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{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Ullensaker
| native_name         =
| native_name_lang    =
| other_name          =
| official_name       =Ullesaker
| idnumber           = 3209
| image_skyline      = Storgata Jessheim.jpg
| county             = Akershus
| district           = Romerike
| capital            = [[Jessheim]]
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| coatofarms         = Ullensaker komm.svg
| demonym            = Ullsokning
| munwebpage         = www.ullensaker.kommune.no
| mayor              = Ståle Lien Hansen
| mayor_party        = [[Progress Party (Norway)|FrP]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2023
| area_rank          = 301
| area_total_km2      = 252
| area_land_km2       = 250
| area_water_percent  = 0.08
| population_as_of   = 2023
| population_rank    = 25
| population_total   = 43814 <ref>[https://www.ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/ SSB tabellsøk]</ref>
| populationpercent  = 0.52
| population_density_km2= 173
| population_increase= 34.5
| coordinates        = {{coord|60|10|15|N|11|11|17|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6672471 | utm_easting = 0621411 | geo_cat = adm2nd
|income_per_capita=1NOK|income_year=2022}}

'''Ullensaker''' is a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Akershus]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. It is part of the [[Districts of Norway|traditional region]] of [[Romerike]]. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of [[Jessheim]]. It has a population of 40,459 inhabitants. Norway's largest international airport [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen]], is located in Ullensaker.

==Name==
The municipality (originally the [[parish]]) is named after the old ''Ullensaker'' farm. The name is first recorded in 1300 as ''Ullinshof''. 
The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the name ''Ullinn'' (a sideform of ''[[Ullr]]''). The last element was originally ''[[Heathen hofs|hof]]'' which means "temple", but this was later (around 1500 AD) changed to ''aker'' meaning "[[acre]]" or "[[field (agriculture)|field]]".

==Coat-of-arms==
{{Main|Coat of arms of Ullensaker}}
Ullensaker does not have an heraldic [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] properly granted. The municipality uses a non-heraldic [[Coat of arms of Ullensaker|badge]] that is from modern times. The logo was adopted on 8 November 1979, and it shows the god [[Ullr]] of [[Norse mythology]] holding a [[bow (weapon)|bow]] and three [[arrow]]s. The colors on the logo can vary.<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|year=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/u/ullensak.htm|access-date=2008-12-20}}</ref>

==Geography==
Ullensaker borders with [[Eidsvoll]] to the north, [[Nes, Akershus|Nes]] to the east, [[Sørum]] to the south, and [[Gjerdrum]] and [[Nannestad]] to the west.
The [[international airport]] that serves as the main airport of Norway, [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen]], is located in Ullensaker. The municipality has two major population centres: the village of [[Kløfta]] and the city of [[Jessheim]], the latter one houses the administration center of Ullensaker. There is also a [[Royal Norwegian Army]] base at [[Sessvollmoen]] as well as a [[Royal Norwegian Air Force]] air station, [[Gardermoen Air Station]].

==Climate==
{{Weather box 
|metric first= yes
|single line = yes
|location = Gardermoen 1991–2020 (202 m)
|Jan high C = -1.6
|Feb high C = -0.8
|Mar high C = 3.9
|Apr high C = 9.6
|May high C = 15.5
|Jun high C = 19.3
|Jul high C = 21.5
|Aug high C = 20.3
|Sep high C = 15.3
|Oct high C = 8.3
|Nov high C = 2.9
|Dec high C = -0.7
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
|Jan mean C=-4.4
|Feb mean C=-4.1
|Mar mean C=-0.5
|Apr mean C=4.6
|May mean C=10.1
|Jun mean C=14.1
|Jul mean C=16.5
|Aug mean C=15.1
|Sep mean C=10.6
|Oct mean C=5
|Nov mean C=0.5
|Dec mean C=-3.4
|year mean C=
|Jan low C = -7.3
|Feb low C = -7.6
|Mar low C = -4.3
|Apr low C = 0.1
|May low C = 4.8
|Jun low C = 9.2
|Jul low C = 11.7
|Aug low C = 10.7
|Sep low C = 6.8
|Oct low C = 2.1
|Nov low C = -1.9
|Dec low C = -6.3
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|precipitation colour=green <!-- Enter "green" for green precipitation colours, remove this line for blue colouring. -->
|Jan precipitation mm=65.2
|Feb precipitation mm=46.7
|Mar precipitation mm=45.5
|Apr precipitation mm=49.8
|May precipitation mm=67.3
|Jun precipitation mm=78.4
|Jul precipitation mm=80.9
|Aug precipitation mm=101.4
|Sep precipitation mm=80.5
|Oct precipitation mm=94.4
|Nov precipitation mm=89.5
|Dec precipitation mm=67
|unit precipitation days = 1.0&nbsp;mm
|Jan precipitation days= 12
|Feb precipitation days= 8
|Mar precipitation days= 7
|Apr precipitation days= 8
|May precipitation days= 10
|Jun precipitation days= 10
|Jul precipitation days= 10
|Aug precipitation days= 11
|Sep precipitation days= 9
|Oct precipitation days= 11
|Nov precipitation days= 12
|Dec precipitation days= 11
|year precipitation mm=
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|source 1= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<ref>{{Cite web |title=yr.no/met.no |url=https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Norway/CSV/?C=D;O=A}}</ref>}}

