Brandval

Historically, Brandval was part of the large parish of Grue. On 1 January 1838, when municipalities were established in Norway, Brandval was part of Grue Municipality, making up the southern part of the municipality. On 1 January 1867, the Brandval area (population: 3,946) was separated from Grue to become the new Brandval municipality. This left Grue with 6,464 residents. In 1941 a small part of Grue municipality (population: 68) was transferred to Brandval municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Brandval (population: 4,384) was merged with the town of Kongsvinger (population: 2,349) and the municipality of Vinger (population: 6,257) to form the new Kongsvinger Municipality which had a total population of 12,990 residents.{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=https://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Brandval farm ({{langx|non|Brandváll}}) since the first Brandval Church was built there. The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|brandr}} which means "fire" or "burning". The last element is {{lang|non|váll}} which means "land that is cleared by burning". Thus the name likely refers to a forested area that was cleared by burning.{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZMOAAAAYAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt |date=1900 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=3 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=235 and 240 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}

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.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=kommunestyre |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/kommunestyre |access-date=2023-01-01 |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=no |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene}}

The municipal council {{lang|no|(Herredsstyre)}} of Brandval was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

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{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Brandval

|herad = yes

|start = 1960

|end = 1963

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 14

|Høyre = 1

|NKP = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Brandval

|herad = yes

|start = 1956

|end = 1959

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 14

|NKP = 3

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Brandval

|herad = yes

|start = 1952

|end = 1955

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|NKP = 3

|Senterpartiet = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Brandval

|herad = yes

|start = 1948

|end = 1951

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|NKP = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Brandval

|herad = yes

|start = 1945

|end = 1947

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|NKP = 5

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|DRF/V = 1

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Brandval

|herad = yes

|start = 1938

|end = 1941*

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 16

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 2

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Local_Lists = 1

|}}

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The mayors of Brandval:{{Cite web |title=Ordførere i Brandval kommune fra 1868 til 1963 |date=9 January 2019 |url=https://www.kongsvinger.kommune.no/politikk-organisasjon-planer/politikk/politisk-ledelse/ordforere-i-brandval-kommune-fra-1863-til-1963 |access-date=2022-03-18 |publisher=Kongsvinger kommune |language=no}}

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• 1868-1870: Lars Bredesen Breen
• 1871-1886: Per Hansen Gjølstad
• 1887-1889: Kolbjørn Olsen
• 1890-1897: Per Hansen Gjølstad
• 1898-1901: Martin Hansen
• 1902-1910: Arne Næss
• 1911-1913: Rangvald Jahr
• 1914-1919: Nils Aas
• 1920-1931: Ole Ruud
• 1932-1934: Kasper Dalermoen
• 1935-1936: Arnt Nylund
• 1937-1937: Thor Hals
• 1938-1940: Gustav Storhæsen
• 1941-1945: Ole Sandbæk
• 1945-1947: Anton Braaten
• 1948-1963: John Ruud

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