Svorkmo

Norwegian Bokmål Svorkmo no thumb|Svorkmo Station Etymology From nb Svorka mo river in Trøndelag sandy plain, heath, literally “Svorka's mo”. The river name first gave its name to a farm and subsequently to the settlement. 1432–1433 as Surkomor. Pronunciation nb /ˈsʋɔrkˌmuː/ nb uː 2 nb Svork mo Proper noun nb proper noun nb village in municipality/Orkland s/Trøndelag c/Norway, situated where the river nb Svorka flows into the nb Orkla A Norwegian farm name in Orkland, from which the settlement takes its name. nb place names from the Norwegian place name nb Svorkmo Usage notes The place name is normally used with the preposition nb på on, at: på nb Svorkmo. Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 101 people in Norway had nb Svorkmo as their surname as of 31 December 2025.“Liste over alle beskyttede etternavn”, Statistics Norway. References “Svorka” in Norsk stadnamnleksikon. “Svorkmo”, NRK-språket. “Svorkmo” in Store norske leksikon. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Alternative forms nn Svarkmo obsolete Etymology Located on the meeting place between rivers Svorka and Orkla, hence the name. The second part is from nn mo big river beach. The river's name nn Svorka has unclear meaning, probably related to darkness. Pronunciation nn /ˈsʋoʂkmu/ local pronunciation Proper noun nn proper noun m a village in Orkland municipality, Trøndelag, Norway. Back in the 18th century the village was one of the biggest towns in Trøndelag due to the copper mining activity in Løkken Verk, which was depending on the transporting, smelting and the refinery in Svorkmo. References Svorka nn Towns in Norway