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Country
  
Norway

District
  
Romerike

Postal code
  
1963

Local time
  
Wednesday 10:47 AM

Municipality
  
Aurskog-Høland

County
  
Akershus

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
71 ha

Population
  
578 (2007)

Fosser

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 39% Humidity

Fosser is a village in the municipality of Aurskog-Høland, Norway. Its population (2007) is 578. Fosser had a station on the Urskog-Hølandsbanen from the opening of the Hølandsbanen in 1898 and until the line was closed down in 1960.

Map of 1963 Fosser, Norway

The village derives its name from the local waterfall (waterfall = foss in Norwegian). The waterfall flows from the lake "Øversjøen" into "Fossersjøen" this lake is locally known for large Pike.

References

Fosser Wikipedia