Editing Mo i Rana

{{Short description|City in Nordland, Norway}}
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{{native name|no|'''Mo i Rana'''|paren=omit}} ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]; {{IPA|no|ˈmuː ɪ ˈrɑ̀ːnɑ|pron}}) or {{native name|sma|'''Måefie'''}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/684116|title=Informasjon om stadnamn|website=Norgeskart|publisher=[[Norwegian Mapping Authority|Kartverket]]|language=no|accessdate=2024-09-27}}</ref> (and unofficially {{langx|sju|Måhvie}}, {{langx|se|Muoffie}}) is a [[List of towns and cities in Norway|city]],<ref name="town" /> and the [[administrative centre]] of [[Rana Municipality]] in [[Nordland]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Helgeland]] region of Nordland, just south of the [[Arctic Circle]]. Some of the city's suburbs include [[Båsmoen]] and [[Ytteren]] in the north, [[Gruben, Rana|Gruben]] in the south east, [[Selfors]] in the east, and Åga/[[Hauknes]]/Dalsgrenda in the south.

The name "Mo i Rana" ({{langx|en|Mo in Rana}}) is used to distinguish it from other places named [[Mo (disambiguation)#Places|Mo]] (including the town of [[Mosjøen]], also located in Helgeland). The city's [[postal address]] was "Mo 8600" until 1999, when it was changed to "Mo i Rana 8600". Today, the postal address is "8622 Mo i Rana".

The {{convert|12.9|km2|acre|adj=on}} city has a population (2023) of 18,755 and a [[population density]] of {{convert|1454|PD/km2}}.<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |authorlink=Statistics Norway |date=2023-12-23|title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/tettsteders-befolkning-og-areal}}</ref> This makes it the largest urban area in all of [[Helgeland]], and the second largest city (after [[Bodø (town)|Bodø]]) in [[Nordland]] county.

==Name==
Directly translated, the name ''Mo i Rana'' means "Mo in Rana". The town (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Mo'' farm ({{langx|non|Móar}}) since the first [[Mo Church (Nordland)|Mo Church]] was built there and this is the site of the modern town of Mo. The name is derived from the word {{lang|non|móar}} which is the plural form of {{lang|non|{{linktext|mór}}}} which means "[[moorland]]". The last element is the name of the large Rana Municipality ({{langx|non|Rana}}) which means "quick" or "fast", likely referring to the fast water flow in the [[Ranfjorden]] which flows past the town. Originally the village (and later the growing town) was generally known simply as ''Mo'', but since many Norwegian settlements bear that name, disambiguating it by specifying it as the one that is located in Rana became commonplace. As the town grew and became more well-known nationwide, the longer form came to dominate. Locals may still refer to it simply as ''Mo''. Also, the short name ''Mo'' may also be used as shorthand in contexts in which it is already established that one is referring to Mo i Rana.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4i5MAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt |date=1905|publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=16 |location=Kristiania, Norge |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh |page=143}}</ref>

==Education==
In Mo i Rana, [[Nord University]] is located at Campus Helgeland just a short distance from shops, cafes and bars, cinema, theater, training facilities, and transport services including an airport. The campus hosts around 470 students from Nord University and 330 students from partner institutions. Campus Helgeland was opened in 2013 and is one of Norway's newest campuses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nord University Mo i Rana |url=https://www.nord.no/en/about/study-locations/mo/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=2021-07-16 |website=Nord university |language=en-US}}</ref>

''Studentorganisasjonen Helgeland'' (SOH) is the student association at Nord University, Campus Helgeland. The organization was formed on 14 April 2013, and was previously known as ''Rana Studentforening'', but this was changed when the organization became part of the regional mother-organization ''Studentorganisasjonen Nord'' in 2020.

==History==
[[File:Jernverket i Mo I Rana - no-nb digifoto 20150129 00075 NB MIT FNR 15564.jpg|left|thumb|280x280px|Norsk Jernverk, "Jernverket", Mo i Rana 15 September 1954]]
Mining, building boats ([[Nordland (boat)|Nordlands boats]]), and hunting/fishing used to be the main ways of life in Rana. Starting in the summer of 1730, there was a [[Sámi people|Sámi]] market in Mo. The market was held on the main church grounds until 1810. In 1860, wholesale merchant L.A. Meyer started a trade center, licensed by royal authority. Meyer traded flour, herring and tobacco, [[reindeer]] meat, skins and venison with the Swedes. The trade with Sweden increased especially during Sweden's difficult economic years from 1892 to the start of the [[First World War]]. Many paths now used as hiking trails were originally trade paths for mountain dwellers from Sweden to Mo i Rana. One example is a path that starts in the [[Vindelfjällens Nature Reserve]] at Ammarnäs and follows the Vindel River valley, then joins Vindelkroken and eventually crosses the Norwegian border to Mo i Rana.

