Lierne Municipality

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Lierne is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region, and it is the largest municipality by area in Trøndelag. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sandvika. Other villages include Inderdal, Mebygda, and Tunnsjø senter. The municipality borders Sweden to the south and east. Most of Lierne Municipality lies on the Swedish side of the drainage divide between Norway and Sweden.<ref name="snl">Template:Cite web</ref>

The Template:Convert municipality is the 16th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Lierne is the 314th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,301. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has decreased by 6.1% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

General information

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Sørli Church

The municipality of Lierne was established on 1 January 1874 when it was separated from the large Snaasen Municipality. Initially, the population of Lierne Municipality was 1,015. On 1 July 1915, it was divided into two: Nordli Municipality (population: 863) in the north and Sørli Municipality (population: 739) in the south. This division, however, was short-lived. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Nordli Municipality and Sørli Municipality were merged back together again under the former name Lierne Municipality. After the merger, there were 2,045 residents in the new municipality.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Nord-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old name for the region (Template:Langx) which means "mountainside" (similar to the Norwegian word li). Historically, the prefix Finna- was often added to the name: Template:Lang. This prefix is the plural genitive case of Template:Lang which means "Sami person" (or Finn) because the district historically had a significant sami population. Later, the prefix was dropped and the definite plural form of li was used, Lierne. The li name lives on in many places in the municipality such as Nordli and Sørli.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 3 February 1984. The official blazon is "Azure, three grouses argent, two over one" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a COLOR field (background) and the charge is three Willow Ptarmigans (Lagopus lagopus), a type of local grouse. The ptarmigan design has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. This design was chosen because these birds are plentiful in the area. Historically, hunting ptarmigan was of great importance for the survival of the inhabitants during the winters. The bird was thus chosen as a symbol for the municipality. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:See also-text

Churches

The Church of Norway has two parishes (Template:Lang) within Lierne Municipality. It is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

**Churches in Lierne**
Parish (Template:Lang)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Nordli	Nordli Church	Sandvika	1873
Nordli	Tunnsjø Chapel	Tunnsjø senter	1876
Sørli	Sørli Church	Mebygda	1873

Geography

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View of the mountains along the Lierne - Sweden border

Lierne National Park is located in the municipality, and Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella National Park is partly located in Lierne. Lierne Municipality has a significant population of brown bears. The highest point in the municipality is the Template:Convert tall mountain Hestkjøltoppen.<ref name="elev" />

Lierne is also home to many lakes, including Gusvatnet, Havdalsvatnet, Holden, Ingelsvatnet, Kingen, Kvesjøen, Laksjøen, Lenglingen, Limingen, Murusjøen, Rengen, Sandsjøen, Stortissvatnet, Tunnsjøen, and Ulen.

History

Lierne Municipality was the largest obstacle in the negotiations before the Stromstad Treaty of 1751 in which the border was defined in detail. Sweden wanted it based on its location on the eastern side of the drainage divide, although Norway got it based on its historic connection to the Snaasen prestegjeld in Norway. As compensation Norway gave up its demand for the Idre and Särna parishes which were under Swedish control since 1644. This is why there is a large curve in the national border.

Government

Lierne 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 Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

Mayors

The mayor (Template:Langx) of Lierne is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col

1874–1878: Georg Severin Schielderup
1878–1879: Jens Larsen Kveli
1880–1887: Ivar Hesselberg
1888–1889: John Malvig
1890–1901: Jakob F. Holand
1902–1904: Lornts Mediaas
1905–1907: John A. Dahl
1908–1910: Einar Zarbell
1910–1915: Jakob F. Holand
(Lierne Municipality did not exist from 1916-1964)
1964–1965: Ola H. Kveli (V)
1966–1971: Ragnar Harbækvold (Sp)
1972–1975: Leif Sander Aagård (DLF)
1976–1979: Jon Leon Estil (Sp)
1980–1983: Reidar Kveli (Sp)
1984–1987: Jon Leon Estil (Sp)
1988–1991: Bernt Hågensen (Ap)
1991–1991: Gun Kveli (Ap)
1991–2007: Arnodd Lillemark (Sp)
2007–2015: Alf Robert Arvasli (Ap)
2015–2021: Bente Estil (Ap)
2021–2023: Reidar Rødli (Ap)
2023-present: Tor Erling Inderdal (Sp)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Attractions

The cross-country race Flyktningerennet is held here every year. It is a race that follows a route from Nordli to Gäddede in Strömsund Municipality, Sweden, in remembrance of the people who fled Nazi German-occupied Norway for Sweden during the Second World War.

Notable people

Frode Estil (born 1972 in Lierne), a retired cross-country skier who won two golds and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a silver medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics

References

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External links

Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway Template:In lang

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