Editing Sør-Aurdal

{{short description|Municipality in Innlandet, Norway}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Sør-Aurdal
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|other_name             = 
|former_name            = Søndre Aurdal herred
|image_skyline          = Smedlund, Sør-Aurdal.JPG
|image_caption          = View of Smedlund in Sør-Aurdal
|idnumber               = 3449
|county                 = Innlandet
|district               = Valdres
|capital                = [[Bagn]]
|established            = 1 Jan 1838
|preceded               = none
|demonym                = Søraurdøl
|language               = Neutral
|coatofarms             = 
|flag                   = 
|webpage                = www.sor-aurdal.kommune.no
|mayor                  = Marit Hougsrud
|mayor_party            = [[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]]
|mayor_as_of            = 2019
|area_rank              = 101
|area_total_km2         = 1109.05
|area_land_km2          = 1068.25
|area_water_km2         = 40.80
|area_water_percent     = 3.7
|population_as_of       = 2023
|population_rank        = 233
|population_total       = 2866
|population_density_km2 = 2.7
|population_increase    = -8.9
|coordinates            = {{coord|60|41|47|N|9|39|32|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6729168 | utm_easting = 0535977 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Sør-Aurdal''' is a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Innlandet]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Traditional districts of Norway|traditional district]] of [[Valdres]]. The [[administrative centre]] of the municipality is the village of [[Bagn]]. Other villages in the municipality include [[Begna, Norway|Begna]], [[Hedalen]], and [[Begnadalen]].<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Sør-Aurdal |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/S%C3%B8r-Aurdal |date=2022-07-04 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2022-09-25}}</ref>

The {{convert|1109|km2|adj=on}} municipality is the 101st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sør-Aurdal is the 233rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,866. The municipality's [[population density]] is {{convert|2.7|PD/km2}} and its population has decreased by 8.9% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |year=2022 |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=2022 |title=09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/09280/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==General information==
[[File:Bagn, Sør-Aurdal.JPG|thumb|left|View over Bagn from Øystre Bagn, with Vestre Bagn to the left and Reinli in the background. Down by the river is the administrative center Bagn.]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Søndre Aurdal'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1894, the new [[Etnedal Municipality]] was established by merging the eastern valley area of ''Nordre Etnedal'' (population: 362) from the neighboring [[Nord-Aurdal|Nordre Aurdal]] municipality and the ''Søndre Etnedal'' area (population: 1,331) from the neighboring municipality of Søndre Aurdal. Then on 1 January 1984, the unpopulated northern side of the [[Makalaus]] mountain was transferred from Sør-Aurdal to [[Nord-Aurdal]].<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snl" />

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the ''Aurdalen'' valley ({{langx|non|Aurardalr}}) since it was a central geographic feature of the area. The first word in the name is {{wikt-lang|no|sør}} which is essentially a prefix that means "south". The second word comes from the local valley name. The first element of that word is the [[genitive case]] of the old river name, {{lang|non|Aur}}, now named {{lang|no|Bøaelva}}. The river name comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|aurr}} which means "[[gravel]]". The last element of the second word is {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Søndre Aurdal''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Sør-Aurdal''.<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> Both {{wikt-lang|no|søndre}} and {{wikt-lang|no|sør}} mean "south" (more specifically, "søndre" means "southern"), so the name ''Sør-Aurdal'' means "(the) southern (part of) Aurdal". (The [[Church of Norway]] parish of Aurdal that had existed for centuries was divided into two in 1805, just over 30 years before the parish borders were used to defin the new municipality that was established in 1838.)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJMOAAAAYAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (anden halvdel) |date=1902 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=4-2 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=221 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> {{See also|Nord-Aurdal#Name}}