The municipality is rich on iron ores and water to produce power. This was very important for industrial development. The Dunderland Iron Ore Company (1902–1947), owned by [[Thomas Edison]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dunderland Iron Ore Company, Ltd |url=https://edison.rutgers.edu/life-of-edison/companies/company-details/mining/dunderland-iron-ore-company-ltd |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Rutgers-New Brunswick School of Art and Sciences}}</ref> established the first mines in [[Storforshei]] ({{convert|27|km|disp=or}} north of Mo i Rana). The mining company [[Rana Gruber]] was also established in 1937, and in 1946, the [[Norwegian Parliament]] approved plans for the construction of an [[Iron mill]] in Norway. [[A/S Norwegian Iron Work Company]] was established.

In 1955, the first steel was produced for Norway and other countries. The construction of the iron works took nine years.

During this period the village of Mo i Rana became an industrial city. People from all over Norway moved to Mo i Rana for work. The community needed homes for thousands of new residents and, the construction of houses and residential blocks started immediately. Infrastructure such as electricity and water were established for the city. In 1930, the population was only 1300 people, but had increased to 7,000 by 1955. In 1978 The Iron Mill employed approximately 4,500 of the municipality's 25,000 inhabitants.<ref>[[:no:Norsk Jernverk]]</ref>

The Norwegian Parliament resolved in June 1988 to phase out state ownership of the company. Today there are 119 industrial companies located at the [[industrial estate]] ([[Mo Industrial Park]]). The companies mainly support the iron and steel industry, the engineering industry, the research and development service industry and the [[information technology]] industry. In total, the companies employ approximately 1900 people.

From the end of the [[Second World War]] until the early 1990s, Mo i Rana, with the town's steel mill as its cornerstone, was dependent upon heavy industry. Following the decline of heavy industry, new service industries have now grown in the town.

==="Graveyard War" in 1951===
During the autumn of 1951, around "700 or 800" protesters showed up at the local graveyard as a result of a "night-time mobilisation"<ref name="Mobilization">{{Cite news |date=4 July 2013 |title=60 års taushet og tristesse |work=Dagbladet |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/07/04/kultur/meninger/hovedkronikk/kronikk/krigsfanger/28032175/}}</ref> to oppose the government's attempt to remove Soviet corpses from graves. Some 93,000 Soviet prisoners-of-war had been brought to Norway between 1941 and 1945 by the Germans to work on improvements to infrastructure in Norway. A 2013 article in ''[[Dagbladet]]'' noted that "the protests were so powerful that [then minister of defence] [[Jens Chr. Hauge]] personally stopped the [government's] action".<ref name="Mobilization" />

It was only in this locality the government's Operation Asphalt stopped by civilians. More than 8000 Soviet corpses were removed from other graveyards in Northern Norway although the government had not decided the location of a new graveyard for these corpses.<ref name="Mobilization" /> The protests in Mo i Rana were not mentioned in national media during the [[Cold War]].

===Municipal self-governance (1923–1964)===
[[Rana Municipality|Ranen Municipality]] was established on 1 January 1838, under the old [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law. Shortly afterwards, in 1839, the municipality was divided into ''[[Nord-Rana Municipality|Nord-Ranen Municipality]]'' (in the north) and ''[[Sør-Rana Municipality|Sør-Ranen Municipality]]'' (in the south).<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Nord-Rana |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Nord-Rana |access-date=16 September 2018 |date=18 September 2016 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=no}}</ref> In 1844, ''Nord-Ranen Municipality'' was renamed ''Mo Municipality'' ({{langx|no|Mo herred}}). On 1 January 1923, the village of Mo was designated as a [[ladested]] and so it was separated from the rest of the municipality to become a town-municipality of its own. The new town of Mo (population: 1,305) kept the name ''Mo'' and the rest of the old municipality became known as Nord-Rana Municipality (bringing back the old name for the area).

