Ringebu

The prestegjeld of Ringebu was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1864, the northern part of Ringebu (population: 386) was separated to become the new municipality of Sollia. (In 1890, Sollia switched from Oppland county to Hedmark county.) On 1 January 1899, an unpopulated part of Ringebu (in Oppland county) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Sollia (in Hedmark county).{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://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 Ringebu farm ({{langx|non|Ringabú}} or {{lang|non|Hringabú}}) since the old Ringebu Stave Church was built there. The first element was probably derived from the word {{lang|non|ringr}} which means "ring" (but in what context is unknown). The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|bú}} which means "farm", "estate", or "rural area".{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DohBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt |date=1900 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=4 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=137 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}

The coat of arms was granted on 24 April 1992. The official blazon is "Gules, a three-tongued flame Or" ({{langx|no|I rødt en oppvoksende tretunget gull flamme}}). This means the arms have a red field (background) and the charge is a three-tongued flame of fire. 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. This represents the municipality's three valleys and three parishes: Ringebu, Fåvang, and Venabygd. Fire was chosen to represent the need for heat and light by all people. The arms were designed by Inge Rotevatn. 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=Ringebu |access-date=2023-04-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}{{Cite web |title=Ringebu, Oppland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-05-20.html |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Flags of the World}}{{Cite web |date=1992-04-24 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1992-04-24-273 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}{{Cite web |title=Ringebu kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10071208070029.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dringebu |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Digitalarkivet |language=no}}

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

File:Ringebue stavkirke 2.jpg

The stave church at Ringebu was built around the year 1220 and it is one of fewer than 30 surviving stave churches in Norway and is one of the largest.

About {{convert|15|km|mi}} north of the church lies the old Hundorp farm which is the legendary home of Dale-Gudbrand. Dale-Gudbrand is mentioned in the Heimskringla ({{langx|en|The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway}}) by Snorri Sturluson. The account of King Olaf's (A.D. 1015-1021) conversion of Dale-Gudbrand to Christianity is popularly recognized.

File:Ringebu rådhus.JPG

Ringebu is bordered to the west by Sør-Fron municipality, to the southwest by Gausdal municipality, to the southeast by Øyer municipality, and to the east and north by Stor-Elvdal municipality.

The administrative center of Ringebu municipality is the village of Vålebru which is located at an elevation of {{convert|182|m|ft}} above sea level in the valley along the river Gudbrandsdalslågen, but 50% of the area within the municipal borders lies at an elevation greater than {{convert|900|m|ft}} above sea level. From Ringebu, two mountain passes provide road access into the Østerdal valley to the northeast; one of these is closed during the winter. Because these mountain areas reliably provide good snow conditions, the area is a popular tourist destination. The Kvitfjell ski area in Ringebu was expanded to serve as a downhill venue for the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Ringebu 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 Vestre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

The municipal council {{lang|no|(Kommunestyre)}} of Ringebu is made up of 21 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.

{{div col}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 2023

|end = 2027

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Innlandet |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/innlandet/ringebu#seats |access-date=2024-01-12 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed =

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 12

|Grønne = 1

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 6

|otherparty = Cross-party list

|otherparty_no = Tverrpolitisk liste

|otherparty_number = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 2019

|end = 2023

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 - Innlandet |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/innlandet/ringebu#seats |access-date=2022-06-16 |publisher=Valgdirektoratet}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Grønne = 1

|Senterpartiet = 6

|H/V = 1

|otherparty = Cross-party list

|otherparty_no = Tverrpolitisk liste

|otherparty_number = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 2015

|end = 2019

|reference = {{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2015 - Oppland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2015/ko/oppland/ringebu#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 = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 11

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 6

|Venstre = 2

|otherparty = Cross-party list

|otherparty_no = Tverrpolitisk liste

|otherparty_number = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 2011

|end = 2015

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

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 5

|Fremskrittspartiet = 1

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Venstre = 3

|otherparty = Cross-party list

|otherparty_no = Tverrpolitisk liste

|otherparty_number = 6

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 2007

|end = 2011

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 9

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Venstre = 2

|Høyre = 1

|Fremskrittspartiet = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 2003

|end = 2007

|reference =

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 21

|Arbeiderpartiet = 8

|Fremskrittspartiet = 2

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 8

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 1999

|end = 2003

|reference = {{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/publikasjoner/pdf/nos_c621/nos_c621.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1999 |date=2000 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253748531 |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 13

|Høyre = 2

|Senterpartiet = 11

|Venstre = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 1995

|end = 1999

|reference = {{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |date=1996 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253743351 |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 14

|Høyre = 2

|Senterpartiet = 11

|otherparty = Local list

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 1991

|end = 1995

|reference = {{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |date=1993 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253737939 |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 16

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 8

|otherparty = Local list

|otherparty_no = Bygdalista

|otherparty_number = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 1987

|end = 1991

|reference = {{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |date=1988 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253726325 |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 16

|Høyre = 3

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 5

|otherparty = Local list

|otherparty_no = Bygdeliste

|otherparty_number = 4

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 1983

|end = 1987

|reference = {{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |date=1984 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253720378 |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 18

