Editing Lillehammer (section)

==General information==
The municipality was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1906, a small adjacent area of the neighboring municipality of [[Fåberg]] (population: 140) was annexed by Lillehammer to make room for more expansion as the town grew. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the [[Lillehammer (town)|town of Lillehammer]] (population: 5,905) was merged with [[Fåberg|Fåberg Municipality]] (population: 13,381) to form a new, larger Lillehammer Municipality.<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]]) is named after the old ''Hamar'' farm ({{langx|non|Hamarr}}) since the first [[Lillehammer Church]] was built there. The name is identical with the word {{wikt-lang|non|hamarr}} which means "stone" or "rocky hill". To distinguish it from the nearby town of [[Hamar]] and [[Diocese of Hamar]], it began to be called "little Hamar": {{lang|non|Lilþlæ Hamar}} and {{lang|non|Litlihamarr}}, and finally Lillehammer. It is also mentioned in the Old Norse [[saga]]s as {{lang|non|Litlikaupangr}} ("Little Trading Place").<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DohBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1900 |edition=4 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=219 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lillehammers historie |url=http://www.lillehammer.kommune.no/omkommunen/34585/27077: |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011203944/http://www.lillehammer.kommune.no/omkommunen/34585/27077%3A |archive-date=11 October 2007 |access-date=4 January 2009 |publisher=Lillehammer kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 4 April 1898. The arms have are divided with a diagonal [[line (heraldry)|line]]. The [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) above the line has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of blue. Below the line, the field has a tincture of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used.  The [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[birkebeiner]], carrying a spear and a shield, who is skiing down the mountainside under a blue sky. The design symbolizes the historical importance of when the Birkebeiners carried the future King Haakon from Lillehammer to [[Rena, Norway|Rena]] on skis. There is a [[mural crown]] above the [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]]. The arms were designed by Andreas Bloch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Lillehammer |access-date=2023-04-15 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunevåpen Lillehammer |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10071208070188.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dlillehammer |access-date=2022-07-06 |publisher=National Archives of Norway |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
[[File:Lillehammer kirke.JPG|thumb|left|upright|[[Lillehammer Church]]]]
The [[Church of Norway]] has six parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Lillehammer. It is part of the [[Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Lillehammer'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Fåberg||[[Fåberg Church]]||[[Fåberg]]||1727
|-
|rowspan="1"|Lillehammer||[[Lillehammer Church]]||[[Lillehammer (town)|Lillehammer]]||1882
|-
|rowspan="2"|Nordre Ål||[[Nordre Ål Church]]||[[Lillehammer (town)|Lillehammer]]||1994
|-
|[[Nordseter Church]]||[[Nordseter]]||1964
|-
|rowspan="1"|Saksumdal||[[Saksumdal Church]]||[[Lillehammer (town)|Lillehammer]]||1875
|-
|rowspan="1"|Søre Ål||[[Søre Ål Church]]||[[Lillehammer (town)|Lillehammer]]||1964
|-
|rowspan="1"|Vingrom||[[Vingrom Church]]||[[Vingrom]]||1908
|}