==Society==
Ullensaker has had a huge population increase over the past fifty years. This increase has been slightly accelerating over the past few years. From 2000 to 2007, the population of Ullensaker increased by almost 6,000 people. The recent increase is partly attributed to the founding of [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen]].<ref name=SSB>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/02/02/folkendrhist/tabeller/tab/0235.html|title=Ullensaker. Population numbers. 1951- |date=21 March 2013 |publisher=Statistics Norway|language=no}}</ref>

==History==
[[Raknehaugen]], the largest burial mound in the Nordic countries, has been [[carbon dating|carbon dated]] to around 550; the age of the mound is disputed.<ref>https://snl.no/Raknehaugen "Det har rådd uenighet om dateringen av Raknehaugen. C14-dateringer utført på materiale fra haugen tyder imidlertid på at gravhaugen ble oppført sent i folkevandringstiden, kanskje omkring 550 evt."</ref>

{{Historical populations
|footnote = '''Source''': [http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/0235.html Statistics Norway].<ref>[https://archive.today/20120526193657/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp&KortnavnWeb=folkfram Projected population - Statistics Norway]</ref>
|shading = off
|1951|9195 		 		 		  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  		  	  	  	  	  	
|1961|11611 		 	 	 	 	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	
|1971|15800 	 	 	 	  	  	  	 	  	    	  	  	  	  	  	
|1981|16906 	 	 	 	 	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	
|1991|18116	 	 	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	
|2001|20987 	 	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	  	  	  	  	
|2011|30081 		  	
|2021|40459
|2031?|49447	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	
}}

==Demographics==

In 2021, 1,390 inhabitants had Polish parents and/or were Polish (themselves); 1,048 had Pakistani parents and/or were Pakistani.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title= Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population|language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
<!--|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Ullensaker by country of origin in 2021'''-->
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||1390
|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}||1048
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||771
|-
| {{flag|Afghanistan}}||641
|-
| {{flag|Iraq}}||688
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||578<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title= Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population|language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}||452
|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}}||378
|-
| {{flag|Kosovo}}||327
|-
| {{flag|Philippines}}||315
|-
| {{flag|Bosnia-Herzegovina}}||266
|-
| {{flag|Thailand}}||243
|}

[[Image:Herredshuset Ullensaker.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Herredshuset was completed in 1901 and housed Ullensaker county administration until 1967.]]

==Attractions==
* [[Raknehaugen]] - the largest [[tumulus]] of Northern Europe
* [[Trandumskogen]] - A memorial honoring 173 [[Norway|Norwegian]]s, 15 [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] citizens and 6 [[United Kingdom|Britons]] that were executed by the nazis during World War II.
* [[Gardermoen Culture Park]] - An area close to Gardermoen Airport, which serves as the Norwegian Air Force's airplane collection and the Scandinavian Airlines Museum's location.

== Notable people ==
[[File:Harald Espelund.jpg|140px|thumb|Harald Espelund, 2010]]
* [[Niels Laache]] (1831 in Ullensaker –  1892) a Norwegian [[Christian revival|revivalist]], writer, and bishop
* [[Kristian Laake]] (1875 in Ullensaker - 1950) Former Commanding General of Norway
* [[Gudmund Sundby]] (1878 in Ullensaker – 1973) a hydroelectric engineer and academic
* [[Thor Gystad]] (born 1919 in Ullensaker - 2007) politician, Mayor of Ullensaker 1959 to 1969
* [[Harald Espelund]] (born 1948) organic farmer and Mayor of Ullensaker from 2003 to 2015
* [[Laila Brenden]] (born 1956) a Norwegian author, lives in Jessheim
* [[Knut Ljøgodt]] (born 1968 in Ullensaker) a Norwegian art historian
* [[Anniken Huitfeldt]] (born 1969) a historian and politician, grew up in Jessheim
* [[Tanya Hansen]] (born 1973 in Jessheim) a Norwegian [[pornographic actress]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0361097/   IMDb Database] retrieved 21 February 2021</ref>
* [[Thomas Enger]] (born 1973) a writer and journalist, grew up in Jessheim
* [[Mani Hussaini]] (born 1987) a Kurdish-Norwegian politician, lived in Jessheim since 2001
[[File:Galder.jpg|140px|thumb|Galder with Dimmu Borgir, 2007]]

