Tolga-Os

Coordinates: 62°26′09″N 11°06′43″E / 62.4358°N 11.1120°E / 62.4358; 11.1120
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Tolga-Os Municipality
Tolga-Os kommune
Os
Administrative centreTolga
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total2,163 km2 (835 sq mi)
Population
 (1975)
 • Total3,724
 • Density1.7/km2 (4.5/sq mi)
DemonymsTolging or Osing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0435[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Tolga-Os is a

Os. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Tolga.[3]

History

View of Tolga Church, the main church for the municipality

Historically, the municipality of

Os (population: 2,015) were merged to form the new municipality of Tolga-Os. Soon after the merger, there was discontent in the new municipality. On 10 April 1975, the government allowed the merger to be dissolved, so on 1 January 1976 Tolga (population: 1,865) and Os (population: 1,859) became separate municipalities once again using the pre-1966 borders.[3][4][5]

Name

The municipal name was created during the 1960s (and in use until 1976) for the newly merged municipality that was made up of the old municipalities of

Old Norse: Óss) since the first Os Church was built there in 1703. The name is identical with the word óss which means "mouth of a river" (here it is referring to the Vangrøfta river running out into the Glomma river).[7]

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.[8]

Municipal council

The

municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Tolga-Os was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party
breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Tolga-Os kommunestyre 1972–1975 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 13
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
Total number of members:25
Tolga-Os kommunestyre 1968–1971 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 14
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
Total number of members:25
Tolga-Os kommunestyre 1966–1967 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 13
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 18
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
Total number of members:34
Note: This first council for Tolga-Os was established in 1966 and it was made up of the existing councils from the old municipalities of Tolga and Os that took office in 1964.

Mayors

The mayors of Tolga-Os:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  3. ^
    Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  5. ^ "Forskrift om kommunedeling Tolga-Os, Hedmark". Lovdata.no (in Norwegian). 6 June 1975. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (3 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 412.
  7. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (3 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 417 and 423.
  8. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1972" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1973. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1967" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1967. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

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