Editing Krødsherad (section)

==General information==

===Name===
The [[Old Norse]] form of the name was ''Krœðisherað''. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the name of the lake [[Krøderen (lake)|Krøderen]], the last element is ''herað'' meaning "district". Prior to 1918, the name was spelled ''Krødsherred''. {{See also-text|Names of the municipalities of [[Kvinnherad]] and [[Sauherad]].}}

===Coat-of-arms===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times. They were granted on 11 September 1981.  The arms are supposedly [[canting arms]]. In older times, the name, ''Krødsherad'', was commonly misunderstood as the word ''kross'' meaning "cross" or the area where two [[valley]]s crossed. Thus the [[saltire]] cross was taken as a symbol in the arms. New insights, however, derive the name from Krøderen, or a lake with a sharp curve (hooked-lake).<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|date=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/k/krodsher.htm|access-date=2009-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715095934/http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/k/krodsher.htm|archive-date=2007-07-15|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Krødsherad  by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population |language=en |publisher=ssb.no |access-date=29 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}</ref>
 
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| {{flag|Poland}}||59
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| {{flag|Lithuania}}||38
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| {{flag|Syria}}||25
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