Vestre Slidre
Vestre Slidre Municipality
Vestre Slidre kommune | |
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Coat of arms | |
Coordinates: 61°3′38″N 8°55′2″E / 61.06056°N 8.91722°E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Valdres |
Established | 1 Jan 1849 |
• Preceded by | Slidre |
Administrative centre | Slidre |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Haldor Ødegård (Sp) |
Area | |
• Total | 457.15 km2 (176.51 sq mi) |
• Land | 415.17 km2 (160.30 sq mi) |
• Water | 41.98 km2 (16.21 sq mi) 9.2% |
• Rank | #219 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 2,091 |
• Rank | #275 in Norway |
• Density | 5/km2 (10/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −5.8% |
Demonym | Vestreslidring[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3452[3] |
Website | Official website |
Vestre Slidre is a
The 457-square-kilometre (176 sq mi) municipality is the 219th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vestre Slidre is the 275th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,091. The municipality's population density is 5 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5.8% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
General information
The municipality of Vestre Slidre was established in 1849 when the old municipality of Slidre was divided into two municipalities: Vestre Slidre (population: 3,130) and Øystre Slidre (population: 2,406). On 1 January 1899, a small unpopulated part of Øystre Slidre was transferred to Vestre Slidre.[6] On 1 January 2021, the Skjelgrenda area of Vestre Slidre was transferred to Øystre Slidre.[7]
Name
The municipality (originally the
Coat of arms
The
Churches
The
Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
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Lomen | Lomen Church | Lomen | 1914 |
Lomen Stave Church | Lomen | 1179 | |
Røn | Røn Church | Røn | 1747 |
Øyjar Chapel | Øyjar | 1963 | |
Slidre | Slidredomen | Slidre | c. 1200 |
- The ruins of Mo church (Mo kirkeruin) are located on the west side of the Slidrefjorden. The medieval church of stone was built ca. 1215 and was probably out of use after the Reformation. The ruins were excavated and restored from 1972–1977.[12]
- Slidredomen, a medieval stone-built church, was once the main church for Valdres. The church is built around 1170. The church is entirely made of stone. Its treasures formerly included a chalice presented by Bishop Salomon of Oslo (1322–1352), the only Bishop in Norway to survive the Black Death. Slidredomen is also known to have had a local bishop.[13]
- Reformation, and only the wall and roof timbers remain from the original building.[13]
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Slidredomen, medieval church
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Lomen Stave Church in the summer of 2005
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Ruins of Mo church
History
Ancestry | Number |
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Lithuania | 29 |
Netherlands | 23 |
Eritrea | 18 |
High above the village of Slidre, there is an ancient burial ground called the Gardberg site. At this site, there is a runestone which reads I Godguest wrote the runes. This stone is known as the Einang stone.
Vestre Sildre figures prominently in the Norse Sagas:
- According to the Sagas, Harald Fairhair was the first Norwegian king (872–930) of Norway. In 866, he made the first of a series of conquests over a number of petty kingdoms. One of the encounters leading to the overall conquest was with Skallagrim Kveldulvssøn in Vestre Slidre. In 872, after winning the Battle of Hafrsfjord near Stavanger, he found himself king of the whole country.[13]
- In the Heimskringla attributed to Snorri Sturluson, it is recorded that in 1023 King Olav came unannounced from Sogn as part of his campaign to Christianize Norway. At Slidre, he caught the peasants unaware and secured all their boats. As a condition for having their boats restored, they accepted Christianity.[13]
Government
Vestre Slidre Municipality is responsible for
Municipal council
The
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 2 | |
Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 10 | |
Local List (Bygdeliste) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 3 | |
Green Party (Miljøpartiet Dei Grøne) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 9 | |
Local List (Bygdeliste) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 3 | |
Green Party (Miljøpartiet Dei Grøne) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
Local List (Bygdeliste) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 5 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
Local List (Bygdeliste) | 10 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 5 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
Local List (Bygdeliste) | 10 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 5 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
Local List (Bygdeliste) | 10 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 5 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
Local List (Bygdeliste) | 10 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 6 | |
Progress Party (Framstegspartiet) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 8 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 2 | |
Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høgre) and Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 6 | |
Progress Party (Framstegspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høgre) | 1 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 8 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Cross-Party List (Tverrpolitisk liste) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 8 | |
Conservative Party (Høgre) | 3 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 7 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 8 | |
Conservative Party (Høgre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 2 | |
Cross-party local list (Tverrpolitisk bygdeliste) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 8 | |
Conservative Party (Høgre) | 4 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 8 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) | 3 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 10 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 8 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 10 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 8 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 8 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 8 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 9 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 6 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 7 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 6 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 10 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 21 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 6 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 11 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 24 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 5 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 11 | |
Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) | 8 | |
Total number of members: | 24 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 7 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 5 | |
Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) | 9 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 24 |
Party name (in Nynorsk) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) | 4 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 11 | |
Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) | 9 | |
Total number of members: | 24 | |
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945. |
Mayors
The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Vestre Slidre (incomplete list):[37]
- 1945-1947: Endre Fyrstro (V)
- 1948-1951: Ola J. Dahle (Sp)
- 1952-1955: Erik Steine Riste (Sp)
- 1956-1963: Erik Kirkeeng (V)
- 1964-1967: Erik Steine Riste (Sp)
- 1968-1979: Ola Ødegård (Sp)
- 1980–1999: Sverre Vik (Sp)
- 1999-2011: Eivind Brenna (BL)
- 2011-2015: Lars Kvissel (Sp)
- 2015–2019: Eivind Brenna (V)
- 2019–present: Haldor Ødegård (Sp)
Geography
Vestre Slidre is bordered to the northwest by
The municipality is located along the river
Notable people
- Ole Brandt (1818–1880), a Norwegian farmer and Mayor of Vestre Slidre in the 1850s and 1860s
- Ragnhild Kåta (1873–1947), the first deafblind Norwegian to receive proper schooling
- Ola Bøe (1910–1986), a Norwegian fiddler
- Knut Hauge (1911–1999), an author of novels, children's books, and plays
- Berit Skjefte (1809–1899), a langeleik player
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External links
- Media related to Vestre Slidre at Wikimedia Commons
- The dictionary definition of vestre slidre at Wiktionary
- Valdres travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)