The village lies along the Norwegian National Road 2 and the Kongsvingerbanen railway line.

The municipal centre, Skotterud lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the northwest of Magnor and the Swedish village of Charlottenberg lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the southeast of Magnor.

[1] The village is known as a production site for glass, made at Magnor Glassverk (lit.

Magnor Glass Works) and also for the production of aluminium, made at Hydro Extrusion Norway.

It was designed by the Swedish architect Lars Johan Lehming and funded by the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society to celebrate the peaceful dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway in 1905.