Rendal

Rendal is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 4,201-square-kilometre (1,622 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1880 when it was divided into Ytre Rendal and Øvre Rendal. The administrative centre was the village of Bergset where Øvre Rendal Church is located.[2]

Rendal herred
Former municipality
Official logo of Rendal herred
Hedmark within
Norway
Rendal within Hedmark
Rendal within Hedmark
Coordinates: 61°53′29″N 11°04′44″E
CountryNorway
CountyHedmark
DistrictØsterdalen
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1880
 • Succeeded byYtre Rendal and
Øvre Rendal
Administrative centreBergset
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total4,201 km2 (1,622 sq mi)
Population
 (1880)
 • Total3,529
 • Density0.84/km2 (2.2/sq mi)
DemonymRendøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0432
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The parish of Rendal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). This municipality was quite large, spanning 4,201 square kilometres (1,622 sq mi) from the Østerdalen valley to the border with Sweden. During the 1870s, discussions began on dividing the large municipality. On 1 January 1880, the municipality of Rendal was split in two to create the municipalities of Øvre Rendal (population: 1,868) and Ytre Rendal (population: 1,661). Later, in 1965, a new Rendalen Municipality was established, but it did not have the same boundaries as the old Rendal municipality.[3]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Rendalen valley (Old Norse: Reindalr) which is located in the municipality. The first element is rein which means "reindeer". The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The river Rena runs through the valley and it is not known if the valley was named after the river or if the river was named after the valley. A nearby mountain Renafjellet also has a similar name.[2][4]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[5]

Mayors

The mayors of Rendal:[6]

  • 1838–1845: Ole Johan Storm
  • 1845–1853: Jens Simensen Høye
  • 1854–1857: Simen Jensen Høye
  • 1858–1859: Jacob Eriksen Haarset
  • 1860–1861: Ola Jonsen Høye
  • 1862–1869: Simen Jensen Høye
  • 1870–1871: Johan Jensen Høye
  • 1872–1879: Ola Jonsen Høye

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (22 January 2022). "Øvre Rendal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  4. Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (3 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 363.
  5. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. Bull, Jacob B. (1916). Rendalen : dens historie og bebyggelse (in Norwegian). Gyldendalske boghandel. p. 170.

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