Editing Beiarn Municipality (section)

==General information==
The municipality of Beiarn was established in 1853 when it was separated from the large [[Gildeskål Municipality]]. Initially, Beiarn had 1,164 residents. The municipal boundaries have not changed since that time.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the [[Beiar Fjord]] ({{langx|non|Beðir}} or {{lang|non|Beðinn}}). The meaning of the name is uncertain. It may be derived from the [[plural]] form of the word {{wikt-lang|non|beðr}} which means "bedding" (in the sense of a "river bed". Another option is that it is the past participle of the word {{wikt-lang|non|biðja}} which means "to pray" or "to ask".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |date=1905 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=193 |language=no}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Beieren''. On 6 January 1908, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Beiara''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1908 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1908. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015110481021_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=24}}</ref> This spelling, however, was not well-liked. On 19 August 1908 (a few months later), another [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Beiarn''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1908 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1908. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015110481021_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=356}}</ref>
[[File:Beiarn kirke 01.jpg|thumb|left|240px|[[Beiarn Church]]]]

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] has been used in Beiarn since 1988. The [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], a pine tree [[Erasure (heraldry)|uprooted]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I gull en furu på grønn bunn}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[pine]] tree. The pine tree has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The pine tree was chosen to symbolize the mighty pine forests for which Beiarn has historically been well-known. This is mentioned both by [[Petter Dass]]' "[[Nordlands Trompet]]" and in Lars Hess Bing's "Description of the Kingdom of Norway, the Isles of Iceland and the Faroe Islands, as well as Greenland". There are remains of giant pine trees that are likely over one thousand years old. The green color of the field was chosen to represent the lush green forests and the gold/yellow color was chosen because the forest is "worth its weight in gold" for the municipality. The arms were designed by Erik Gabrielsen, who was a cultural consultant in Beiarn municipality. In 1995, the municipality applied to have the arms formally approved for use by the [[National Archives of Norway]], but they were not approved because it did not meet the heraldic standards for coats of arms in Norway. The National Archives told the municipality that they can use the unapproved arms in some circumstances, but they cannot be put on a flag, road sign, or public buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Beiarn |access-date=2023-01-30 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Om Kommunevåpenet |url=https://www.beiarn.kommune.no/om-kommunevaapenet.447820.no.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Beiarn kommune |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Beiarn |url=http://snl.no/Beiarn |access-date=2012-03-26 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Beiarn kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/Beiarn%20fra%20SNL.JPG.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dbeiarn |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Beiarn Municipality. It is part of the [[Salten prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Beiarn'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church Name!!Location of the Church!!Year Built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Beiarn||[[Beiarn Church]]||[[Moldjord]]||1873
|-
|[[Høyforsmoen Chapel]]||[[Høyforsmoen]]||1957
|}

A privately owned [[stave church]] was built in 2006 at Savjord, about {{convert|8|km}} east of [[Moldjord]]. The [[Savjord Stave Church]] was modeled after the [[Gol Stave Church]].