Editing Hamar (section)

===Modern era===
[[File:Hamar. - no-nb digifoto 20160519 00023 NB NKF P 05 A 027.jpg|thumb|Hamar, 1960s]]
[[File:Gågata på Hamar.JPG|thumb|The walking street at Hamar (Gågata)]]
In 1946, a large area in Vang that surrounded the town of Hamar (population: 4,087) was transferred out of Vang and merged into Hamar. The following year, a part of the municipality of [[Furnes, Norway|Furnes]] (population: 821) was also merged into Hamar. On 1 January 1965, a part of [[Ringsaker]] with a population of about 100 people was transferred to Hamar.<ref name="dag" /><ref name="VH" />

In 1975, [[Storhamar Church]] was built to serve Hamar's growing population.

On 1 January 1992, the municipality of Vang (population: 9,103) was merged with the town of Hamar (population: 16,351) and parts of the Stensby, Hanstad, Viker, and Stammerud areas of [[Ringsaker]] (population: 224) to form a new, larger [[Hamar Municipality]].<ref name="dag" /><ref name="VH">{{Cite web |date=2019-11-25 |title=Vang kommunes grenser |url=https://vang-historielag.no/2019/11/25/vang-kommunes-grenser/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Vang Historielag |language=no}}</ref>