Engerdal

File:Engerdal parts at formation.png (orange was from Tolga parish and yellow was from Os parish), green came from Øvre Rendal, blue came from Ytre Rendal, and purple came from Trysil]]

The new municipality of Engerdal was established on 1 January 1911. This new municipality was created by taking some of the land from the following existing municipalities:

• {{convert|750|km2}} of southeastern Tolga municipality (population: 201)
• {{convert|330|km2}} of eastern Ytre Rendal municipality (population: 311)
• {{convert|692|km2}} of eastern Øvre Rendal municipality (population: 381)
• {{convert|168|km2}} of northern Trysil municipality (population: 291)

The borders of the municipality have not changed since its creation.{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}

The municipality was named {{lang|no|Engerdal}}, after a local valley. The first element of the name comes from the local river {{lang|no|Engeråa}} which flows through the valley. The river name is derived from the name of the lake Engeren, and this is probably derived from the Old Norse word {{wikt-lang|non|ǫngr}} which means "narrow". The last element of the municipal name comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "valley" or "dale".{{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 |page=367 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}} Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Engerdalen. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Engerdal, removing the definite form ending -en.{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=Norsk Lovtidend |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057-1065}}

The coat of arms was granted on 8 February 1991. The official blazon is "Vert, a horse collar Or" ({{langx|no|I grønt et gull bogtre}}). This means the arms have a green field (background) and the charge is a horse harness (the hames). The charge has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design symbolize the ties between horse and man and at the same time the connection between work and recreation. The arms were designed by Arvid Sveen. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Engerdal |access-date=2023-04-28 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}{{Cite web |title=Engerdal, Hedmark (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-04-34.html |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Flags of the World}}{{Cite web |date=1991-04-15 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1991-02-08-98 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}

The Church of Norway has five parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Engerdal. It is part of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

The municipality is located in the northeast part of Innlandet county. It is bordered by Sweden to the north and east, the municipality of Trysil to the south, Rendalen to the west, and Os and Tolga to the northwest. The greater part of Lake Femunden and roughly half of the Femundsmarka National Park also lie within the boundaries of the municipality. There are many large lakes in the municipality including Engeren, Galtsjøen, Gutulisjøen, Isteren, Langsjøen, Nedre Roasten, Rogen, and Vurrusjøen.

Engerdal consists of two national parks. Femundsmarka National Park was founded in 1971 and is situated in the far northeastern corner of the municipality. The area is popular for its many lakes and attracts a lot of people for sport fishing every year. The same lakes are also perfect for paddling the canoe. Due to its large continuously, untouched and protected area, the national park is one of southern Scandinavia's largest parks and the area has become a base for many rare animal species.

The second national park, Gutulia National Park is much smaller, but has a more vigorous complex of trees and bogs. It was founded in 1968 and the many large, but old pines dominates the area.

Engerdal Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=kommunestyre |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/kommunestyre |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=Norwegian |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene |accessdate=2022-10-14}} The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Østre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

The municipal council {{lang|no|(Kommunestyre)}} of Engerdal is made up of 15 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.

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{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 2023

|end = 2027

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Innlandet |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/innlandet/engerdal#seats |access-date=2024-01-14 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed =

|Total = 15

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Høyre = 4

|Senterpartiet = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 2019

|end = 2023

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 - Innlandet |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/innlandet/engerdal#seats |access-date=2022-03-02 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 15

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 1

|smallparty = Common List: Centre Party and unaffiliated

|smallparty_no = Samlingslista: Senterpartiet og uavhengige

|smallparty_color = linear-gradient(135deg, {{Party color|Centre Party (Norway)}} 50%, white 50%)

|smallparty_number = 7

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 2015

|end = 2019

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2015 - Hedmark |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2015/ko/hedmark/engerdal#seats |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}{{Cite web |title=Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/04813/ |publisher=Statistics Norway |language=Norwegian}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 15

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|Høyre = 1

|Sp/V = 8

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 2011

|end = 2015

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Hedmark |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/hedmark/engerdal#seats |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 15

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Sp/V = 6

|Høyre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 2007

|end = 2011

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 15

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|Høyre = 1

|Sp/V = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 2003

|end = 2007

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 15

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 2

|Sp/V = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 1999

|end = 2003

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 15

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|Høyre = 1

|Sp/V = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 1995

|end = 1999

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 10

|Høyre = 3

|Sp/V = 8

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 1991

|end = 1995

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 2

|Sp/V = 6

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 1987

|end = 1991

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|Høyre = 2

|Sp/V = 7

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 1983

|end = 1987

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 10

|Høyre = 2

|Senterpartiet = 4

|otherparty = Free voters in Engerdal

|otherparty_no = Frie velgere i Engerdal

|otherparty_number = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 1979

|end = 1983

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 2

|Senterpartiet = 5

|otherparty = Free voters in Engerdal

|otherparty_no = Frie velgere i Engerdal

|otherparty_number = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 1975

|end = 1979

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|DLF = 1

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 1971

|end = 1975

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 10

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 1967

|end = 1971

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo |volume=I}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 10

