Romedal is a former municipality in the old

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merg ...

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, ...

. The

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...

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 R ...

where

Romedal Church Romedal Church ( no, Romedal kirke) 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 t ...

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 (2 ...

. 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 () is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 Janua ...

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

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. 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, Ilseng ...

(population: 9,734).

Name

The municipality is named after the old ''Romedal'' farm ( non, Ruðmudalr) since this is where the first

was located. The first element is (probably) the genitive case of an old river name () and the last element is which means "valley" or "dale".

Government

The

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural coun ...

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

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Mayors

A list of the mayors of Romedal: *1838: Nils Christoffersen Gaustad *1839-1842: H. Wegener *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: Gulbrand Øvergaard *1854: 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: Kr. 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) *1932-1948: Karl Petersen ( Ap) *1941: G. O. Bahus ( Ap) *1941-1944: Arne Stramrud ( NS) *1944-1945: Ole J. Lie ( NS) *1948-1964: Jens K. Nybruket ( Ap)

References

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History

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Government

Mayors

See also

References