Alvdal

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Alvdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Alvdal. Other villages include Barkald, Plassmoen, and Strømmen. The municipality is located to the south of Tynset, north and west of Rendalen, north of Stor-Elvdal, and east of Folldal.<ref name="snl">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

The Rørosbane railway and the Norwegian National Road 3 both pass through Alvdal.

The Template:Convert municipality is the 124th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Alvdal is the 253rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,493. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has increased by 1.8% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

General information

In 1864, the parish of Lille-Elvdal (later renamed "Alvdal") was separated from Tynset Municipality to become a separate municipality of its own. Initially, the new municipality had a population of 3,216. On 1 January 1914, the western part of Alvdal (population: 2,284) was separated to become the new Folldal Municipality. This left Alvdal with 2,135 residents.<ref name="Dag">Template:Cite web</ref>

Name

The area was historically known as Elvdalen or Øvre Elvdalen (Template:Langx). The first element is Template:Wikt-lang meaning "upper", the next part is the genitive case of Template:Wikt-lang which means "river", and the last element is Template:Wikt-lang which means "valley" or "dale". Thus the name means "(upper) river valley", referring to the upper part of the Glåma river valley. When the municipality was established in 1864, it was named Lille Elvdalen, which meant "Little" Elvdalen in order to distinguish it from the nearby Store Elvedalen municipality ("the large Elvedalen").<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Alvdal, to better represent the local pronunciation of the name.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 25 November 1988. The official blazon is "Azure, two skis in bend issuant from base sinister" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a set of two diagonal skis. The charge has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The design symbolizes the history and importance of skiing in the area. One of the oldest pairs of skis discovered by archeologists in Norway was found in Alvdal. The skis were dated to about 500 AD. The arms were designed by Helge Ness from Alvdal. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="snl" /> Template:See also-text

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (Template:Lang) within the municipality of Alvdal. It is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

**Churches in Alvdal**
Parish (Template:Lang)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Alvdal	Alvdal Church	Alvdal	1861

Geography

Alvdal is bordered by Tynset to the north, Rendalen to the east and south, Stor-Elvdal to the south, and Folldal to the west. The highest mountain in the municipality is Storsølnkletten at Template:Convert tall. Another mountain in Alvdal is Tronfjell. The lake Savalen is partially located in Alvdal. The rivers Sivilla and Glåma both flow through the municipality. The Jutulhogget canyon is located in this municipality as well.<ref name="snl" />

Economy

Agriculture and forestry are the most important industries in Alvdal.<ref name="snl" /> The municipality rented public land to a bitcoin mining operation. In 2022, the municipality decided not to continue renting land to this company since no jobs were created from that enterprise, although one local company did some service work on occasion at the site.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="VG">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2023, the municipality was sued for Template:NOK by the operator of the former bitcoin mining facility (on municipal property).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="VG" />

Government

Alvdal Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Østre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

Mayors

The mayors (Template:Langx) of Alvdal: Template:Div col

1864-1865: Fritz Emil Aas
1866-1873: Morten Mortensen
1874-1881: Fritz Emil Aas
1882-1883: Johan Steien
1884-1891: Morten Mortensen
1892-1893: Johan Steien
1894-1895: Morten Sandvold
1896-1898: P. Randmæl
1899-1901: Jacob Stamoen
1902-1904: P. Randmæl
1905-1907: Haldo Müller
1908-1910: P. Randmæl
1911-1916: Per Hoel
1917-1919: P. Randmæl
1920-1922: Per Hoel
1923-1925: Arne Mellesmo
1926-1931: Per Hoel
1932-1934: Martin Müller
1935-1942: Olav Nyeggen<ref name="HR">Template:Cite book</ref>
1942-1945: Embret Mellesmo<ref name="HR" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1946-1955: Harald Reinertsen
1956-1963: Eivind Kveberg
1963-1967: Lars Holen
1968-1969: Oddgeir Skarpsno
1970-1971: Asmund Westgård
1972-1979: Kåre Blystad
1980-1983: Per Arnfinn Bergebakken (Sp)
1984-1991: Sverre Dalen (Sp)
1991-1995: Sverre Sørbø (Sp)
1995-1999: Per Hvamstad (Sp)
1999-2007: Svein Borkhus (Ap)
2007-2011: Olov Grøtting (Sp)
2011-2015: Svein Borkhus (Ap)
2015-2019: Johnny Hagen (Ap)
2019–present: Mona Murud (Sp)

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Notable people

File:Kjell Aukrust - 1965.jpg

Kjell Aukrust, 1965

Ivar Mortensson-Egnund (1857–1934), a Norwegian author, journalist, theologian, researcher, translator, writer, philosopher, and advocate of nynorsk
Lars Olsen Aukrust (1886–1965), a Norwegian farmer and politician
Arvid Nilssen (1913–1976), a Norwegian actor, revue artist, singer, and comedian<ref>Template:IMDb name. Retrieved 19 November 2020.</ref>
Kjell Aukrust (1920–2002), a Norwegian author, humourist, poet, and artist; the Huset Aukrust, (Norwegian Wiki) is dedicated to him and he is famous for creating the fictional Norwegian village of Flåklypa and its cast of idiosyncratic characters
Ola Jonsmoen (born 1932), a Norwegian educator, poet, novelist, and children's writer
Svein Borkhus (born 1955), a Norwegian politician and Mayor of Alvdal from 1999 to 2007
Olov Grøtting (born 1960), a Norwegian politician and Mayor of Alvdal from 2007 to 2011
Anne Nørdsti (born 1977), a Norwegian dansband singer who was influenced by country music

Sport

Per Samuelshaug (1905–1990), a Norwegian cross-country skier who participated at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Kristian Bjørn (1919–1993), a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Torgeir Bjørn (born 1964), a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Harald Stormoen (born 1980), a retired Norwegian footballer with over 200 club caps

References

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External links

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