Editing Nord-Fron

{{short description|Municipality in Innlandet, Norway}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Nord-Fron
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|other_name             = 
|former_name            = Nordre Fron herred
|image_skyline          = Heidalsmuen, Olstappen, Skåbu og Saukampen sett fra Storhøli.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the lake [[Olstappen]] and [[Skåbu]] village area
|idnumber               = 3436
|county                 = Innlandet
|district               = Gudbrandsdal
|capital                = [[Vinstra]]
|established            = 1 Jan 1851
|preceded               = [[Fron, Norway|Fron Municipality]]
|disestablished         = 1 Jan 1966
|succeeded              = [[Fron, Norway|Fron Municipality]]
|established2           = 1 Jan 1977
|preceded2              = [[Fron, Norway|Fron Municipality]]
|demonym                = Frøning
|language               = Nynorsk
|coatofarms             = 
|flag                   = 
|webpage                = www.nord-fron.kommune.no
|mayor                  = Anne-Marie Olstad
|mayor_party            = [[Norwegian Labour Party|Ap]]
|mayor_as_of            = 2021
|area_rank              = 95
|area_total_km2         = 1141.32
|area_land_km2          = 1091.82
|area_water_km2         = 49.5
|area_water_percent     = 4.3
|population_as_of       = 2023
|population_rank        = 169
|population_total       = 5589
|population_density_km2 = 5.1
|population_increase    = -4.1
|coordinates            = {{coord|61|39|32|N|9|43|40|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6836401 | utm_easting = 0538555 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Nord-Fron''' is a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Innlandet]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Traditional districts of Norway|traditional district]] of [[Gudbrandsdal]]. The [[administrative centre]] of the municipality is the town of [[Vinstra]]. Other population centers in Nord-Fron include the villages of [[Kvam, Innlandet|Kvam]] and [[Skåbu]].

The {{convert|1141|km2|adj=on}} municipality is the 95th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nord-Fron is the 169th most populous municipality in Norway, with a population of 5,589. The municipality's [[population density]] is {{convert|5.1|PD/km2}}, and its population has decreased by 4.1% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |year=2021 |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="ssb area">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |year=2021 |title=09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/09280/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld]] of [[Fron, Norway|Fron]] was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 when the new [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law was enacted. On 1 January 1851, the municipality was divided in two. The northwest portion became Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 4,685), and the southeast portion became [[Sør-Fron Municipality]] (population: 3,421).<ref name="DJ" />

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1965, the [[Sjoa (village)|Sjoa]] area (population: 413) was transferred from Nord-Fron to the neighboring [[Sel Municipality]]. Then, on 1 January 1966, Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 5,758) and [[Sør-Fron Municipality]] (population: 3,648) were merged to form a new [[Fron Municipality]] (with similar borders to the old Fron municipality that existed from 1838 to 1851 minus the Sjoa area which was then part of Sel).<ref name="DJ" />

This merger was not well-liked among the residents of the new municipality. On 1 January 1977, the merger was reversed. Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 6,131) and [[Sør-Fron Municipality]] (population: 3,509) were recreated using their old borders from 1965.<ref name="DJ">{{Cite web |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 ''Fron'' farm ({{langx|non|Frón}}) since the first [[Sør-Fron Church|Fron Church]] was built there. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|nord}} which means "northern". The last element is uncertain, but it may come from the word {{wikt-lang|non|frón}}, which means "earth" or "land". Thus the name of the municipality is "(the) northern (part of) Fron" (since the parish of Fron was divided in 1851 into a "north" and a "south" part). Historically, it was called ''Nordre Fron'', using another word that also means "north".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DohBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1900 |edition=4 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=99 & 120 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Nordre Fron''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Nord-Fron'', using an alternate word for "north".<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> {{See also|Sør-Fron#Name}}

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 18 July 1980. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], a horse [[forcené]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|På raud botn ein oppreist gull hest}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background), and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[Dole Gudbrandsdal]] horse rearing up on its hind legs. The horse has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]], which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The Fron area has a long-standing tradition in [[horse breeding]] and is one of the main centres of horse breeding in Norway. Historically, the old Fron municipality used unofficial arms with a horse on it. After Fron was divided into Nord- and Sør-Fron in 1977, Nord-Fron chose these arms. [[Hallvard Trætteberg]] designed the arms. 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=Nord-Fron |access-date=2023-04-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nord-Fron kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10071208070026.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dnord-fron |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Digitalarkivet}}</ref> {{See also-text|Coats of arms of [[Coat of arms of Eid|Eid]], [[Coat of arms of Gloppen|Gloppen]], [[Coat of arms of Levanger|Levanger]], [[Coat of arms of Lyngen|Lyngen]], [[Coat of arms of Skedsmo|Skedsmo]], and [[Coat of arms of Ski|Ski]]}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Nord-Fron. It is part of the [[Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Nord-Fron'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Kvam||[[Kvam Church (Nord-Fron)|Kvam Church]]||[[Kvam, Innlandet|Kvam]]||1952
|-
|rowspan="1"|Kvikne||[[Kvikne Church]]||[[Kvikne, Nord-Fron|Kvikne]]||1764
|-
|rowspan="1"|Skåbu||[[Skåbu Church]]||[[Skåbu]]||1927
|-
|rowspan="2"|Sødorp||[[Sødorp Church]]||[[Vinstra]]||1752
|-
|[[Sødorp Chapel]]||[[Vinstra]]||1929
|}