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 5

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 1979

|end = 1983

|reference = {{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |date=1979 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253710836 |location=Oslo, Norge |language=Norwegian |issn=0332-8023}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 17

|Høyre = 4

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 6

|Venstre = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 1975

|end = 1979

|reference = {{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |date=1977 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253705646 |location=Oslo, Norge |language=Norwegian}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 15

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 2

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1

|smallparty = Joint list of small farmholders and the Liberal Party

|smallparty_no = Småbrukerne og Venstre

|smallparty_number = 2

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

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|start = 1971

|end = 1975

|reference = {{Cite book |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |date=1973 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |isbn=8253701144 |volume=I |location=Oslo, Norge |language=Norwegian}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 15

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Borgerlige_Felleslister = 3

|otherparty = Socialist common list

|otherparty_no = Venstresosialistiske felleslister

|otherparty_number = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|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, Norge |volume=I}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 15

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 7

|Sosialistisk_Folkeparti = 1

|AFS = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|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, Norge}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 14

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 7

|AFS = 5

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|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, Norge}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 14

|Høyre = 2

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Senterpartiet = 7

|AFS = 5

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|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, Norge}}

|collapsed = yes

|Total = 29

|Arbeiderpartiet = 16

|NKP = 1

|Høyre = 1

|Senterpartiet = 8

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|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 = 28

|Arbeiderpartiet = 15

|NKP = 1

|Senterpartiet = 9

|Kristelig_Folkeparti = 1

|Venstre = 2

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|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 = 28

|Arbeiderpartiet = 14

|NKP = 1

|Senterpartiet = 10

|V/DRF = 3

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|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 = 28

|Arbeiderpartiet = 16

|NKP = 1

|AFS = 1

|Senterpartiet = 9

|V/DRF = 1

|}}

{{Kommunestyre table

|name = Ringebu

|herad = yes

|start = 1937

|end = 1940*

|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 = 28

|Senterpartiet = 11

|Arbeiderpartiet = 14

|V/DRF = 3

|}}

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The mayors ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Ringebu:

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• 1838–1853: Vilhelm Fegth
• 1854–1871: Nils Iversen Elstad
• 1872–1873: Nils Johannessen Jevne
• 1874–1877: John Kristiansen Mæhlum
• 1878–1881: Ole Christian Elstad
• 1882–1883: Nils Iversen Elstad
• 1884–1893: Ole Christian Elstad (H)
• 1894–1897: Simen Kolstad (V)
• 1898-1899: Ole Christian Elstad (H)
• 1899–1910: Simen Kolstad (AD)
• 1911–1913: Jon Nordrum (H)
• 1914–1925: Simen Kolstad (AD)
• 1926–1928: Einar Vestad (Sp)
• 1929–1934: Johan Hustveit (AD)
• 1935–1937: Einar Vestad (Sp)
• 1938–1941: Johan Hustveit (AD)
• 1942–1945: Sigurd Mytting (NS)
• 1945–1959: Asbjørn Haug (Ap)
• 1960–1967: Ole Ringen (V)
• 1968–1985: Birger Sæther (Ap)
• 1985–1995: Erik S. Winther (Ap)
• 1996–2007: Anders A. Fretheim (Sp)
• 2007–2011: Arnhild Baukhol (Ap)
• 2011–2015: Erik Odlo (Sp)
• 2015–present: Arne Fossmo (Ap)

{{div col end}}

Ringebu has sister city agreements with the following places:{{Cite web |title=Våra vänorter |url=http://www.filipstad.se/kommunen/varavanorter.4.ef98d87113713263fa8000314.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801154415/http://www.filipstad.se/kommunen/varavanorter.4.ef98d87113713263fa8000314.html |archive-date=2012-08-01 |access-date=2009-01-04 |publisher=Filipstad kommun |language=sv}}

• {{flagicon|SWE}} - Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden

File:Petersen-Selfportrait2.jpg

• Frederik Petersen (1759 in Ringebu – 1825), a Norwegian painter of portraits
• Jehans Nordbu (1768 in Ringebu — ca.1860), a Norwegian-American immigrant to the USA and an early settler in Texas
• Hans Engen (1912 in Ringebu – 1966), a Norwegian journalist, diplomat and politician, Norwegian ambassador to the United States from 1963 to 1966
• Emil Nyeng (born 1991), a Norwegian cross-country skier

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{{Commons category|Ringebu}}

{{wiktionary|Ringebu}}

• [http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/ringebu Municipal fact sheet] from Statistics Norway {{in lang|no}}
• {{Wikivoyage inline|Oppland}}
• {{Wikivoyage inline|Gudbrandsdalen}}
• {{Wikivoyage inline|Kvitfjell}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426073212/http://www.fryaleir.no/EN-FryaFrame.htm Frya Leir Motel]

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