Nord-Odal

Nord-Odal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Odalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sand. Other villages in the municipality include Knapper and Mo.

Nord-Odal kommune
Nordre Odalen herred (historic)
Municipality
View of the Sand Church in Nord-Odal
View of the Sand Church in Nord-Odal
Flag of Nord-Odal kommune
Flag
Coat of arms of Nord-Odal kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Nord-Odal kommune
Innlandet within
Norway
Nord-Odal within Innlandet
Nord-Odal within Innlandet
Coordinates: 60°26′32″N 11°34′5″E
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictOdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreSand
Government
 • Mayor (2021)Ragnhild H. Moen (Sp)
Area
 • Total508.12 km2 (196.19 sq mi)
 • Land475.42 km2 (183.56 sq mi)
 • Water32.7 km2 (12.6 sq mi)  6.4%
 • Rank#209 in Norway
Population
 (2022)
 • Total5,016
 • Rank#182 in Norway
 • Density10.6/km2 (27/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +2.4%
DemonymNord-odøling[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3414
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

The 508-square-kilometre (196 sq mi) municipality is the 209th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nord-Odal is the 182nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,016. The municipality's population density is 10.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (27/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.4% over the previous 10-year period.[3][4]

General information

The parish of Nordre Odalen was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The borders of the municipality have not changed since that time.[5]

Name

The municipality is named Nord-Odal, after the valley in which it is located. The first element in the name is the word nord which means "northern". The last element of the name is the old district name Odalen (Old Norse: Ódalr). The first part of this is ǫ́ which is a alternate form of the word á which means "river" or "creek" (here it's referring to the Glåma river). The last part of this is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The prefix "Nord-" was added when the old Odalen parish was divided in 1819 into Søndre Odalen in the south and Nordre Odalen in the north. Later, spelling reforms changed the names to Nord-Odal and Sør-Odal.[6]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 10 January 1992. The official blazon is "Or, two wood grapples sable in pale" (Norwegian: I gull to svarte tømmersakser, 1-1). This means the arms have a field (background) has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The charge is two grapple tools lined up vertically. This design was chosen to represent the historic traditions of forestry and logging in the municipality. This kind of grapple was invented by a local boy named Nell Gravlie (1897-1980) when he was only 12 years old, the design was copyrighted in 1928. The arms were designed by Einar Skjervold. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.[7][8][9]

See also: the coat of arms for Rømskog.

Churches

The Church of Norway has two parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Nord-Odal. It is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

Churches in Nord-Odal
Parish (sokn)Church nameLocation of the churchYear built
MoMo ChurchMo1864
SandSand ChurchSand1891
Trøftskogen ChapelTrautskogen1931

Government

All municipalities in Norway are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[10] The municipality falls under the Romerike og Glåmdal District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Mayors

The mayors of Nord-Odal:

  • 1895–1901: Monthei Eriksen Haug (V)
  • 1922-1925: M. Midtsund[11]
  • 1925-1941: Andreas Sjøli (Ap)
  • 1939-1941: Hans Carlsen (Ap)
  • 1945-1945: Ole Bjørnstad (Ap)
  • 1945-1946: Hans Carlsen (Ap)
  • 1946-1956: H. Gulbrandsen (Ap)
  • 1956-1959: Tormod Ruud (Ap)
  • 1960-1971: Johan Østli (Ap)
  • 1972-1977: Einar Olav Skogholt (Ap)
  • 1978-1979: Ronald Andersen (Ap)
  • 1980-1987: Thorleiv Kårstad (Ap)
  • 1987-1989: Egil Mangnes (Ap)
  • 1990-2003: Egil Ringerike (Ap)
  • 2003-2011: Asgeir Østli (Ap)
  • 2011-2021: Lise Selnes (Ap)
  • 2021-present: Ragnhild H. Moen (Sp)

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Nord-Odal is made up of 25 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Nord-Odal kommunestyre 2020–2023 [12]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 2
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 9
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 2
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 2016–2019 [13][14]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 15
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 4
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 4
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 2
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 2012–2015 [15]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 4
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 3
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 2008–2011 [14]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 5
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 1
 Nord-Odal local list (Nord-Odal bygdeliste)3
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 2004–2007 [14]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 15
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 3
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 2
 Nord-Odal local list (Nord-Odal bygdeliste)3
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 2000–2003 [14]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 3
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 3
 Nord-Odal local list (Nord-Odal bygdeliste)8
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 1996–1999 [16]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 12
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 3
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 3
 Nord-Odal local list (Nord-Odal bygdeliste)7
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 1992–1995 [17]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 3
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 4
 Nord-Odal local list (Nord-Odal bygdeliste)3
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 1988–1991 [18]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 19
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 2
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 1984–1987 [19]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 20
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 2
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 1980–1983 [20]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 18
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 2
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 1976–1979 [21]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 18
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 3
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 3
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 1972–1975 [22]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 19
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
 Socialist common list (Venstresosialistiske felleslister)4
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 1968–1971 [23]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 19
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 2
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti) 1
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal kommunestyre 1964–1967 [24]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 18
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal herredsstyre 1960–1963 [25]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 5
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal herredsstyre 1956–1959 [26]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 15
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 5
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:25
Nord-Odal herredsstyre 1952–1955 [27]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 6
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 3
Total number of members:24
Nord-Odal herredsstyre 1948–1951 [28]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 13
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 8
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 3
Total number of members:24
Nord-Odal herredsstyre 1945–1947 [29]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 13
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 9
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 2
Total number of members:24
Nord-Odal herredsstyre 1938–1941* [30]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 18
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 2
  Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 2
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 2
Total number of members:24
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

Geography
Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nord-Odal by country of origin in 2017[31]
AncestryNumber
 Poland42
 Lithuania30
 Sweden25
 Thailand16
 Syria15
 Afghanistan14
 Denmark13

Nord-Odal is situated in the Odalen valley around the northern edge of the lake Storsjøen and around the lake Råsen. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Stange, to the east by the municipalities of Åsnes and Grue, to the south by the municipalities of Sør-Odal and Nes, and to the west by the municipality of Eidsvoll.

Notable people
Marit Nybakk
Part of Storsjøen, seen from Sand, Nord-Odal

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