. 1910)

Løkken Verk was originally populated when the Løkken Mine started mining for copper in 1654. The name comes from a farm at the place. The ore findings at Løkken Verk were originally about 30,000,000 tonnes (33,000,000 tons), and was the largest resource of copper sulfide in Norway. There was mining at Løkken from 1654 until 1987. Prior to 1845, the target was copper that was smelted, but in 1851 the mine transferred into mining pyrites that were exported, primarily as raw material for sulfuric acid. From 1931 until 1962, sulfur and copper were produced at Orkla Metal in Thamshavn. The history of the mining is preserved at Orkla Industrial Museum at Løkken Verk.

In 1904, the mining operation was taken over by Christian Thams and Orkla Grube-Aktiebolag, this group has evolved into the Forbes 500-company Orkla Group. At the same time, the Thamshavnbanen railway was built between Løkken Verk and Thamshavn (just north of Orkanger) to transport the pyrites to the port.[3]

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References

Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
"Løkken Verk, Meldal (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
Store norske leksikon. "Løkken – tettsted" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-02-01.

External links

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[ssb-1] Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".

[2] "Løkken Verk, Meldal (Trøndelag)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-01-30.

[snl-3] Store norske leksikon. "Løkken – tettsted" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-02-01.