Editing Tynset (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Tønsæt'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). In 1864, the southern part of the municipality (population: 3,216) was separated to form the new municipality of [[Alvdal|Lille-Elvdal]]. This left Tynset with 2,975 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1966, the neighboring municipality of [[Kvikne]] was dissolved and on that date the southern part of Kvikne (population: 664) was merged into Tynset municipality. On 1 January 1970, the ''Garlia'' farm (population: 5) was transferred from Tynset to the neighboring [[Rennebu Municipality]] (which also meant switching from [[Hedmark]] county to [[Sør-Trøndelag]] county). On 1 January 1984, the unpopulated Spekedalen area was transferred from Tynset to the neighboring [[Rendalen Municipality]].<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |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 ''[[Tynset (village)|Tynset]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Tunnusetr}}) since the first [[Tynset Church]] was built there. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the river name {{lang|non|Tunna}} (now spelled {{lang|no|Tonna}}). The meaning of the river name is not known. The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|setr}} which means "[[seter|mountain pasture]]" or "[[farm]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZMOAAAAYAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1900 |edition=3 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=397 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Tønset'' (pronounced ''Teunset'' with the "eu" [[diphthong]] equivalent to that in the French word {{lang|fr|bleu}}). On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Tynset''.<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 18 October 1985. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a moose head issuant [[argent]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått et oppvoksende sølv elghode}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a stylized [[moose]] head extending up from the base of the [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]]. The moose head 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 design was chosen to symbolize the abundance of moose in the area. The arms were designed by Nils Aas. 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=Tynset |access-date=2023-04-29 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tynset, Hedmark (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-04-37.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1985-10-18 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1985-10-18-1856 |access-date=2023-04-29 |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 Ringsaker|Ringsaker]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Tynset. 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 Tynset'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Brydalen||[[Brydalen Church]]||[[Brydalen]]||1883
|-
|rowspan="1"|Kvikne||[[Kvikne Church]]||[[Yset]]||1654
|-
|rowspan="1"|Tylldalen||[[Tylldalen Church]]||[[Tylldalen]]||1736
|-
|rowspan="1"|Tynset||[[Tynset Church]]||[[Tynset (village)|Tynset]]||1795
|}