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, [[Nord-Rana Municipality]] (population: 11,636) was merged with the town of ''Mo i Rana'' (population: 9,616), the part of [[Sør-Rana Municipality]] located north of the [[Ranfjorden]] (population: 697), and the Sjona area of [[Nesna Municipality]] (population: 543) to create the large, new [[Rana Municipality]].<ref>{{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>

Mo was a self-governing municipality from 1923 until 1964. During that time, this municipality was responsible for [[primary education]] (through 10th grade), outpatient [[Health care|health services]], [[old age|senior citizen]] services, [[unemployment]], [[Social work|social services]], [[zoning]], [[economic development]], and municipal [[road]]s. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] of [[Direct election|elected]] representatives, which [[Indirect election|in turn elected]] a [[mayor]].<ref name="ks">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=kommunestyre |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/kommunestyre |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene |language=no |access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref>

====Municipal council====
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] {{lang|no|(Bystyre)}} of Mo was made up of 29 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political [[Political party|party]]. 
{{div col}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Mo
|city                      = yes
|start                     = 1960
|end                       = 1963
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=no}}</ref>
|note = On 1 January 1964, the town of Mo became part of [[Rana Municipality]].
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 18
|Høyre                     = 4
|NKP                       = 4
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Mo
|city                      = yes
|start                     = 1956
|end                       = 1959
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=no}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|NKP                       = 6
|Høyre                     = 4
|Venstre                   = 3
|Local_Lists               = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Mo
|city                      = yes
|start                     = 1952
|end                       = 1955
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=no}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 28
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|NKP                       = 6
|Høyre                     = 3
|Venstre                   = 3
|Local_Lists               = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Mo
|city                      = yes
|start                     = 1948
|end                       = 1951
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=no}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|NKP                       = 6
|Høyre                     = 3
|Venstre                   = 2 
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Mo
|city                      = yes
|start                     = 1945
|end                       = 1947
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=no}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|NKP                       = 7
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 3
|Local_Lists               = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Mo
|city                      = yes
|start                     = 1938
|end                       = 1941* 
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=no}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 8
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 11
|Local_Lists               = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Mo
|city                      = yes
|start                     = 1935
|end                       = 1937 
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1935 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1934 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_057.pdf |access-date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |location=Oslo |language=no}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 20
|Venstre                   = 3
|otherparty                = Non-Socialist Group
|otherparty_no             = Borgerlig Samling
|otherparty_number         = 6
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|NKP                       = 1
|Local_Lists               = 1
|}}
{{div col end}}

====Mayors====
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayor]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Mo 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=Coldevin |first=Axel |title=Rana Bygdebok. Mo Prestegjeld etter 1850 |publisher=Mo Sparebank, Grøndahl & Søn Boktrykkeri |location=Oslo |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Alstadhaug |first=Leif |title=Årbok for Rana 1986 |publisher=Rana Blads trykkeri |year=1986 |language=no |chapter=150 år med lokalt sjølstyre}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* 1923-1923: Einar Nilsen 
* 1924-1924: C. N. Jacobsen
* 1925-1925: Einar Nilsen 
* 1926–1929: Kristian P. Evjen
* 1930–1931: Alf Ljones
* 1931–1932: Carsten Venes
* 1932–1935: Per Kristian Rygh
* 1936–1937: Anton Getz
* 1937–1940: Alf Ljones
* 1945–1947: Sigurd Marsten
* 1947–1948: Alf Ljones
* 1948–1955: Erling Lange
* 1956–1963: Eilif Granhaug ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
{{div col end}}

==Industry==
[[File:Industriparken.jpg|alt=Home to iron and steel industry, engineering industry, research and development service industry, and information technology industry. The park is built on the concepts of green local power, access to water, established infrastructure and available area.|thumb|360x360px|Mo Industrial Park. One of Norway's largest industrial parks.]]
[[File:Havmannen Mo i Rana.jpg|thumb|"Havmannen", a sculpture made from Arctic granite in 1995 by the English sculptor Antony Gormley.]]
[[Mo Industrial Park]] is one of Norway's largest industrial parks. It is important for the local society, giving work to approximately 1900 people. As of 2023, [[FREYR]] has a so-called<ref name=TestFactory/> [[test factory]] for battery technology; the size of the factory is  13,000 [[square meter]]s.<ref>https://www.nrk.no/nordland/freyr-gir-100-millioner-til-to-toppledere-_-apner-norges-forste-batterifabrikk-1.16355194. [[NRK]].no. Retrieved 2023-11-09</ref> The company said that it will be minimizing<ref name=TestFactory>https://www.nrk.no/nordland/freyr-kutter-kraftig-i-batterisatsingen-i-mo-i-rana-1.16630920. [[NRK]].no. Retrieved 2023-11-09</ref> investments in 2024.