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted by royal decree on 9 February 1990. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a box [[reliquary]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått et gull relikvieskrin}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[reliquary]]. The charge 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 arms show the silhouette of a gilt-copper [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[reliquary]] ([[chasse (casket)|chasse]]). It was designed to look like the one found in the [[Hedal Stave Church]], except that this one has five blue arches which are inspired by the arches on a similar medieval chasse from the nearby medieval [[St. Thomas Church, Filefjell|St. Thomas Church]] at [[Filefjell]] (now in the [[Bergen Museum]]) and representing the five [[Church of Norway]] parishes of the municipality (Bagn, Reinli, Hedalen, Bruflat, and Begnadalen). It also has two dragon heads in the design since Sør-Aurdal is one of only two municipalities in Norway that have two [[stave church]]es that are still in use. The color blue was chosen to represent the two river systems in the municipality that were historically important for the [[logging]] industry and [[sawmill]]s in Sør-Aurdal. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen. 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=Sør-Aurdal |access-date=2023-04-22 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sør-Aurdal, Oppland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-05-40.html |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-02-09 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1990-02-09-52 |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.sor-aurdal.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?MId1=1&AId=165&back=1 |title=Bakgrunnshistorien til kommunevåpnet for Sør-Aurdal |publisher=Sør-Aurdal kommune |language=no |accessdate=2009-01-03}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has five parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Sør-Aurdal. It is part of the [[Valdres prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Sør-Aurdal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Bagn||[[Bagn Church]]||[[Bagn]]||1736
|-
|rowspan="1"|Begnadalen||[[Begnadalen Church]]||[[Begnadalen]]||1964
|-
|rowspan="1"|Hedalen||[[Hedalen Stave Church]]||[[Hedalen]]||c. 1165
|-
|rowspan="1"|Leirskogen||[[Leirskogen Church]]||[[Leirskogen]]||1924
|-
|rowspan="2"|Reinli||[[Reinli Stave Church]]||[[Reinli]]||1326
|-
|[[Reinli Chapel]]||[[Reinli]]||1964
|}

==Geography==
Sør-Aurdal municipality is bordered on the north by the municipalities of [[Nord-Aurdal]] and [[Etnedal]], on the northeast by [[Nordre Land]], on the east by [[Søndre Land]] (all of which are in [[Innlandet]] county). It is also bordered on the south by [[Ringerike (municipality)|Ringerike]] and [[Flå]] municipalities, and on the west by [[Nesbyen (municipality)|Nesbyen]] and [[Gol, Norway|Gol]] municipalities (all of which are in [[Buskerud]]).

Sør-Aurdal is part of the [[districts of Norway|traditional district]] of [[Valdres]] in central, southern Norway, situated between the [[Gudbrandsdal]] and [[Hallingdal]] valleys. Sør-Aurdal includes parts of several smaller valleys including [[Begnadalen]], [[Hedalen]], [[Vassfaret]], and [[Vidalen]]. The river [[Begna (river)|Begna]] is the main river flowing through the municipality.

==History==
{| style="float: right;" class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Sør-Aurdal  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=English}}</ref>
|-
!Ancestry!!Number
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}||28
|-
| {{flag|Romania}}||20
|-
| {{flag|Syria}}||19
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}||17
|-
| {{flag|Iraq}}||16
|}
[[Reinli Stave Church]] (built 1190-1250) is the third church on the same location in Reinli. A new tower was added in 1685 and the building was reconditioned by the Society for Preservation of Ancient Buildings in 1885.<ref name="Stagg">{{Cite book |last=Stagg |first=Frank Noel |url=https://archive.org/details/eastnorwayitsfro00stag |title=East Norway and its Frontier |date=1956 |publisher=George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.}}</ref>

[[Olaf II of Norway|Olaf Haraldsson]] traveled through Valdres in 1023, and also visited Reinli. It is assumed, then, that there was a [[Paganism|pagan]] temple at the same location before the first church, some time before the year 1000.<ref name="Stagg" />

[[Hedal Stave Church]] was built after 1160 and in 1699 it was rebuilt and changed. An old legend says the valley was abandoned during the [[Black Death]] and the church later discovered by a [[bear]] hunter. A hide is hanging in the church, although now there is only a small part left as visitors have cut away pieces over the years.<ref name="Stagg" />

