Editing Ringsaker (section)

==General information==
[[File:View of Ringsaker in Norway.jpg|thumb|left|Ringsaker from Høsbjør mountain]]
[[File:Nes på Ringsaker med Nes kirke.JPG|thumb|left|Looking towards [[Tingnes]] from [[Helgøya, Innlandet|Helgøya]]]]
The municipality of Ringsaker was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law).<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Ringsaker (population: 16,490) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of [[Furnes (municipality)|Furnes]] (population: 7,288) and [[Nes, Innlandet|Nes]] (population: 4,184) plus the Hamarsberget and Vikersødegården [[exclave]] areas of the municipality of [[Vang, Hedmark|Vang]] (population: 34) to create the new, larger municipality of Ringsaker. On 1 January 1965, a part of Ringsaker (population: 100) was transferred to the neighboring [[Hamar Municipality]]. On 1 January 1967 there was a municipal land swap between [[Vang, Hedmark|Vang]] and Ringsaker municipalities. The {{convert|500|daa|acre|adj=on}} Stav, Valsigsvea, and Arnkvern Nedre areas of Vang (population: 50) was transferred to Ringsaker Municipality and the {{convert|450|daa|acre|adj=on}} Stensby and Holmlund areas of Ringsaker (population: 114) was transferred to Vang.<ref name="Dag" />

On 1 January 1992, the parts of the Stensby, Hanstad, Viker, and Stammerud areas of Ringsaker (population: 224) were transferred to the neighboring Hamar Municipality.<ref name="Dag" />

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Ringsaker'' farm ({{langx|non|Ringisakr}} or {{lang|non|Hringisakr}}) since the first [[Ringsaker Church]] was built there. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of {{Lang|non|ringir}} or {{Lang|non|ringi}} which has an unknown meaning. One possibility is that {{Lang|non|Ringir}} or {{Lang|non|Hringir}} ('Lord of the Ring') may have been an epithet or alias for the [[List of Norse gods and goddesses|Norse god]] [[Ullr]], based on a ceremony mentioned in the poem ''[[Atlakviða]]'' where an oath is sworn by {{Lang|non|hringi Ullar}} ('the ring of Ullr'). The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|akr}} which means "[[acre]]" or "field".<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=25–26 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 1 February 1985. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], an moose [[statant]] [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I rødt en stående sølv elg}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[moose]]. The moose has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The moose design is inspired by the [[Prehistory|pre-historic]] [[petroglyph|cave paintings]] found at the Stein farm in Ringsaker, indicating the early inhabitation of the area. The arms were designed by Arne Løvstad. 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=Ringsaker |access-date=2023-04-27 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ringsaker, Hedmark (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-04-12.html |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1985-02-01 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1985-02-01-308 |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>
{{see also-text|the coats of arms for [[Coat of arms of Aremark|Aremark]], [[Coat of arms of Namsos|Namsos]], [[Coat of arms of Namsskogan|Namsskogan]], and [[Coat of arms of Tynset|Tynset]]}}

===Churches===
[[File:Ringsaker middelalderkirke.JPG|thumb|right|Ringsaker Church]]
[[File:Nes church.JPG|thumb|right|Nes Church]]
The [[Church of Norway]] has six parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Ringsaker. The municipality makes up all of the [[Ringsaker prosti]] ([[deanery]]) within the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Ringsaker'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Brumunddal/Veldre||[[Brumunddal Church]]||[[Brumunddal]]||1965
|-
|[[Veldre Church]]||[[Byflaten]]||2000
|-
|rowspan="2"|Brøttum||[[Brøttum Church]]||[[Brøttum]]||1790
|-
|[[Mesnali Church]]||[[Mesnali]]||1933
|-
|rowspan="1"|Furnes||[[Furnes Church]]||[[Furnes, Norway|Furnes]]||1707
|-
|rowspan="3"|Nes||[[Helgøya Church]]||[[Helgøya, Innlandet|Helgøya]]||1870
|-
|[[Nes Church (Ringsaker)|Nes Church]]||[[Tingnes]]||1250
|-
|[[Stavsjø Church]]||[[Stavsjø]]||1880
|-
|rowspan="1"|Ringsaker||[[Ringsaker Church]]||[[Moelv]]||1100s
|-
|rowspan="1"|Åsmarka||[[Åsmarka Church]]||[[Åsmarka]]||1859
|}