Editing Malvik Municipality (section)

==General information==
The municipality of Malvik was established in 1891 when it was separated from the large [[Strinda Municipality]]. On 1 January 1914, a small area of the neighboring [[Lånke Municipality]] (population: 38) was transferred to Malvik Municipality. On 1 July 1953, a small area of Malvik Municipality (population: 37) was transferred to the neighboring [[Strinda 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>

On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old [[Sør-Trøndelag]] county to the new [[Trøndelag]] county.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Malvik'' farm ({{langx|non|Manvík}}) since the first [[Malvik Church]] was built there. The first element is {{lang|non|mǫn}} ([[word stem|stem form]] ''man-'') which means "[[mane (horse)|mane]]", referring to a mountain ridge behind the farm. (''Mana'' which means "the mane" is a common name for many mountains in Norway, where the form of the mountain is compared with the mane of a horse.) The last element is {{lang|non|vík}} which means "[[inlet]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGxBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1901 |edition=14 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=356 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 23 July 1982. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Or (heraldry)|Or]], a grouse [[Attitude (heraldry)#Attitudes of birds|close]] [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]]"'' ({{langx|no|I gull en svart tiur}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) that 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 [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[western capercaillie]], a local type of [[grouse]] and one of the largest of the local forest birds in the area. The design was chosen to symbolize the rich nature in the area. The arms were designed by Stein Davidsen after an idea by Lorentz Svingen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Malvik |access-date=2023-02-14 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Malvik, South Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-16-63.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1982-10-04 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1982-07-23-1249 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Malvik Municipality. It is part of the [[Stjørdal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Malvik'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Hommelvik||[[Hommelvik Church]]||[[Hommelvik]]||1886
|-
|[[Mostadmark Chapel]]||[[Sneisen]]||1986
|-
|Malvik||[[Malvik Church]]||[[Vikhammer|Malvik]]||1846
|}