==History==
{| style="float: right;" class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nord-Fron by country of origin in 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population |url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 |access-date=29 June 2015 |publisher=ssb.no |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!Ancestry!!Number
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||74
|-
| {{flag|Eritrea}}||53
|-
| {{flag|Syria}}||39
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||31
|-
| {{flag|Afghanistan}}||28
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}||21
|-
| {{flag|Thailand}}||18
|}
The ''Nord-Hoge'' farm in the Sødorp parish of Nord-Fron is the legendary home of [[Per Gynt]]. Per was made famous by [[Peter Asbjørnsen]]'s folk tales and [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s play ''[[Peer Gynt]]''.

The body of [[Prillar-Guri|Captain Sinclair]] is buried in [[Kvam, Innlandet|Kvam]].

The small [[Kvam Church (Nord-Fron)|Kvam Church]], built in 1775, was burned down during the [[occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]]. It was rebuilt after the war.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stagg |first=Frank Noel |url=https://archive.org/details/eastnorwayitsfro00stag |title=East Norway and its Frontier |publisher=George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. |year=1956}}</ref>

==Geography==
Nord-Fron is bordered to the northwest by [[Sel Municipality]], to the east and south by [[Sør-Fron Municipality]], in the south by [[Øystre Slidre Municipality]], and to the southwest by [[Vågå Municipality]]. The municipality stretches from the [[Rondane]] mountains in the north to the [[Jotunheimen]] mountains in the southwest.

There are two main population centres in Nord-Fron: the town of [[Vinstra]] in the central part of the municipality and the village of [[Kvam, Innlandet|Kvam]] in the north. Kvam is located at the northern end of the Peer Gynt Road, which passes through high roads with excellent views of the Jotunheimen, [[Dovrefjell]], and Rondane mountain.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Welle-Strand |first=Erling |title=Adventure Roads in Norway |publisher=Nortrabooks |year=1996 |isbn=978-82-90103-71-7}}</ref>

Lakes in the area include [[Feforvatnet]], [[Olstappen]], [[Øyangen (Nord-Fron)|Øyangen]], and [[Sandvatnet/Kaldfjorden/Øyvatnet]]. Mountains in the region include [[Gravdalsknappen]], [[Heimdalshøe]], [[Hornflågene]], [[Ingulssjøhøi]], [[Saukampen (Nord-Fron)|Saukampen]], [[Sikkilsdalshøa]], [[Styggehøe]], and [[Smiubelgen]].

==Government==
Nord-Fron Municipality is responsible for [[primary education]] (through 10th grade), outpatient [[Health care|health services]], [[old age|senior citizen]] services, [[welfare spending|welfare]] and other [[Social work|social services]], [[zoning]], [[economic development]], and municipal [[road]]s and utilities. The municipality is governed by a [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] of [[Direct election|directly elected]] representatives. A vote of the municipal council [[Indirectly elected member|indirectly elects]] the [[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 |language=Norwegian |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene |accessdate=2022-10-14}}</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the [[Vestre Innlandet District Court]] and the [[Eidsivating Court of Appeal]].

