Haltdalen (historically: ''Holtaalen'' or ''Holtålen'') is a former municipality in the old

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag (; ) was a Counties of Norway, county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag () county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1972 when it was merged with Ålen Municipality to become the present-day

Holtålen Municipality Holtålen is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is located in the Ålen area o ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county. The

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of the municipality was the village of Haltdalen where the

Haltdalen Church Haltdalen Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Holtålen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Haltdalen. It is the main church for the Haltdalen parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti ...

is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1972, the municipality was the 204th largest by area out of the 449 municipalities in Norway. Haltdalen Municipality was the 438th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 795. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 18% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The

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of Holtaalen (later re-named ''Haltdalen'') 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). In 1841, the western part of the municipality (population: 1,272) was separated to become the new Singsaas Municipality. This left Holtaalen with 1,885 residents. Then in 1855, the southeastern part of Holtaalen Municipality (population: 1,487) was separated to become the new Aalen Municipality. This left Holtaalen Municipality with 809 residents. In 1917, the spelling of the name was changed to ''Holtålen Municipality''. In 1937, the name was changed from Holtålen Municipality to Haltdalen Municipality. Starting in the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1972, Ålen Municipality (population: 1,944) was merged with the neighboring Haltdalen Municipality (population: 778) and together they formed the new

(bringing back the name ''Holtålen'', the historic name for Haltdalen Municipality).

Name

The municipality (originally the

) was first named ''Holtaalen''. The first element of the name comes from the local river , a side branch of the larger Gaula River. The last element is which means "narrow river channel" (like an

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). On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled ''Holtaalen'' with the

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" aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Holtålen'', using the letter å instead. On 15 October 1937, a royal resolution changed the name of the municipality to ''Haltdalen'', effective 1 January 1938. The first element of the new name came from the same river name as before. The last element comes from which means "

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" or "dale". The municipality kept this name until 1972 when the municipality was merged with the neighboring Ålen Municipality to form the new

, resurrecting the old name of the municipality that was used before 1937.

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Haltdalen Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Haltdalen

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and the Gauldal prosti (

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) in the

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Geography

The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain

Forollhogna Forollhogna is a mountain located on the border between three municipalities in Norway: Midtre Gauldal Municipality and Holtålen Municipality (in Trøndelag county) and Os Municipality (in Innlandet county). The tall mountain Forollhogna is the ...

. The mountain lies at a border point between Tolga-Os Municipality, Ålen Municipality, Haltdalen Municipality, and

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Government

While it existed, Haltdalen 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 Haltdalen 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 Haltdalen was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: *1838–1840: Halvor Larsen Saxvold *1841–1843: Simen Grøt *1844–1845: Halstein Åsen *1846–1850: Carl Aas *1851–1853: Ingebrigt G. Morken *1854-1854: Carl Aas *1855-1856: Michael Tyrholm Holtermann *1856–1857: John Hansen Tamlag *1858–1859: Ole Svendsen Nysetvold *1860–1861: John Hansen Tamlag *1862–1863: Hans Henrik Bøcher Sartz *1864–1865: Ole Johnsen Nordaune *1866–1904: Ole Svendsen Nysetvold ( V) *1905–1910: John Kvernmo ( H) *1911–1922: Arnt Eriksen Gildseth ( H) *1923–1925: Hans Haugen ( V) *1926–1928: Hans Bollingmo ( LL) *1929–1941: Anders K. Sundt ( Ap) *1941-1941: Nils Krogstad ( Ap) *1941–1942: Johan Heksem ( NS) *1942–1945: Per B. Solli ( NS) *1945–1951: Anders K. Sundt ( Ap) *1952–1967: Arne Wolden ( Ap) *1968–1971: Arne Kvernmo ( Ap)

References

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