Editing Nord-Fron (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld]] of [[Fron, Norway|Fron]] was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 when the new [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law was enacted. On 1 January 1851, the municipality was divided in two. The northwest portion became Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 4,685), and the southeast portion became [[Sør-Fron Municipality]] (population: 3,421).<ref name="DJ" />

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1965, the [[Sjoa (village)|Sjoa]] area (population: 413) was transferred from Nord-Fron to the neighboring [[Sel Municipality]]. Then, on 1 January 1966, Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 5,758) and [[Sør-Fron Municipality]] (population: 3,648) were merged to form a new [[Fron Municipality]] (with similar borders to the old Fron municipality that existed from 1838 to 1851 minus the Sjoa area which was then part of Sel).<ref name="DJ" />

This merger was not well-liked among the residents of the new municipality. On 1 January 1977, the merger was reversed. Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 6,131) and [[Sør-Fron Municipality]] (population: 3,509) were recreated using their old borders from 1965.<ref name="DJ">{{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 ''Fron'' farm ({{langx|non|Frón}}) since the first [[Sør-Fron Church|Fron Church]] was built there. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|nord}} which means "northern". The last element is uncertain, but it may come from the word {{wikt-lang|non|frón}}, which means "earth" or "land". Thus the name of the municipality is "(the) northern (part of) Fron" (since the parish of Fron was divided in 1851 into a "north" and a "south" part). Historically, it was called ''Nordre Fron'', using another word that also means "north".<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 |pages=99 & 120 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Nordre Fron''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Nord-Fron'', using an alternate word for "north".<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref> {{See also|Sør-Fron#Name}}

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 18 July 1980. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], a horse [[forcené]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|På raud botn ein oppreist gull hest}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background), and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[Dole Gudbrandsdal]] horse rearing up on its hind legs. The horse 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 Fron area has a long-standing tradition in [[horse breeding]] and is one of the main centres of horse breeding in Norway. Historically, the old Fron municipality used unofficial arms with a horse on it. After Fron was divided into Nord- and Sør-Fron in 1977, Nord-Fron chose these arms. [[Hallvard Trætteberg]] designed the arms. 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=Nord-Fron |access-date=2023-04-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nord-Fron kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10071208070026.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dnord-fron |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Digitalarkivet}}</ref> {{See also-text|Coats of arms of [[Coat of arms of Eid|Eid]], [[Coat of arms of Gloppen|Gloppen]], [[Coat of arms of Levanger|Levanger]], [[Coat of arms of Lyngen|Lyngen]], [[Coat of arms of Skedsmo|Skedsmo]], and [[Coat of arms of Ski|Ski]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Nord-Fron. It is part of the [[Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Nord-Fron'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Kvam||[[Kvam Church (Nord-Fron)|Kvam Church]]||[[Kvam, Innlandet|Kvam]]||1952
|-
|rowspan="1"|Kvikne||[[Kvikne Church]]||[[Kvikne, Nord-Fron|Kvikne]]||1764
|-
|rowspan="1"|Skåbu||[[Skåbu Church]]||[[Skåbu]]||1927
|-
|rowspan="2"|Sødorp||[[Sødorp Church]]||[[Vinstra]]||1752
|-
|[[Sødorp Chapel]]||[[Vinstra]]||1929
|}