Stor-Elvdal
Stor-Elvdal 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 Koppang. Other villages in the municipality include Atna, Evenstad, and Sollia.[3]
Stor-Elvdal kommune | |
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![]() The river Glomma running through the municipality | |
![]() Flag ![]() Coat of arms ![]() Innlandet within Norway | |
![]() Stor-Elvdal within Innlandet | |
Coordinates: 61°38′6″N 10°52′27″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Østerdalen |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Koppang |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Even Moen (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,165.78 km2 (836.21 sq mi) |
• Land | 2,126.99 km2 (821.24 sq mi) |
• Water | 38.79 km2 (14.98 sq mi) 1.8% |
• Rank | #29 in Norway |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 2,318 |
• Rank | #262 in Norway |
• Density | 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | ![]() |
Demonym | Storelvdøl[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3423 |
Website | Official website |
The 2,166-square-kilometre (836 sq mi) municipality is the 28th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stor-Elvdal is the 262nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,318. The municipality's population density is 1.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.8/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 13.4% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
General information
The parish of Store Elvedalen was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the neighboring municipality of Sollia (population: 356) was merged with Stor-Elvdal (population: 3,808) to form a new, larger municipality of Stor-Elvdal.[3][6]
Name
The municipality is named Stor-Elvdalen after the old name of the historic prestegjeld with the same name. The name Elvdalen is the historic name for the area (Old Norse: Elfardalr). The first element this part of the name is the genitive case of the word elfr which means "river" (here it is referring to the Glomma river) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Thus this word means "river valley". The first element of the name is Stor- which means "big". This prefix was added to the old name "Elvdalen" to distinguish it from the municipality of Lille Elvedalen (later the name was shortened to Alvdal). In the late Middle Ages the two areas were distinguished using the words Ytre Elvdalen (meaning "outer" Elvdalen) and Øvre Elvdalen (meaning "upper" Elvdalen).[3][7]
Coat of arms
The coat of arms were granted in 1988. The arms show two white or silver-colored two-man saws on a green background. This design was chosen to symbolize the importance of forestry in the municipality.[8]
Churches
The Church of Norway has four parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Stor-Elvdal. It is part of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.
Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
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Atneosen | Atneosen Church | Atna | 1882 |
Sollia | Sollia Church | Sollia | 1738 |
Stor-Elvdal | Evenstad Church | Evenstad | 1904 |
Koppang Church | Koppang | 1952 | |
Stor-Elvdal Church | Negardshaugen | 1821 | |
Strand | Strand Church | Strand | 1863 |
Government
All municipalities in Norway, including Stor-Elvdal, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elects a mayor.[9] The municipality falls under the Østre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.
Municipal council
The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Stor-Elvdal is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 6 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 5 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 | |
Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre), Centre Party (Senterpartiet), and Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Local List for Stor-Elvdal (Bygdelista i Stor-Elvdal) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 8 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Local List for Stor-Elvdal (Bygdelista i Stor-Elvdal) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 8 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Local List for Stor-Elvdal (Bygdelista i Stor-Elvdal) | 6 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 10 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Local List for Stor-Elvdal (Bygdelista i Stor-Elvdal) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 11 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Stor-Elvdal in my heart (Stor-Elvdal i mitt hjerte) | 9 | |
Total number of members: | 27 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 12 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 7 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 27 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 16 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 4 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 3 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 27 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 18 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 4 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 27 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 16 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 4 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 27 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 18 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 5 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 27 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 18 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 5 | |
Socialist common list (Venstresosialistiske felleslister) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 27 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 17 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 5 | |
Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 27 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 16 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 23 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 15 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 3 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 23 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 14 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 5 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 23 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 12 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 4 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 20 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 11 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 6 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 20 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 12 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 6 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 20 |
Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 11 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 1 | |
Common List: Liberal Party and small farmholders (Samlingslista: Venstre og småbrukere) | 2 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 20 | |
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945. |
Ancestry | Number |
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Geography
Stor-Elvdal is bordered on the north by the municipalities of Folldal and Alvdal, on the east by Rendalen, in the south by Åmot and Ringsaker, in the west by Øyer and Ringebu, and in the northwest by Sør-Fron.
The lake Atnsjøen is located in the northwestern part of the municipality, just outside Rondane National Park. The river Glomma runs through the municipality.
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Tourism
Stor-Elvdal boasts the second[30] tallest moose statue in the world, a steel giant moose at the side of the Norwegian National Road 3.
Notable people
- Thore Embretsen Myrvang (1858–1939) an educator and politician, three times Mayor of Stor-Elvdal
- Halldis Neegaard Østbye (1896 in Stor-Elvdal – 1983) In WWII known as "Norway's most fanatical Naziwoman"
- Torkel Andreas Trønnes (1925-2011) an automobile advocate, lived in Koppang
Sister cities
Stor-Elvdal has sister city agreements with the following places:[31]
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- "Mac the Moose reclaims world's tallest moose title after getting new rack". CBC News.
- "Internasjonal kommune" (in Norwegian). Stor-Elvdal kommune. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
External links


- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)