==Government==
Sør-Aurdal 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. The [[mayor]] is [[Indirect election|indirectly elected]] by a vote of the municipal council.<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 Sør-Aurdal is made up of 19 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                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 2023
|end                       = 2027
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Innlandet |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/innlandet/s%C3%B8r-aurdal#seats |access-date=2024-01-13 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = 
|Total                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 9
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 2019
|end                       = 2023
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 - Innlandet |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/innlandet/sør-aurdal#seats |access-date=2022-09-25 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 19
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 1
|Høyre                     = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 9
|otherparty                = Cross-party municipal list
|otherparty_no             = Tverrpolitisk Kommuneliste
|otherparty_number         = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 2015
|end                       = 2019
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2015 - Oppland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2015/ko/oppland/sør-aurdal#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
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 1
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 12
|otherparty                = Cross-party municipal list
|otherparty_no             = Tverrpolitisk Kommuneliste
|otherparty_number         = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 2011
|end                       = 2015
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Oppland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/oppland/sør-aurdal#seats |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 8
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 3
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 8
|otherparty                = Cross-party municipal list
|otherparty_no             = Tverrpolitisk Kommuneliste
|otherparty_number         = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 2007
|end                       = 2011
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 8
|Senterpartiet             = 8
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Høyre                     = 1
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 4
|otherparty                = Cross-party municipal list
|otherparty_no             = Tverrpolitisk Kommuneliste
|otherparty_number         = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 2003
|end                       = 2007
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 10
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|otherparty                = Cross-party municipal list
|otherparty_no             = Tverrpolitisk Kommuneliste
|otherparty_number         = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 1999
|end                       = 2003
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/publikasjoner/pdf/nos_c621/nos_c621.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1999 |date=2000 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253748531 |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 11
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|otherparty                = Cross-party municipal list
|otherparty_no             = Tverrpolitisk Kommuneliste
|otherparty_number         = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 1995
|end                       = 1999
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |date=1996 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253743351 |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 10
|Høyre                     = 3
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|KrF/Sp                    = 9
|otherparty                = Cross-party municipal list
|otherparty_no             = Tverrpolitisk Kommuneliste
|otherparty_number         = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 1991
|end                       = 1995
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |date=1993 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253737939 |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|H/Sp/V                    = 13
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 1987
|end                       = 1991
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |date=1988 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253726325 |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 13
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 1983
|end                       = 1987
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |date=1984 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253720378 |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 14
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 1979
|end                       = 1983
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |date=1979 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253710836 |location=Oslo, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 13
|Høyre                     = 4
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 1975
|end                       = 1979
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |date=1977 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253705646 |location=Oslo, Norge |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 13
|Høyre                     = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 1971
|end                       = 1975
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |date=1973 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253701144 |volume=I |location=Oslo, Norge |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 14
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Venstre                   = 1
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 8
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 1967
|end                       = 1971
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo, Norge |volume=I}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 9
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|start                     = 1963
|end                       = 1967
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo, Norge}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 8
|Local_Lists               = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|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 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo, Norge}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 14
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 8
|Local_Lists               = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|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 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo, Norge}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 14
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 2
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 9
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|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 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 32
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 18
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 14
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|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 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 32
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 14
|NKP                       = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 4
|V/DRF                     = 2
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 9
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|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 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 32
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 13
|NKP                       = 3
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 7
|Local_Lists               = 9
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sør-Aurdal
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1937
|end                       = 1940* 
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 32
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 14
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 14
|Local_Lists               = 4
|}}
{{div col end}}

