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About Jessheim


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Jessheim, Norway is a city in the Ullensaker municipality in Akershus of Norway.

The name "Jessheim" is from Norse Jasseimr or Jesse�mr where the first part has unknown origin, while the second part (heimr) means home. It is also possible that the first part "Jess" can mean jarl or jarls (earls). The name was originally used for the Hovin parish.

The railroad had at the initial construction of the railroad in 1854 called the stop "Tr�gstad", but because of confusion with the town name Tr�gstad in �stfold, the name was changed in 1897 to "Jessum". This name was used blasphemically, for example by military recruits who said they had passed through B�n (town north of Jessheim) which sounds like "prayer" in Norwegian to Jessum, which could sound like Jesus. The priests in the area complained to the bishop who in 1900 brought the case up with the local council and suggested the form "Jessheim". The name was changed to "Jesseim". In 1920 the railroad changed the spelling to the current form, Jessheim
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