Editing Gran, Norway (section)

==General information==
[[File:Dynna stone left side, Hadeland Folkemuseum, 2008-06-01.jpg|left|thumb|Replica of [[dynna_stone|Dynna Runestone]] at Hadeland Folkemuseum]]
[[File:Sisterchurches.jpg|thumb|left|The Sister Churches]]
[[File:Tingelstad old church, Gran.jpg|left|thumb|[[Old Tingelstad Church|Tingelstad Old Church]]]]
The [[prestegjeld]] of Gran was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1874, an unpopulated area of Gran Municipality was transferred to the neighboring [[Jevnaker Municipality]]. On 1 January 1897, the municipality was divided into two. The northern part of the municipality (population: 4,719) became the new municipality of [[Brandbu]] and the southern part of the municipality (population: 3,897) remained as Gran municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1962, the Furulund area of Gran on the west side of the lake [[Randsfjorden]] (population: 180) was transferred to the neighboring [[Jevnaker Municipality]]. Also on that date, the remaining part of Gran (population: 5,249) was merged with [[Brandbu (municipality)|Brandbu Municipality]] (population: 6,477) to form a new, larger Gran Municipality. On 1 January 1964, the part of Gran located at the south end of the lake [[Einavatnet]] (population: 12) was transferred to the neighboring [[Vestre Toten Municipality]].<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Gran (village)|Gran]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Grǫn}}). The name is identical with the word {{wikt-lang|non|grǫn}} which means "[[Norway Spruce|spruce]] tree".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJMOAAAAYAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (anden halvdel) |date=1902 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=4-2 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=140 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 11 December 1987. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], two [[Pile (heraldry)|piles]] reversed from each emerges a [[cross bottony]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I rødt to gull spisser som ender i kløverbladkors}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is two triangles stretching upwards with a [[bottony]] cross on the tip of each triangle. 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 triangles and crosses were meant to represent the [[spire]]s of the medieval [[Sister churches (Norway)|Sister Churches]] which are located in the municipality. The arms were designed by Kari Ruud Flem from [[Jevnaker]]. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Gran |access-date=2023-04-22 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gran, Oppland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-05-34.html |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-12-11 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1987-12-11-1061 |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Gran. It is part of the [[Hadeland og Land prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Gran'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Bjoneroa||[[Sørum Church (Hadeland)|Sørum Church]]||[[Bjoneroa]]||1861
|-
|rowspan="1"|Brandbu||[[Nes Church (Gran)|Nes Church]]||[[Røykenvik]]||1730
|-
|rowspan="5"|Gran/Tingelstad||[[Grymyr Church]]||[[Grymyr]]||2003
|-
|[[Sister Churches, Norway|St. Mary's Church]]||[[Granavollen]]||c. 1150
|-
|[[Sister Churches, Norway|St. Nicholas' Church]]||[[Granavollen]]||c. 1150
|-
|[[Tingelstad Church]]||[[Tingelstad]]||1866
|-
|[[Old Tingelstad Church]]||[[Tingelstad]]||c. 1220
|-
|rowspan="2"|Moen/Ål||[[Moen Church]]||[[Jaren]]||1914
|-
|[[Ål Church (Gran)|Ål Church]]||[[Gran (village)|Gran]]||1929
|}