With this, a series of construction projects started, and the farm became known as Storhamar, passing through several owners until Norwegian nobility was abolished in 1831, when Erik Anker took over the farm. ===The founding of modern Hamar=== As early as 1755, the Danish government in Copenhagen expressed an interest in establishing a trading center on Mjøsa.
Bishop Fredrik Julius Bech, one of the most prominent officials of his time, proposed establishing a town at or near Storhamar, at the foot of Furuberget. In 1812, negotiations started in earnest, when the regional governor of Kristians Amt, proposed establishing a market on Mjøsa.
A four-person commission was named on 26 July 1814, with the mandate of determining a suitable site for a new town along the shore.
On 8 June 1815, the commission recommended establishing such a town at Lillehammer, then also a farm, part of Fåberg. Acting on objections to this recommendation, the department of the interior asked two professors, Ludvig Stoud Platou and Gregers Fougner Lundh, to survey the area and develop an alternative recommendation.
It appears that Lundh in particular put great effort into this assignment, and in 1824 he presented to the Storting a lengthy report, that included maps and plans for the new town. Lundh's premise was that the national economic interest reigned supreme, so he based his recommendation on the proposed town's ability to quickly achieve self-sustaining growth.
Another commission was named in June 1825, consisting of Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg, professor Lundh, and other prominent Norwegians.
With this, a series of construction projects started, and the farm became known as Storhamar, passing through several owners until Norwegian nobility was abolished in 1831, when Erik Anker took over the farm. ===The founding of modern Hamar=== As early as 1755, the Danish government in Copenhagen expressed an interest in establishing a trading center on Mjøsa.
The parliament finally decided on Lillehammer, relegating Hamar once more, it seemed, to be a sleepy agricultural area. As steamboats were introduced on the lake, the urban elite developed an interest in the medieval Hamar, and in 1841, editorials appeared advocating the reestablishment of a town at Storhamar.
The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849.
Three coins found in Ringerike in 1895 have been dated to the time of Harald Hardråde and are inscribed Olafr a Hamri. ===Middle Ages=== At some point, presumably after 1030 but clearly before 1152, the centre was moved from Aker to the peninsula near Rosenlundvika, what we today know as Domkirkeodden.
Vang was reincorporated into Hamar on 1 January 1992. The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake, and it was the principal city of the former Hedmark county.
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