 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.