Editing Saltdal Municipality (section)

==General information==
The municipality of Saltdal was established on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). In 1949, a small area of [[Skjerstad Municipality]] (population: 10) was transferred to Saltdal Municipality. Other than that one change, the borders have never changed.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the Saltdalen valley ({{langx|non|Salptardalr}}). The river [[Saltdalselva]] runs through the Saltdalen valley. The first element of the name is the old name of the river, {{lang|no|Salpti}}. The river name is {{lang|non|salpt}} which means "strong stream". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K21BAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1905 |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=228 |language=no}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Saltdalen''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Saltdal'', 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 28 October 1988. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], a [[rowan]] twig [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I rødt en gull rognekvist}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is two [[rowan]] [[twig]]s. The [[rowan]] [[twig]] 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. This design was chosen to represent nature and the prevalence of [[rowan]] forests in the municipality. They are also [[canting arms]] because the Norwegian word for [[rowan]] is ''rogn'' and the municipal centre is the village of [[Rognan]]. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway – Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Saltdal |access-date=2023-02-04 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Saltdal, Nordland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-40.html |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-11-28 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1988-10-28-872 |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Saltdal |url=http://snl.no/Saltdal |access-date=28 March 2012 |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Saltdal Municipality. It is part of the [[Salten prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Saltdal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|Saltdal||[[Saltdal Church]]||[[Rognan]]||1862
|-
|Øvre Saltdal||[[Øvre Saltdal Church]]||[[Røkland]]||1938
|}