Editing Fyresdal (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Moland'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). In 1879, the name of the municipality was changed to ''Fyresdal''. The borders of the municipality have never changed, something which is pretty unusual in Norway.<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]]) was first named after the old ''[[Moland, Telemark|Moland]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Mólanda}}) since the first [[Moland Church (Fyresdal)|Moland Church]] was built there. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|mór}} which means "[[moorland]]" or "[[heath]]". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|land}} which means "land" or "district".

On 28 June 1879, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the name of the municipality to ''Fyresdal''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1879 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1879. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015110481011_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=472}}</ref> This name ({{langx|non|Fyrisdalr}}) was chosen since it is the name of the valley in which the municipality is located. The first element of this name is the [[genitive case]] of the name of the local lake [[Fyresvatnet]] ({{langx|non|Fyrir}}). The name of the lake is derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|fura}} which means "[[pine]] tree". The last element of the name is {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2006120600018 |title=Norske gaardnavne: Bratsbergs amt |date=1914 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=7 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=382–383 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 24 April 1992. The official [[blazon]] is "[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]] two [[bendwise]] axes [[argent]] in [[Pale (heraldry)|pale]]" ({{langx|no|På grøn grunn to skråstilte sølv øksar}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[broadaxe]]. The broadaxes have a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is colored white most of the time, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The green color in the field and the broadaxe were chosen to symbolize the importance of [[forestry]] in the municipality. The arms were the result of a local competition, which resulted in 42 different proposals being submitted. The winning design for the arms was submitted by Halvor Holtskog Jr. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 July 2022 |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Fyresdal |access-date=2023-01-15 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-04-24 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1992-04-24-276?q=flagg |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fyresdal, Telemark (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-08-31.html |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Fyresdal. It is part of the [[Øvre Telemark prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Fyresdal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Fyresdal||[[Moland Church (Fyresdal)|Moland Church]]||[[Moland, Telemark|Moland]]||1843
|-
|[[Veum Church]]||[[Øyane, Telemark|Øyane]]||1863
|}