Editing Frosta Municipality (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Frosta was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). It is one of very few municipalities in Norway with unchanged borders since that date.<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> In 2018, the municipality, which was part of the old [[Nord-Trøndelag]] county, became part of the new [[Trøndelag]] county.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named Frosta ({{langx|non|Frosta}}). The meaning of the name is unknown.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kFFxvxaufcC |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt |date=1903 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=15 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=62 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Frosten''. On 31 December 1908, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Frosta''.<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=528}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 26 June 1987. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], a sceptre [[Fleur-de-lis|fleury]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I grønt et gull liljesepter}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[sceptre]] or [[Ceremonial mace|mace]] with a [[Fleur-de-lis]] design at the top. The charge 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 coat of arms was inspired by the old seal of the medieval [[Frostating]] assembly, where King [[Magnus VI of Norway|Magnus VI]] the law-mender is sitting with a lily [[sceptre]] in his hand. Frosta was one of the historic places of justice, so this was chosen to commemorate that fact. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Frosta |access-date=2023-02-06 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Frosta, Nord-Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-17-17.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-06-26 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1987-06-26-606 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Frosta'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church Name!!Location of the Church!!Year Built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Frosta||[[Frosta Church]]||[[Frosta (village)|Frosta]]||1866
|-
|[[Logtun Church]]||[[Logtun]]||16th century
|}