Green light for the Mjøssykehuset

The Innlandet news of the past 48 hours puts public health and heritage in the spotlight. In Hamar, the authorities announced on Friday that thirteen of the fourteen objections linked to the future Mjøssykehuset at Moelv had been lifted or resolved. At the same time, the cultural museum in Oslo unveiled a coin of Olav den hellige from the Mørstad hoard, found at Rena in April. Finally, the county's tyre centres recorded unusually high numbers ahead of the announced arrival of snow.

Innlandet news: the Mjøssykehuset at Moelv moves closer

« Det skal bygges et sykehus i Innlandet », declared statsforvalter Knut Storberget at a press conference held on Friday in Hamar (NRK Innlandet). The Mjøssykehuset project at Moelv is to bring together emergency care, somatic health, psychiatry and addiction treatment on a single site. Thirteen of the fourteen objections lodged during the public consultation have been resolved or withdrawn, according to the same source.

The most sensitive points in the hearings concerned public safety, natural hazards and infrastructure. One objection remains pending: the one from Bane NOR, linked to railway safety on the Dovre line. The required risk analysis is still under way. Bane NOR has previously demanded the closure of a level crossing or the implementation of additional safety measures before any construction work can begin.

The construction timetable remains conditional on this last obstacle being lifted. No date for the start of the works was given at the press conference.

A coin of Olav den hellige discovered at Rena

A coin bearing the effigy of Olav den hellige has been identified among the thousands of pieces of the Mørstad hoard, unearthed at Rena, in Østerdalen, last April (NRK Innlandet, NTB). Two private individuals using metal detectors are behind the discovery.

« Dette er helt fantastisk morsomt », said professor and numismatics expert Svein Gullbekk, of the Kulturhistorisk museum, to NTB, stressing that he has been working on the subject for 25 to 30 years. It was the archaeologist Anne Skogsfjord who identified the coin during the work of sorting the thousands of coins.

The coin is to become the centrepiece of a new exhibition at the museum, which will present a large part of the hoard to the public for the first time. The opening is scheduled for 20 November.

Rush at tyre centres ahead of the snow

The forecast of snowfall triggered record numbers at tyre centres in Innlandet on Friday 9 October. At Dekkcenteret in Ålesund, Finn Andersen was among the customers who came to book a slot. « Folk ventar lengst mogeleg », he told NRK Innlandet, adding that it was a particularly early date for him.

Fitter Erik Sand describes a fast pace at his workplace, while speaking of a « kontrollert kaos ». « Folk er generelt nervøse for at vêret skal snu fort », he sums up. In Furnes, in Brumunddal, the Dekklåven workshop estimates it changed the tyres of around 300 vehicles a day before the weekend. « Her er det full fart », confirms director Emil Holmvik.

Mobile telephony: disruptions and trains stopped

Telenor's mobile network suffered major disruptions on Thursday afternoon. Calls between Telenor customers, calls to and from other operators, SMS and mobile data were all affected, as were contacts with the emergency services and the on-call medical services (NRK Innlandet).

Innlandet police increased their staffing during the incident. « Vi sørger for at det kommer noen tjenestepersoner til de forskjellige tjenestestedene for å bemanne skranker », said oppdragsleder Tommy Ãkland to NRK. Services were restored late in the evening; delays on trains were still expected during the evening.

📌 Local briefs

Hamar police received a report at 13:50 on Friday of a threatening situation in a shop. A man was detained. The perimeter of Aslak Bolts Gate was searched until around 18:00 before the search ended (NRK Innlandet).

Two men aged in their twenties and thirties will appear before the Vestoppland og Valdres court, charged with serious threats and illegal possession of weapons after shots were fired at a house in Hunndalen, in Gjøvik municipality, on the night of 12 June 2023 (NRK Innlandet).

Sources: NRK Innlandet, Hamar Arbeiderblad, GD Gudbrandsdølen, The Local Norway — Period: 09 October 2026 and 10 October 2026