=== Musicians & Bands ===
* [[Johannes Hanssen]] (1874 in Ullensaker – 1967) a bandmaster, composer and teacher
* [[Stein Ove Berg]] (1948 in Kløfta – 2002) a Norwegian singer and songwriter 
* Stian Tomt Thoresen (born 1976 in Jessheim) stage name [[Shagrath]], vocalist and founder of [[Dimmu Borgir]]
* Ivar Tristan Lundsten  (born 1976 in Jessheim) stage name [[Brynjard Tristan]], bassist and songwriter
* Tom Rune Andersen (born 1976 in Jessheim) stage name [[Galder]], a guitarist and vocalist
* Andres Rafael Diaz (born 1976 in Jessheim) stage name [[Diaz (musician)|Diaz]], rapper 
* [[Antestor]] (formed 1990 in Jessheim) an [[unblack metal]] band
* [[Dimmu Borgir]] (formed 1993 in Jessheim) a [[symphonic black metal]] band

=== Sport ===
* [[Oscar Fonbæk]] (1887 in Ullensaker – 1965) long-distance runner, bronze and silver medallist at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ole Kristian Furuseth]] (born 1967) a retired Norwegian alpine skier, skied for [[Ullensaker SK]]
* brothers [[Thomas Roth (athlete)|Thomas Roth]] (born 1991 in Sand) & [[Andreas Roth (runner)|Andreas Roth]] (born 1993 in Sand) Norwegian middle-distance runners

==Sister cities==
The following cities are [[town twinning|twinned]] with Ullensaker:
* {{flagicon|ISL}} - [[Borgarbyggð]], [[Western Region (Iceland)|Western Region]], [[Iceland]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.borgarbyggd.is/pages/samstarfsyfirlysing-vinabaeja/|title=Vennskapskommuner|publisher=Borgarbyggð|access-date=2008-12-20|language=is|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217201318/http://www.borgarbyggd.is/pages/samstarfsyfirlysing-vinabaeja/|archive-date=17 February 2012}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|SWE}} - [[Falkenberg Municipality|Falkenberg]], [[Halland County]], [[Sweden]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.falkenberg.se/kommunen/forvaltningar/kulturochfritid/ungdomochbidrag/vanorter.4.195dd5bfa3247a25d7fff354.html|title=Falkenbergs vänorter|publisher=Falkenberg kommun|access-date=2008-12-20|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501143555/http://www.falkenberg.se/kommunen/forvaltningar/kulturochfritid/ungdomochbidrag/vanorter.4.195dd5bfa3247a25d7fff354.html|archive-date=1 May 2008}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|FRO}} - [[Leirvík]], [[Eysturoy]], [[Faroe Islands]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leirvik.fo/default.asp?sida=2832 |title=Norðurlendskir vinarbýir hjá Leirvíkar Kommunu |publisher=Leirvíkar kommuna |access-date=2008-12-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060711210116/http://leirvik.fo/Default.asp?sida=2832 |archive-date=11 July 2006 |language=fo}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|DEN}} - [[Odsherred Municipality|Odsherred]], [[Region Sjælland]], [[Denmark]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odsherred.dk/page124.aspx?searchString=venskabskommun|title=Møde i Foreningen Norden|publisher=Odsherred kommune|access-date=2008-12-20|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130443/http://www.odsherred.dk/page124.aspx?searchString=venskabskommun|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Norway}}
{{Commons category|Ullensaker}}
{{Wiktionary|Ullensaker}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018203326/http://ssb.no/english/municipalities/0235 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Akershus}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928124915/http://www.ullensaker.kommune.no/Modules/theme.aspx?ObjectType=Article&ElementID=1732&Category.ID=5095 Ullensaker municipality website]
*[http://www.gardermoenkulturpark.no/ Gardermoen culturepark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518200402/http://www.gardermoenkulturpark.no/ |date=18 May 2007 }} {{in lang|no}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Ullensaker
|North     =  [[Eidsvoll Municipality]]
|Northeast =  
|East      =  [[Nes Municipality (Akershus)|Nes Municipality]]
|Southeast =  
|South     =  [[Lillestrøm Municipality]]
|Southwest =  
|West      =  [[Nannestad Municipality]]<br/>[[Gjerdrum Municipality]]
|Northwest =  
}}
{{Akershus}}
{{25 largest municipalities of Norway}}
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