Editing Nord-Odal (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Nordre Odalen'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). The borders of the municipality have not changed since that time.<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 was originally named ''Nordre Odalen'' (later ''Nord-Odal''), after the valley in which it is located. The first element in the name is the word {{wikt-lang|no|nordre}} or {{wikt-lang|no|nord}}, both of which mean "northern". The last element of the name is the old district name [[Odalen]] ({{langx|non|Ódalr}}). The first part of this is {{wikt-lang|non|ǫ́}} which is an alternate form of the word {{wikt-lang|non|á}} which means "[[river]]" or "creek" (here it's referring to the [[Glåma]] river). The last part of this is {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale". The prefix "Nordre" was added when the old [[Odalen]] parish was divided in 1819 into [[Sør-Odal|Søndre Odalen]] in the south and Nordre Odalen in the north.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZMOAAAAYAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt |date=1900 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=3 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=175 and 194 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Nord-Odal'', using an alternate word for "north" and removing the [[Definite article|definite form]] ending ''-en''.<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>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 10 January 1992. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Or (heraldry)|Or]], two wood grapples [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]] [[Pale (heraldry)|in pale]]"'' ({{langx|no|I gull to svarte tømmersakser, 1-1}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) 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 two [[grapple (tool)|grapple tools]] lined up vertically. This design was chosen to represent the historic traditions of [[forestry]] and logging in the municipality. This kind of grapple was invented by a local boy named Nell Gravlie (1897-1980) when he was only 12 years old, the design was copyrighted in 1928. The arms were designed by Einar Skjervold. 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-Odal |access-date=2023-04-25 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nord-Odal, Hedmark (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-04-18.html |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-01-10 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1992-01-10-51 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also-text|the coat of arms for [[Rømskog#Coat of arms|Rømskog]].}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Nord-Odal. 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 Nord-Odal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Mo||[[Mo Church (Innlandet)|Mo Church]]||[[Mo, Innlandet|Mo]]||1864
|-
|rowspan="2"|Sand||[[Sand Church (Innlandet)|Sand Church]]||[[Sand, Innlandet|Sand]]||1891
|-
|[[Trøftskogen Chapel]]||[[Trautskogen]]||1931
|}