Grytten is a former municipality in

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of

Rauma Municipality Rauma is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre is the town of Åndalsnes. Other s ...

in the traditional district of

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. The

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was the village of

Åndalsnes is a town in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Åndalsnes is also the administrative center of Rauma Municipality. It is located along the Isfjorden, at the mouth of the river Rauma, at the north end of the Romsdalen valle ...

. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 116th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Grytten Municipality was the 245th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 3,655. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 1.2% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

Grytten was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law). On 1 January 1840, the northwestern part of Grytten Municipality was separated to form the new Voll og Eid Municipality. Then on 1 January 1902, Grytten Municipality was divided. The northeastern part became the new

Hen Municipality Hen is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Rauma Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre wa ...

(population: 1,128) and the rest remained as Grytten Municipality (population: 1,728). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, a large municipal merger took place. The following places were merged to form the new

on that date: *all of Grytten Municipality (population: 3,683) *all of Eid Municipality (population: 381) *all of

(population: 1,663) *all of

Voll Municipality Voll is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1874 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Rauma Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre wa ...

(population: 1,163) *the southern part of

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(population: 1,400)

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old ''Grytten'' farm () since the first

Grytten Church Grytten Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located near the mouth of the Rauma River in the village of Veblungsnes. It is the church for the Grytten parish which i ...

was built there. The first element is which means "coarse stones" or "rubble". The last element is which means "

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" or "

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Churches

The

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had two parishes () within Grytten Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Grytten

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and the

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(

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) in the

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Geography

The municipality encompassed the

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valley (which follows the

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) from the

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The ...

county border to the inner part of the

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, as well as some smaller side valleys. The original municipality of Grytten was almost identical to the present-day

, plus the southern part of

(south of the Langfjorden). The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain

Puttegga Puttegga is the highest mountain in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies on the border of Fjord Municipality and Rauma Municipality. It is located just northwest of the mountain Karitinden, inside Reinheimen National Park. The nearest villag ...

was to the north,

and

Eresfjord og Vistdal Municipality Eresfjord og Vistdal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1890 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Molde Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administ ...

were to the east,

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and

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(both in

county) were to the south,

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and

were to the west, and Eid Municipality was to the northwest.

Government

While it existed, Grytten Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

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Municipal council

The

of Grytten was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

() of Grytten was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position: *1838–1850: Søren Jørgensen Aandahl *1851–1855: Harald Onsum *1855–1860: Søren Jørgensen Aandahl *1860–1867: Lars Eriksen Tokle *1868–1881: Harald Onsum *1882–1884: Christian Torke *1884–1901: Erik Olsen Tokle *1902–1907: Ole Hole *1908–1910: Hans Penge *1911–1919: Ole Hole *1919–1941: Ole P. Ødegaard *1941–1942: Ole E. Nes *1942–1944: Peter O. Remmen *1945–1947: Ludvig B. Aarø *1947–1950: Anton Skare *1950–1951: Erik Midtgaard *1951–1955: Anton Stormyrbakken *1955–1961: Hans Hjelle ( V) *1961–1963: Alf Hanekamhaug ( Sp)

References

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