Romedal is a former municipality in the old

Hedmark Hedmark () was a Counties of Norway, county in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmar ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964 when it became part of

Stange Municipality is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen. Other villages include Bekkelaget, Espa, Bottenfjellet, Il ...

. The

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of the municipality was the village of

Romedal Romedal is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964 when it became part of Stange Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of ...

where

Romedal Church Romedal Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stange Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located about northwest of the village of Romedal. It is the church for the Romedal parish which is part of the Hamar domprost ...

is located. Other villages in Romedal included

Ilseng Ilseng is a village in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located mostly in Stange Municipality, however, part of the village extends across the border into Hamar Municipality. The Rørosbanen railway line passes through the village, stoppi ...

and

Starhellinga Starhellinga or Sørbygdafeltet is a village in Stange Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about southwest of the village of Romedal and about east of the village of Stangebyen. The village area has a population ( ...

. The municipality centered around the agriculture and forestry industries.

History

The parish of Romedal 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). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

Schei Committee The Schei Committee () was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a ...

. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Romedal (population: 6,441) was merged with the neighboring municipality of

Stange is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen. Other villages include Bekkelaget, Espa, Bottenfjellet, Il ...

(population: 9,734).

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old ''

'' farm () since the first

was built there. The first element is (probably) the

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of an old river name (). The river name may have come from the word , which means 'clear' or 'empty'. The last element is , which means '

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' or 'dale'.

Government

During its existence, this 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.

Municipal council

The

of Romedal was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Mayors

The

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of Romedal: *1838-1839: Nils Christoffersen Gaustad *1839-1842: H. Wegener *1842-1843:

Christen Larsen Arneberg Christen Larsen Arneberg (16 December 1808 – 25 February 1874) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1851, 1854 and 1857, representing the rural constituency of ''Hedemarkens Amt'' (today named Hedmark H ...

*1843-1844: Lars Christian Sandberg *1844-1845: Anton Hansen Horne *1845-1847: V.F. Krog *1847-1849:

*1851-1853: Gulbrand Øvergaard *1854-1855: Anton Hansen Horne *1855-1859: S.H. Ræder *1859-1860: Kjel Sande *1861-1863: L.G. Bryhn *1863–1867: Jens Øvergård *1867-1871: Lars Arneberg *1871-1873: Hans Antonsen Horne *1873-1875: N. Hals *1875-1877: O.A. Bryhni *1877-1879: Lars Arneberg *1879-1882: L.G. Bryhn *1882-1883: O. Pedersen *1883-1891: Johan A. Horn *1891-1893: Lars Busvold *1893-1897: Kristian Horn *1897-1898: Olaf Bryhn *1899-1916: Anton Julius Tøsti *1917-1919: L. Julseth *1920-1922: O. J. Maagaard *1923-1928: L. Julseth *1929-1931: Alfred Johnsen ( Ap) *1932-1941: Karl Petersen ( Ap) *1941-1941: G. O. Bahus ( Ap) *1941-1944: Arne Stramrud ( NS) *1944-1945: Ole J. Lie ( NS) *1945-1948: Karl Petersen ( Ap) *1948-1964: Jens K. Nybruket ( Ap)

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