The [[National Library of Norway]] has a division in Mo i Rana. [[HelgelandsKraft]] supplies electric power to the Helgeland region. [[NRK]] (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) has a division in Mo i Rana. Rana Blad and Rana No Are the towns local newspapers. Radio 3 Rana is the local radio station.

[[Norsk Jernverk]], established in 1946, produced steel for the country until 1988, when it was divided into several new companies. The iron mill had a significant impact on the town development. 

In 1978, the city's population had grown from approximately 2000 to 25,000.

==Transport==
Mo i Rana has a regional airport, [[Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll]], situated {{convert|10|km}} north of the city in [[Røssvoll]]. The airport is a part of the Norwegian [[STOLport]] network. Mo i Rana is connected to the [[Nordland Line]] railway. This is a railway line between [[Trondheim]] and [[Bodø]]. The main north–south road in Norway, [[European route E6]], passes through the city. The [[European route E12]] begins in Mo i Rana and connect the city to Sweden and [[Finland]]. A bus network runs throughout most of the city and its suburbs.

An international tourist route [[Blue Highway (tourist route)|Blue Highway]] (in [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: ''Blå vegen'') begins in Mo i Rana. The route goes via Sweden and Finland to Russia.

==Culture==
''Havmann'' ({{langx|en|The Man from the Sea}}) is a [[sculpture]] made from Arctic granite located in the [[Ranfjord]]. It was made in 1995 by the [[England|English]] sculptor [[Antony Gormley]]. It is a part of [[Artscape Nordland]], which can be seen from the city centre. The festival [[Havmanndagene]] is held in the town every year in May. [[Nordland Theater]] is a regional theater that tours in [[Nordland]]. It was established in 1979, and is situated in a new theater building with three stages.

Rana Museum, department of Helgeland Museum, is located in the new museum building "MOment" (2020), situated by the fjord. The museum has a special focus on industrial history, and the main exhibition shows everything from large machines to listening stations with films from old Rana. The industrial adventure and the development that happened also changed the fashion and peoples homes, also showcased through interiors and clothes from the 1960s and 70s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-24 |title=Rana museum |url=https://helgelandmuseum.no/besokssted/rana-museum/ |access-date=2021-07-16 |website=Helgeland Museum |language=nb-NO}}</ref>

The county library of Nordland is situated in Mo i Rana. [[Arctic Circle Raceway]] is a motorsports and road racing track, situated {{convert|30|km}} north of Mo i Rana.

==Churches==
[[Mo Church (Nordland)|Mo Church]] is the oldest building in Mo i Rana. Built in 1724, it is made of wood and has 400 seats. The church was built on the initiative of [[Thomas von Westen]], a [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]] priest and missionary who worked among the [[Sami people|Sami]]. Numerous victims of [[World War II]] are buried in the graveyard, which receives visitors from the entire world in search of relatives.  [[Gruben Church]] is another church in Mo i Rana. It was built in 1965 to serve the growing town. In 1977, [[Ytteren Church]] was also built.

<gallery mode="nolines" widths="190" heights="145">
File:Mo church Rana 08.JPG|Mo Church
File:Church of Gruben01.JPG|Gruben Church
File:Ytteren church03.JPG|Ytteren Church
</gallery>

== Geography ==
[[File:Ytteren suburb.jpg|thumb|350x350px|View over Ranelva and the suburb Ytteren, seen from a local hike-track viewpoint called "Tjuvtrappa".]]
Mo i Rana is located at the head of [[Ranfjorden]], just on the southern side of the [[Saltfjellet]] mountains with the [[Svartisen]] glacier, Norway's second largest. The river [[Ranelva]] meets the Ranfjorden in Mo i Rana. Rana and Saltfjellet are famous for their numerous caves.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} Two of the caves are open to the public, [[Grønligrotta]] and [[Setergrotta]]. Mo i Rana is situated about {{convert|30|km}} south of the [[Arctic Circle]].

