Editing Alvdal (section)

===Name===
The area was historically known as Elvdalen or Øvre Elvdalen ({{langx|non|(øfri) Elfardalr}}). The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|øfri}} meaning "upper", the next part is the [[genitive case]] of {{wikt-lang|non|elfr}} which means "[[river]]", and the last element is {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale". Thus the name means "(upper) river [[valley]]", referring to the upper part of the [[Glåma]] river valley. When the municipality was established in 1864, it was named ''Lille Elvdalen'', which meant "Little" Elvdalen in order to distinguish it from the nearby [[Stor-Elvdal|Store Elvedalen]] municipality ("the large Elvedalen").<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 |page=376 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Alvdal'', to better represent the local pronunciation of the name.<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>