Editing Øyer (section)

==General information==
[[File:Øyer rådhus.JPG|left|thumb|Øyer town hall.]]
[[File:Fredrik Borgen - Høstvæte, Hov i Øyer, Gudbrandsdalen - Nasjonalmuseet - NG.M.00532.jpg|left|thumb|Painting of the Hov farm in Øyer by Fredrik Borgen (1895)]]
The parish of ''Øier'' (later spelled ''Øyer'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1867, a small area of Øier (population: 40) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of [[Gausdal]]. The borders of Øyer have not changed since that time.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Øier'' farm ({{langx|non|Øyja}} / [[accusative case]] and [[dative case]]) since the first [[Øyer Church]] had been located there for centuries. The name comes from the word {{lang|non|øyi}} ([[nominative case]]). Two lakes in Norway had the name {{lang|non|Øyi(r)}} in Old Norse times (now called [[Øymark]] and [[Øyeren]]), and these names are derived from the word {{wikt-lang|no|eyrr}} which means "flat and fertile land along the edge of the water". This name is probably given to this area because the [[Gudbrandsdalslågen]] river widens out in the central part of the municipality and creates two river-lakes (called the ''Jemnefjorden'' and ''Gildbusfjorden''). {{lang|non|Øyi}} was probably the old name of one (or both) of these "[[fjord]]s".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DohBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1900 |edition=4 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=160 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Øier''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Øyer''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
[[File:HegdA07693x (3).jpg|thumb|left|View of a ''hegd'' which is the basis for the coat of arms]]
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 29 April 1983. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], a [[:no:hegd|wooden staple]] [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I grønt ei sølv helder}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[:no:hegd|wooden staple]] {{langx|no|hegd}} or {{lang|no|helder}}). The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. This is a type of ring or staple that was historically made of wood and it was used to fasten a tree trunk to a rope in order to haul it over the land. Similar devices were used all over Norway, but this particular shape is typical for this area. The arms were designed by Ola T. Rybakken. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms, but the staple design is off-center on the flag.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Øyer |access-date=2023-04-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oyer, Oppland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-05-21.html |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1983-07-07 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1983-04-29-937 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref name="Om">{{Cite web |title=Om Øyer |url=http://www.oyer.kommune.no/artikkel/11227/11663: |access-date=2009-01-03 |publisher=Øyer kommune |language=no}}</ref> {{See also-text|the coat of arms for [[Masfjorden#Coat of arms|Masfjorden]].}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Øyer. It is part of the [[Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Øyer'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Tretten||[[Tretten Church]]||[[Tretten]]||1728
|-
|rowspan="1"|Øyer||[[Øyer Church]]||[[Tingberg]]||1725
|}