== Climate ==
Mo i Rana's climate is usually classified as [[Subarctic climate|subarctic]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfc'' bordering on ''Dsc''),<ref>{{Cite journal |title=World map of Köppen-Geiger climate classification |url=http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/courses/geog401/World_Koppen_Map.jpg |url-status=dead |journal=Climate.gi.alaska.edu |publisher=University of Melbourne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325031826/http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/courses/geog401/World_Koppen_Map.jpg |archive-date=25 March 2009 |access-date=10 April 2009}}</ref> with long, cold winters, and short, warm summers. Mo I Rana is situated about {{convert|70|km}} from the coast line, giving it colder winters than towns at the coast. There is much precipitation due to the mountains north and east of town, often with much snow in winter. Blizzards in winter can go on for hours, potentially creating traffic difficulties and cancelling flights. Because of Mo i Rana's [[latitude]], summer days are very long and winter days are very short on [[daylight]]. In the winter season, the [[Aurora Borealis|Northern Lights]] can be seen on the night sky. It varies in intensity, coloured from white green to deep red, and comes in different shapes, such as [[Light beam|beams]], [[arch]]es and [[draperies]].
[[File:Rana IMG 4792 ranafjorden Mo city.JPG|thumb|280x280px|Sky view of Ranfjorden; Mo i Rana is down to the right; the river is also visible]]
July and August are the warmest months; July mean is {{convert|14.9|°C|°F|abbr=on}} and average daily high {{convert|19|°C|°F|abbr=on}} (1991–2020).<ref name="yr.no">{{cite web | url=https://www.yr.no/en/statistics/table/5-79600/Norway/Nordland/Rana/Mo%20i%20Rana%20LH | title=Weather statistics for Mo i Rana LH as a table – Last 13 months }}</ref> There are usually two to three warm periods during the summer, when the average temperature is between {{convert|20|and|28|C|F}} at daytime. The warm days may last for 2–14 days, with the temperature peaking at {{convert|31|°C|°F|abbr=on}}. On rare occasions, the overnight low does not go below {{convert|20|°C|°F|abbr=on}}, known in Norway as tropical night (''tropenatt'' [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]).

Autumn begins in September. The trees lose their leaves in October, and the [[flowers]] disappear. During November, fresh water and rivers start to freeze, and the landscape is covered with snow. Only the [[spruce]] forest stays green throughout the winter. In the winter, the sun is low on the horizon, and is only visible for a few hours. Heating through sunlight is limited because of Mo i Rana's high-latitude location. Mountains block the sunlight when the sun is low on the horizon, which means that the sun is not visible at all during the month of December. There are normally two to three very cold periods in the winter with temperature dipping close to {{convert|-30|°C}}. The cold periods normally last 3–7 days. The wettest period is autumn and winter, while spring and summer is the driest. The airport is situated in a valley 8&nbsp;km away from the fjord, so the airport has colder lows than the town itself. The all-time high temperature is {{convert|33.0|°C}} recorded  27 July 2019 (beating {{convert|32.6|°C}} from July 2018); the all-time low at the airport is {{convert|-35.2|°C}} recorded 7 January 2010 (record low for Dec from 2010).