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 4

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|start = 1963

|end = 1967

|reference = {{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|herad = yes

|start = 1959

|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}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|herad = yes

|start = 1955

|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 = 17

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Venstre = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|herad = yes

|start = 1951

|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 = 12

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 2

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|herad = yes

|start = 1947

|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 = 12

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|V/DRF = 2

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|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 = 12

|Arbeiderpartiet = 7

|V/DRF = 2

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Engerdal

|herad = yes

|start = 1937

|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 = 12

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 4

|Arbeiderpartiet = 6

|smallparty = Common List: Liberal Party and small farmholders

|smallparty_no = Samlingslista: Venstre og småbrukere

|smallparty_color = linear-gradient(135deg, {{Party color|Liberal Party of Norway}} 50%, #f02938 50%)

|smallparty_number = 7

|}}

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The mayors ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Engerdal:{{Cite book |last=Hvattum |first=Harald |title=Engerdal kommune gjennom 100 år: 1911-2011 |publisher=Engerdal kommune |year=2011 |isbn=9788299002578 |pages=285–293 |language=no |chapter=Ordførere i Engerdal}}

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• 1911–1916: Guren A. Gløtvold (H)
• 1917–1919: Ole Puntervold (LL)
• 1919-1919: Peder Omang (ArbDem)
• 1920–1925: Guren A. Gløtvold (H)
• 1926–1928: Ottar Andersen (RF)
• 1929–1931: Kristian Lian (Ap)
• 1931-1931: Knut Omang (Ap)
• 1932–1937: Ottar Andersen (RF)
• 1938–1940: John Sand (Ap)
• 1941–1945: Peder Grøndalen (NS)
• 1945-1945: Ottar Andersen (V)
• 1945-1945: F.O. Sponberg (Ap)
• 1946–1947: John Sand (Ap)
• 1947-1947: F.O. Sponberg (Ap)
• 1948–1951: Reodor Wardenær (Ap)
• 1952–1955: Emil Stang (Ap)
• 1956–1959: Peder Myrstad (Bp)
• 1960–1963: Reodor Wardenær (Ap)
• 1964–1971: Pauli Opgård (Ap)
• 1972–1975: Edgar Krog (Ap)
• 1975–1983: Ola Joten (Ap)
• 1984–1987: Reidar Åsgård (Ap)
• 1988–1991: Ola D. Gløtvold (Sp)
• 1992–2003: Reidar Åsgård (Ap)
• 2003–2007: Dag Rønning (Sp)
• 2007–2011: Reidar Åsgård (Ap)
• 2011–2019: Lars Erik Hyllvang (Sp)
• 2019–2023: Line Storsnes (Sp)
• 2023-present: Tor Erik Skramstad (H){{Cite news |date=2023-09-20 |title=Høyreordfører i Engerdal |url=https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/hoyreordforer-i-engerdal-1.16564217 |access-date=2024-01-14 |work=NRK |language=no}}

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The most important industries in the municipality are agriculture and travel and tourism. The area of agricultural activity constitute {{convert|13000|acres|km2}}, which includes about 60 operating units. Due to the harsh climate, the agricultural activity is mainly based around production of domestic animals, such as sheep and milk production. Another important activity is forestry. The total area of forestry make up {{convert|1000636|acre|km2}}, where {{convert|517680|acre|km2}} of this is productive land for logging. Of the forested land, about 40% consists of spruce and 60% of pine. The main owner of the land is the Norwegian state, while the rest is divided between private land owners and some belongs to the company Engerdal kommuneskoger (KF), a subsidiary company owned by the municipality.

File:Femund ii ved brygga.jpg

Due to growth in building secondary residences in the municipality, recreation and leisure activities has become important for those visiting Engerdal and this have had a positive effect on the municipality's travel and tourism industry. Tourists visiting Engerdal will experience a great wilderness with outdoor activities and adventures. Today, a great complex of attractions, activities and museums will reflect the municipals long history and many of them have become important businesses for economic growth, also keeping the cultural heritage intact.

Blokkodden Villmarksmuseum is an outdoor museum situated along highway 26 in Drevsjø. Its aim is to document the historical exploitation of the wilderness and natural resources in the municipal. You will experience the cultural heritage dated all the way back from the 1700th century and you will get an impression of how people lived and worked here in the past.

Engerdal is the only municipality in Innlandet county with a full-time working Sami community, and it marks the current southernmost border of the traditional Sami region, Sápmi, within Norway. The museum, therefore, exhibits artifacts and buildings from this culture. The museum is open everyday from 1 July to 12 August. Guided tours are available and people can participate in special local arrangements, such as learning about "Falkefangst". About 300–400 years ago, this was a way of hunting Falcons in the mountains.

In 1886 the steamship company Fæmund was established, and they invested in a wooden steamship, which today holds the same name: M/S Femund II. From then and still going today, the steamship cargos important goods for the locals and has become an important transportation for tourists wanting to visit the national parks along the lake.

• Gjermund Eggen (1941 in Engerdal – 2019), a Norwegian cross-country skier who won three gold medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966
• Reidar Åsgård (born 1943), a Norwegian politician and mayor of Engerdal
• Ola D. Gløtvold (born 1949 in Engerdal), a Norwegian politician and mayor of Engerdal

• Scandinavian Mountains Airport

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• {{commons category-inline|Engerdal}}
• {{wti|Engerdal}}
• [http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/engerdal Municipal fact sheet] from Statistics Norway {{in lang|no}}
• [https://femundsmarkanasjonalpark.no/en/ Femundsmarka National Park information]

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