Kjeller: Kjeller Air Force Base
Kjeller spreads across the lowland beside the Nitelva in Romerike, a setting that has given this Lillestrøm-area community room for an airfield and research facilities. The Nitelva flows south through this part of Romerike before meeting the Glomma at Lillestrøm. Kjeller Air Force Base grew from an airfield established in 1912, placing it among the oldest centres of Norwegian aviation. The site became closely associated with Kjeller Flyfabrikk, founded in the same year as Norway’s first aircraft factory. Broad paved runways, taxiways and grass margins distinguish Kjeller from the surrounding suburban development and woodland. Its position northeast of Oslo also makes it part of the capital region’s long-standing defence and technology landscape.
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Kjeller has served as an aviation centre in Akershus since the early 20th century. Set on the low, cultivated Romerike plain northeast of Oslo, it lies near the Nitelva, which joins the Glomma at nearby Lillestrøm. Kjeller Airport opened in 1912 as a military airfield and established aviation as a lasting part of the district’s identity. The area later became an important Norwegian research environment, with the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment and the Institute for Energy Technology based here. Kjeller is closely connected to urban Lillestrøm and the wider Oslo region rather than standing apart as an old town. Move on to other webcams in Akershus to compare the Romerike plain and settings around Kjeller.
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