 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.By then the limitations of Lillehammer's location had also become apparent, in particular those of its shallow harbor.