Editing Meldal Municipality (section)

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayor]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Meldal was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grefstad |first=Ola |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015062408116 |title=Meldal heradstyre 1837–1937 |publisher=Meldal kommune |year=1937 |pages=54–56 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015070608144 |title=Meldal bygdebok, bd. II. Bygdesoga frå ikring 1700 til våre dagar |publisher=Meldal kommune |year=1972 |editor-last=Havdal |editor-first=Olaf |language=no}}</ref>
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*1838–1843: Ole Olsen Rigstad
*1844–1849: Christian Rambech 
*1850–1853: Ole Olsen Rigstad 
*1854–1859: Erik Torgersen Loe 
*1860–1863: Johannes Ring 
*1864–1875: Ole Ellefsen
*1876–1877: Rasmus Dombu 
*1878–1879: Ole O. Steien 
*1880–1883: Johannes Ring ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1884–1895: Ole O. Steien ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1896–1897: Rasmus Dombu ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1898–1904: Ole O. Steien ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1905–1907: Rasmus Hoel ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1908–1910: Anders O. Grut ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1911–1913: Rasmus Hoel ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1914–1919: J.E. Grefstad ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1920–1922: E.L. Staveli ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1923–1925: Gunnar Ree ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Bp]])
*1926–1928: E.L. Staveli ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1929–1934: Gunnar Ree ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Bp]])
*1935–1937: [[Ingvald Svinsås-Lo]] ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1938–1941: Johannes Togstad ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*1941–1945: Thorleif Eie ([[Nasjonal Samling|NS]])
*1945–1951: Johannes Togstad ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*1952–1956: Anders Kokkvoll ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*1956–1967: Johan L. Strand ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*1968–1973: Ivar Bolme ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*1974–1980: John Akselsen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*1980–2005: [[Arne L. Haugen]] ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*2005–2007: Ingrid Skarstein ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*2007–2011: Ivar Syrstad ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
*2011–2019: Are Hilstad ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
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