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Sør-Aurdal:<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011101208068 |title=Sør-Aurdal kommune 1837-1987 |publisher=Sør-Aurdal kommune |year=1987 |language=no}}</ref>
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* 1838-1842: Ole Ellingsen Østvold
* 1842-1845: Christoffer Juckam
* 1846-1849: Johan H. Corneliussen
* 1850-1851: Lars K. Kirkeberg
* 1852-1859: Erik Tidemandsen Wold
* 1860-1860: John Nilsen Fjeld
* 1860-1863: Lars K. Kirkeberg
* 1864-1871: Mikkel Sörböen
* 1872-1881: Erling Wold
* 1882-1883: Ole G. Nerbye
* 1884-1891: Erling Wold
* 1892-1893: Ole M. Øvergaard
* 1894-1898: Erling Wold
* 1899-1904: Arne Fönhus, Jr.
* 1905-1907: Erling Wold
* 1908-1913: Ole M. Øvergaard
* 1914-1919: Ole O. Tronrud
* 1920-1925: Arne H. Grøv
* 1926-1927: Kristoffer Eid
* 1928-1931: Eirik Klemmetsrud
* 1932-1940: Arne H. Grøv ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1941-1944: Kristoffer Eid ([[Nasjonal Samling|NS]])
* 1945-1945: Arne H. Grøv ([[Liberal Party (Norway)|V]])
* 1946-1963: Harald Bakken ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1964-1981: Hallgrim Tronrud ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1982-1991: Kristoffer Storruste ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1992-1999: Svein Thorsrud ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
* 1999-2007: Knut Torgersen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 2007–2019: Kåre Helland ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
* 2019–present: Marit Hougsrud ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
{{div col end}}

==Media gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="190px">
Reinli Stavkyrkje, Sør-Aurdal.JPG|Reinli Stavkyrkje
Hedalen Stavkyrkje, Sør-Aurdal.jpg|Hedal Stavkyrkje
Begnadalen - panoramio.jpg|Begnadalen
Svartsetera, Bagn Bygdesamling.JPG|Svartsetera, Bagn Bygdesamling
</gallery>

==Attractions==
*[[Bagn Bygdesamling]] is a museum that is associated with [[Valdres Folkemuseum]]. It is located {{convert|8|km|mi}} south of [[Bagn]]. It consists of twelve log houses and a building for permanent displays. A part of the museum is at Sandviken and the farm is Bagnsbergatn.
*[[Bautahaugen Samlinger]] is another museum that is also associated with Valdres Folkemuseum. It is located in the middle of [[Hedalen]]. It consists of a collection of houses and items from Hedalen. The [[Hedal Stave Church]] is located just nearby.

==Notable residents==
[[File:RolfOttoAndvord.jpg|140px|thumb|Rolf Otto Andvord, 1909]]
* [[Ola Hermundsen Berge]] (1768 in Sør-Aurdal - 1825), a Norwegian folk artist and rose painter
* [[Hans Jacob Stabel]] (1769–1836), a priest in Sør-Aurdal in 1806 and a member of the [[Riksforsamlingen|constitutional assembly]] at [[Eidsvoll]] in 1814
* [[Haldor Boen]] (1851 in Sør-Aurdal – 1912), an American congressman from [[Minnesota]]
* [[Mikkjel Fønhus]] (1874 in Sør-Aurdal - 1973), a journalist, novelist, and short story writer about animals in the wilderness
* [[Sigurd Islandsmoen]] (1881 in Bagn – 1964), a composer of music for the [[Church of Norway]]
* [[Rolf Andvord]] (1890 in Sør-Aurdal – 1976), a Norwegian jurist and diplomat
* [[Per Juvkam]] (1907 in Sør-Aurdal – 2003), a Lutheran [[Diocese of Bjørgvin|Bishop of Bjørgvin]] from 1961-1977
* [[Ruth Lagesen]] (1914 in Bagn – 2005), a Norwegian pianist and conductor
* [[Morten Bakke]] (born 1968 in Hedalen), a retired football goalkeeper with over 300 club caps

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Sør-Aurdal}}
{{Wiktionary|Sør-Aurdal}}
*[https://www.ssb.no/kommunefakta/sor-aurdal Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]] {{in lang|no}}
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Oppland}}
*[http://www.kulturnett.no/geografisknavigering/geografisknavigering_visning.jsp?fylke=T946673&kommune=T906621 Map of Sør-Aurdal municipality] in [[Kulturnett.no]] {{in lang|no}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090210185733/http://www.dagbladet.no/forfatter/mikkjel_fonhus.html Mikkjel Fønhus biography] from [[Dagbladet]] {{in lang|no}}

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