Editing Os, Innlandet (section)

==General information==
[[File:Fjellandskap Os (896500191).jpg|thumb|left|View of the Os area]]
[[File:Utsikt over Os fra Kvennåsen.jpg|thumb|left|View of the village of Os]]
[[File:Tufsingdalen - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|View of Tufsingdalen in the winter]]
[[File:Os kirke (2010.09.26).jpg|thumb|left|Os Church and Mount Hummelfjellet]]
The parish of Os was historically part of [[Tolga Municipality]]. On 1 July 1926 the parish of Os (population: 1,936) was separated from Tolga to become a separate municipality. In 1927, a small area of Tolga (population: 18) was transferred to the municipality of Os. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1966, the municipality of Os (population: 2,015) was merged with the municipality of [[Tolga, Norway|Tolga]] (population: 1,944) to form the new municipality of [[Tolga-Os]]. This arrangement was not well-liked by the local residents so after a few years, the municipalities began to ask to undo the merger. On 1 January 1976, the merger was reversed and the municipalities of Os (population: 1,859) and Tolga (population: 1,865) were re-established using their old boundaries.<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 ''[[Os i Østerdalen|Os]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Óss}}) since the first [[Os Church (Innlandet)|Os Church]] was built there in 1703. The name is identical with the word {{wikt-lang|non|óss}} which means "[[River mouth|mouth of a river]]" (here it is referring to the [[Vangrøfta]] river running out into the [[Glomma]] river).<ref name="snl" /><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=417 and 423 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 9 July 1993. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], three bells [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I grønt tre gull bjeller, 2-1}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is three [[cowbell]]s (two over one). The charge 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 design symbolizes both traditional and modern business life in the mountain municipality of Os. At the same time, the design is intended to signal hope for the future. The three bells are an image of unity and cooperation between the three main parts of the municipality. The arms were designed by Kjell Akeren. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms, although the bells are slightly off centre, closer to the flagpole.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Os, Hedmark (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-04-41.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1993-07-09 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1993-07-09-649 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snl" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Os kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10081205030184.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dos |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref>

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Os'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Dalsbygda||[[Dalsbygda Church]]||[[Dalsbygda]]||1960
|-
|rowspan="2"|Narbuvoll||[[Narbuvoll Church]]||[[Narbuvoll]]||1862
|-
|[[Tufsingdalen Church]]||[[Tufsingdal]]||1920
|-
|rowspan="1"|Os||[[Os Church (Innlandet)|Os Church]]||[[Os i Østerdalen]]||1862
|}