Gausdal
Gausdal Municipality
Gausdal kommune | |
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Gudbrandsdal | |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Disestablished | 1879 |
• Succeeded by | Vestre Gausdal and Østre Gausdal |
Re-established | 1 Jan 1962 |
• Preceded by | Vestre Gausdal and Østre Gausdal |
Administrative centre | Segalstad bru |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Anette Musdalslien (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,191.16 km2 (459.91 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,146.41 km2 (442.63 sq mi) |
• Water | 44.74 km2 (17.27 sq mi) 3.8% |
• Rank | #91 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 6,129 |
• Rank | #157 in Norway |
• Density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −0.2% |
Demonym | Gausdøl[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3441[3] |
Website | Official website |
Gausdal is a
The 1,191-square-kilometre (460 sq mi) municipality is the 91st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Gausdal is the 157th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,129. The municipality's population density is 5.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.2% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
Logging, farming, and tourism are important industries in the municipality.
General information
The
Name
The municipality (originally the
Coat of arms
The
Churches
The
Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
---|---|---|---|
Aulstad | Aulstad Church | Aulstad | 1864 |
Follebu | Follebu Church | Follebu | 1260 |
Svatsum | Svatsum Church | Svatsum | 1860 |
Vestre Gausdal | Vestre Gausdal Church | Forset | 1784 |
Østre Gausdal | Østre Gausdal Church | Østre Gausdal | c. 1250 |
History
Ancestry | Number |
---|---|
Poland | 84 |
Denmark | 42 |
Lithuania | 36 |
Germany | 27 |
Thailand | 24 |
Somalia | 23 |
Sweden | 16 |
The old Follebu Church was built of stone in the early Middle Ages (around 1250). It is unusual in that the chancel and nave were built as one continuous piece.
In the 1880s, there was mining for nickel in the Espedalen valley in the northwest part of the municipality. The search for nickel was taken up again in 2004 by Blackstone Venture, a Canadian company. As of 2006, they are still drilling for mineral samples only.
Geography
Gausdal is bordered on the northwest by
The famous
A popular ski area is located on the south slope of Skeikampen mountain.
Western tributaries of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river include the Gausa River, which flows through Gausdalen valley. The lake Dokkfløyvatn is located in the municipality.
Norway's smallest national park, Ormtjernkampen National Park, lies within the municipality.
Government
Gausdal Municipality is responsible for
Municipal council
The
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 5 | |
Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 8 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 3 | |
Local list in Gausdal (Bygdalista i Gausdal) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 23 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 10 | |
Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre), Liberal Party (Venstre), and Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Local list in Gausdal (Bygdalista i Gausdal) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 23 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 10 | |
Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 7 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 2 | |
Local list in Gausdal (Bygdalista i Gausdal) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 23 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 5 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 | |
Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 2 | |
Local list in Gausdal (Bygdalista i Gausdal) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 23 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 6 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 5 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 2 | |
Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 3 | |
Local list in Gausdal (Bygdalista i Gausdal) | 6 | |
Total number of members: | 23 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 8 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 3 | |
Local list in Gausdal (Bygdalista i Gausdal) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 23 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 12 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 2 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 11 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Local list in Gausdal (Bygdalista i Gausdal) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 33 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 14 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 11 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Local list in Gausdal (Bygdalista i Gausdal) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 33 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 15 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 10 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 33 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 18 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 3 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 33 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 19 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 7 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 33 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 19 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 7 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 33 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 18 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 9 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 33 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 19 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 9 | |
Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 33 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 17 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 10 | |
Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Common List of small farmholders and Liberal Party (Småbrukere og Venstre) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 33 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 17 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 9 | |
Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 2 | |
List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 33 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 24 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 12 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 4 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 42 | |
Note: On 1 January 1962, the municipalities of Vestre Gausdal and Østre Gausdal were merged into Gausdal. The members of the old municipal councils that had been elected from 1960 to 1963 were combined to form the new council for Gausdal. This was a temporary measure until the next election. |
Mayors
The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Gausdal since its establishment in 1962:
- 1962-1970: Reidar Engjom (Ap)
- 1970-1975: Bjørn Midtlien (Ap)
- 1976-1982: Kristian Baukhol (Ap)
- 1983-1991: Nils Nygard (Ap)
- 1992-1993: Liv Røe Johnsen (SV)
- 1994–2001: Inger Enger (Sp)
- 2001-2007: Olav Olstad (Sp)
- 2007-2011: Mona B. Nicolaysen (Sp)
- 2011-2019: Hans Oddvar Høistad (Ap)
- 2019–present: Anette Musdalslien (Sp)[30]
Notable people
Public service
- Abraham Pihl (1756 in Gausdal – 1821), a Norwegian clergyman, astronomer, and architect
- Hakon Adelsteen Sommerfeldt (1811 in Gausdal – 1888), a Norwegian naval officer and ship designer
- Sigurd Fougner (1879 in Østre Gausdal – 1959), a Norwegian Supreme Court judge
- Reidar Engjom, (Norwegian Wiki) (1907 - Gausdal - 1970), a Norwegian politician
The Arts
- Simen Fougner (1701 in Follebu – 1783), a Norwegian farmer, poet, and non-fiction writer
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910), a Norwegian author and Nobel Prize in Literature winner in 1903; lived in Aulestad in Follebu, 1874-1910
- Iver Holter (1850 in Gausdal – 1941), a composer and conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1882-1886
- Norwegian-Americanauthor, newspaperman, and politician
- Clara Tschudi (1856–1945), a Norwegian writer who lived in Gausdal
- Hans Aanrud (1863–1953), a writer of plays, poetry, and stories of rural life in Gudbrandsdalen; raised in Auggedalen
- Inge Krokann (1893 – 1962 in Gausdal), a writer who wrote idiosyncratic nynorsk works
- Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen (1903–1984), a violinist and composer of Norwegian folk tunes; lived in Gausdal from 1947-1966
- Magne Elvestrand (1914 in Østre Gausdal – 1991), a pianist, harpsichordist, and organist
- Else Kveine, (Norwegian Wiki) (1933 in Gausdal - 2013), a Norwegian poet
Sport
- Christen Smed, (Norwegian Wiki) (1797 in Gausdal - 1846), a mountaineer who climbed Romsdalshornet
- Mattis Stenshagen (born 1996 in Follebu), a Norwegian cross-country skier
Sister cities
Gausdal has
- – Mora, Dalarna County, Sweden
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External links
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)
- Innlandet travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Gudbrandsdalen travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Tourist information
- Gausdølen - local newspaper (in Norwegian)
- Art of the States: Bright Days of Little Sunlight musical work inspired by the mountains near Gausdal