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|Jun avg record high C = 24.7
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|Nov humidity = 85
|Dec humidity = 83
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|title = Observations and weather statistics (SN79600 MO I RANA LUFTHAVN)
|publisher = [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]
|access-date = September 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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|title = Temperaturnormaler per måned og år (Temperature norms per month and year)
|publisher = [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]
|access-date = October 9, 2023
|language = no
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|archive-date = 2023-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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|title = Nedbørnormaler per måned og år (Precipitation per month and year)
|publisher = [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]
|access-date = October 12, 2023
|language = no
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|archive-date = 2023-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.met.no/kss/_/attachment/download/38e0627d-ab79-4383-a384-8e0379e82cac:c82c12a2c0c6fba781cf7551eb0be491c3ef5cf6/temperaturnormaler-1961-1990.pdf
|title = Temperaturnormaler for stasjoner 1961–1990 (pdf)
|publisher = [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]
|access-date = October 29, 2023
|language = no
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|archive-date = 2023-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.met.no/kss/_/attachment/download/826bd246-df4e-4e27-842c-a1183dc842e2:6d7864351447fba4ab03e3e6e000c6c95e09bf22/nedbornormaler-1961-1990.pdf
|title = Nedbørnormaler for stasjoner 1961–1990 (pdf)
|publisher = [[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]
|access-date = October 29, 2023
|language = no
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231029084544/https://www.met.no/kss/_/attachment/download/826bd246-df4e-4e27-842c-a1183dc842e2:6d7864351447fba4ab03e3e6e000c6c95e09bf22/nedbornormaler-1961-1990.pdf
|archive-date = 2023-10-29}}</ref>
| source 2 = Weather Online,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&PLZ=_____&PLZN=_____&WMO=01151&CONT=euro&R=0&LEVEL=162&REGION=0004&LAND=NO&MOD=tab&ART=TMN&NOREGION=1&FMM=1&FYY=1996&LMM=12&LYY=2020 | title=Min. Temperature – Mo i Rana – Climate Robot Norway }}</ref> yr.no climate statistics Mo i Rana airport <ref name="yr.no" />
| date = Nov 2021
}}
===Note===
{{notelist}}

==International relations==
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway}}

===Twin towns – Sister cities===
Mo i Rana is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Fairbanks]], [[Alaska]], United States
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Skellefteå]], [[Västerbotten County|Västerbotten]], Sweden
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Aars]], [[North Jutland Region|North Jutland]], Denmark
Mo i Rana was formerly twinned with the Russian city of [[Petrozavodsk]], but the city council terminated its ties to the city after learning that the mayor of Petrozavodsk joined the [[Russian irregular units in Ukraine|Akhmat battalions]] and participated in the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mo i Rana cuts ties with Petrozavodsk over mayor who left for the war |url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2023/10/mo-i-rana-cuts-ties-petrozavodsk-over-mayor-who-left-war |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=The Independent Barents Observer |language=en}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
{{main article|Rana Municipality#Notable people}}

== Farms of Mo ==

=== Map of the farms of Mo ===

Coordinates are approximate. <br>
Note that each map has a maximum number of listings it can display, so the map has been divided into parts consistent with the [https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/district_list/74256 enumeration districts (tellingskrets)] in the 1920 census. This map will include one farm name per farm number; other farm names or subdivision numbers may exist. 

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'''Tellingskrets (enumeration districts):''' 7, Skonseng (lime); 8, Grønfjelddalen (red); 9, Øvre Dunderlandsdalen (blue); 10, Eiteraa - Urtfjeld (green).
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=== Farm names and numbers ===
Following are the farms in the Mo municipality, as they are listed in O. Rygh's series [[Norske_Gaardnavne]] ("Norwegian farm names"), the Nordland volume of which was published in 1905.
Here is the digital version of that volume:
<[https://books.google.com/books?id=4i5MAQAAIAAJ Norske_gaardnavne_bd_Nordlands]>

The farm numbers are used in some census records, and numbers that are near each other indicate that those farms are geographically proximate. Handwritten Norwegian sources, particularly those prior to 1800, may use variants on these names. For recorded variants before 1723, see the digital version of O. Rygh. Note that the 1920 census records mapped above may not match O. Rygh.

Farm names were often used as part of [[Scandinavian_family_name_etymology#Norway|Norwegian names]], in addition to the person's given name and [[patronymic]] or inherited surname. Some families retained the farm name, or [https://www.kartverket.no/globalassets/til-lands/stadnamn/toponymic-guidelines-for-map-and-other-editors-norway.pdf toponymic], as a surname when they emigrated, so in those cases tracing a surname may tell you specifically where in Norway the family was from. This tradition began to change in the mid to late 19th century, and inherited surnames were codified into law in 1923.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

==See also==
* [[Arctic Circle Raceway]], local race track
* [[Blue Highway (tourist route)|Blue Highway]], tourist route

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mo i Rana}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071128034922/http://www.rana.kommune.no/ Rana municipality web pages]
*[http://www.visithelgeland.com/ Tourist information about the Arctic Circle area]
*[http://mo-i-rana.net/gallery/ Image gallery of Mo i Rana]
*[https://moirana.com moirana.com – local portal for Mo i Rana]

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