===Municipal council===
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] {{lang|no|(Kommunestyre)}} of Nord-Fron is made up of 25 representatives that are 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                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 2023
|end                       = 2027
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Innlandet |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/innlandet/nord-fron#seats |access-date=2024-01-12 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = 
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 11
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Rødt                      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 2019
|end                       = 2023
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 - Innlandet |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/innlandet/nord-fron#seats |access-date=2022-06-11 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 1
|Høyre                     = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 2015
|end                       = 2019
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2015 - Oppland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2015/ko/oppland/nord-fron#seats |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref><ref name="ssb valg">{{Cite web |title=Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/04813/ |publisher=Statistics Norway |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 13
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 1
|Høyre                     = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 9
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 2011
|end                       = 2015
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Oppland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/oppland/nord-fron/#seats |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 10
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 1
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|Venstre                   = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 2007
|end                       = 2011
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Venstre                   = 2
|Høyre                     = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 2003
|end                       = 2007
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 14
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 1999
|end                       = 2003
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 20
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 1995
|end                       = 1999
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |access-date=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 19
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 8
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 1991
|end                       = 1995
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |access-date=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 17
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 8
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 1987
|end                       = 1991
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |access-date=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 20
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 1983
|end                       = 1987
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |access-date=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 21
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 1979
|end                       = 1983
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |access-date=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 18
|Høyre                     = 4
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|note = On 1 January 1977, [[Fron, Norway|Fron Municipality]] was divided into Nord-Fron and [[Sør-Fron]] municipalities (reversing the merger from 1 January 1966). A special election was held in 1976 for a new council that existed from 1977 to 1979.
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|start                     = 1963
|end                       = 1965
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|note                      = On 1 January 1966, Nord-Fron and [[Sør-Fron]] were merged into [[Fron, Norway|Fron Municipality]].
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 16
|Høyre                     = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|AFS                       = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1959
|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=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|Høyre                     = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1955
|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=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 16
|Høyre                     = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1951
|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=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 24
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 9
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1947
|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=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 24
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|herad                     = 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=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 24
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|V/DRF                     = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Nord-Fron
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1937
|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=2020-12-12 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|nynorsk                   = yes
|Total                     = 24
|Senterpartiet             = 8
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 14
|V/DRF                     = 2
|}}
{{div col end}}

===Mayors===
{{incomplete list|date=April 2023}}
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] of Nord-Fron (incomplete list):
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*1894–1898: Ole Iversen Teige ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1902–1907: Ole Iversen Teige ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
*1945-1955: Albert Kvammen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*1956-1965: Paul Brenna ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*''(1966-1977: part of [[Fron Municipality]])''
*1977-1983: Tollef Beitrusten ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*1984-2007: Gunnar Tore Stenseng ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*2007-2011: Tove Haugli ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*2011-2015: Olav Røssum ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
*2015–2021: [[Rune Støstad]] ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
*2021–present: Anne-Marie Olstad ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
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==Attractions==
[[File:Rondane-Smiubelgen.jpg|thumb|350px|right|[[Smiubelgen]] in Rondane National Park]]

===Royal residence===
The [[Royal Mountain Chalet, Prinsehytta]], is located in the [[Sikkilsdalen]] valley in Nord-Fron. It is used as a [[royal residence]] by the [[Norwegian royal family]] for [[hunting]] trips and during the [[Easter]] and [[Winter|winter holidays]].

===Eidefoss petroglyphs===
The [[rock carvings at Eidefoss]] are located on the east side of the river south of the white water.<ref name="TW">{{Cite book |title=Insight Guides: Norway |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-395-81912-8 |editor-last=Taylor-Wilkie |editor-first=Doreen}}</ref>

===National parks===
*'''[[Rondane National Park]]''', which lies partially in Nord-Fron, was the first [[List of National Parks of Norway|Norwegian National Park]], established on 21 December 1962. In 2003, Rondane National Park was enlarged, and smaller areas of nature protection were opened or enlarged.<ref name="TW" />
*'''[[Jotunheim National Park]]''' is not technically in Nord-Fron, but its southern border brushes Nord-Fron's western border.<ref name="TW" />

==Sister cities==
Nord-Fron has [[Twin towns and sister cities|sister city]] agreements with the following places:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vennskapskommunar |url=http://www.nord-fron.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?MId1=1&AId=921&back=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006032454/https://www.nord-fron.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?MId1=1&AId=921&back=1 |archive-date=2011-10-06 |access-date=2009-01-04 |publisher=Nord-Fron kommune |language=no}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|SWE}} - [[Hedemora Municipality|Hedemora]], [[Dalarna County]], [[Sweden]]
* {{flagicon|UK}} - [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]], [[North Yorkshire]], England, [[United Kingdom]]

[[File:M Stoltenberg-Ole Haagenstad.jpg|140px|thumb|Ole Haagenstad]]

== Notable people ==
* [[Peder Per Veggum]] (1768 in Nord-Fron – 1836), a Norwegian artist and rose painter, a cabinet carpenter and woodcarver; associated with the decorative folk art of [[Rosemaling]]
* [[Ole Paulssøn Haagenstad]] (1775 in Fron – 1866), a Norwegian farmer and politician
* [[Jacob Smith Jarmann]] (1816 in Nord-Fron – 1894), a Norwegian firearms designer, invented the [[Jarmann M1884]] rifle
* [[Hallstein Høgåsen]] (born 1937 in Nord-Fron), a Norwegian [[theoretical physicist]], main field [[elementary particle physics]] 
* [[Grete Berget]] (1954 in Vinstra – 2017), a Norwegian politician and journalist
* [[Geir Helgemo]] (born 1970 in Vinstra), a professional bridge player, Monaco resident
* [[Øystein Skar]] (born 1985 in Vinstra), a Norwegian pianist and composer

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Nord-Fron}}
{{wiktionary|Nord-Fron}}
*[http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/nord-fron Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]] {{in lang|no}}
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Innlandet}}

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