Editing Kongsvinger (section)

==General information==
In 1854, the King designated the market town of Kongsvinger as a [[kjøpstad]], which gave it special rights. The designation included a small patch of land on both sides of the river [[Glomma]] with an area of approximately {{convert|5.2|km2|mi2|0}}. Because of this designation, on 7 February 1855, the town was separated from the municipality of [[Vinger (municipality)|Vinger]] to form a separate municipality. Initially, the town had 472 residents and this left Vinger municipality with 10,947 residents. On 1 January 1876, the town was enlarged when an area of [[Vinger (municipality)|Vinger]] (population: 209) was transferred into Kongsvinger. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the town of Kongsvinger (population: 2,345) and the surrounding municipalities of [[Vinger (municipality)|Vinger]] (population: 6,257) and [[Brandval]] (population: 4,384) were merged to form the new [[Kongsvinger Municipality]]. The new municipality of Kongsvinger (briefly) lost its status as an urban municipality ({{langx|no|bykommune}}) after this [[amalgamation (politics)|amalgamation]] due to merging with rural municipalities. One year later, on 1 January 1965, the government redesignated Kongsvinger as an urban municipality. On 1 January 1974, the unpopulated Lystad area was transferred from [[Grue Municipality]] to Kongsvinger Municipality. On 1 January 1986, the northern part of the [[Åbogen]] area (population: 14) was transferred from Kongsvinger to the neighboring municipality of [[Eidskog]].<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 whole region where Kongsvinger is located was historically called ''[[Vinger]]'' ({{langx|non|Vingr}}). This name could be related to the river [[Glomma]] which flows through the region. One could compare this to the English word [[Swing (disambiguation)|swing]] (for the missing ''s'' see [[Indo-European s-mobile]]). The river [[Glomma]] passes through the center of the district where the south-flowing river takes a sharp northwestward turn. This can be compared to the similar [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] word ''vìngis'' which means "bend", "bow", or "turn". This old name used to represent this whole area. The first element of the name is the possessive form of {{wikt-lang|no|kong}} (meaning "the King's") was added after the [[Kongsvinger Fortress]] was built in 1690. It was first applied only to the fortress (written as {{lang|no|Königs Winger}} in old documents). Then, it was later given to the town that grew up around the fortress.<ref name="snlv">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Vinger |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Vinger |date=2020-02-10 |editor-last=Mæhlum |editor-first=Lars |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2022-03-18}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Kongsvinger |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Kongsvinger |date=2022-03-18 |editor-last=Svendsen |editor-first=Trond Olav |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2022-03-17}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 25 June 1926. The design is a stylized representation of [[Kongsvinger Fortress]] towering high above the river [[Glomma]]. The river is rendered as a wavy bar in the bottom half of the design. The river and fortress have a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means they are commonly colored white, but if the arms are made out of metal, then silver is used. The lower part of the arms represent the land and the mountain on which the fortress sits. This area has a background in black to represent the local [[conifer forest]]. The curved upper part of the background is colored red to symbolize the sky. The color is taken from the Norwegian flag to mark the national historical importance of the fortress. A mural crown is often shown above the [[escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] to indicate that the town of Kongsvinger is located in the municipality. The arms were designed by J. W. Oftedal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 July 2022 |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Kongsvinger |access-date=2023-04-24 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2019 |title=Profil |url=https://www.kongsvinger.kommune.no/profil/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |publisher=Kongsvinger kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Kongsvinger. It is part of the [[Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Kongsvinger'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Austmarka||[[Austmarka Church]]||[[Austmarka, Innlandet|Austmarka]]||1858
|-
|rowspan="3"|Brandval||[[Brandval Church]]||[[Brandval (village)|Brandval]]||1651
|-
|[[Lundersæter Church]]||[[Lundersæter]]||1868
|-
|[[Roverud Church]]||[[Roverud]]||1969
|-
|rowspan="1"|Vinger||[[Vinger Church]]||[[Kongsvinger (town)|Kongsvinger]]||1699
|}