Alvdal

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Alvdal kommune
Municipality
Alvdal1.jpg
Coat of arms of Alvdal kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Alvdal kommune
Innlandet within
Norway
Alvdal within Innlandet
Alvdal within Innlandet
Coordinates: 62°4′18″N 10°30′27″E / 62.07167°N 10.50750°E / 62.07167; 10.50750Coordinates: 62°4′18″N 10°30′27″E / 62.07167°N 10.50750°E / 62.07167; 10.50750
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictØsterdalen
Administrative centreAlvdal
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Mona Murud (Sp)
Area
 • Total943 km2 (364 sq mi)
 • Land919 km2 (355 sq mi)
Area rank116 in Norway
Population
 (2018)
 • Total2,424
 • Density2.6/km2 (7/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase 0.5%
Demonym(s)Alvdøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3428
Official language formNeutral[2]
Websitewww.alvdal.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Alvdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Alvdal. The municipality is south of Tynset, north and west of Rendalen, north of Stor-Elvdal and east of Folldal.

Alvdal (along with the eastern part of Folldal municipality) was separated from the municipality of Tynset to become a municipality of its own in 1864. The western part of Folldal was transferred from Dovre (in the former Oppland county) to Alvdal (and Hedmark county) in 1884. Folldal was separated from the municipality of Alvdal in 1914.

The Rørosbane railway line passes through Alvdal.

General information[]

Name[]

The Old Norse form of the name was (øfri) Elfardalr (meaning "(upper) river valley"). The first element is the genitive case of elfr which means "river" (here the Glomma river) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale".

Prior to 1918, the municipality was called Lille-Elvdalen ("the small Elvdalen") to distinguish it from Store Elvedalen ("the big Elvedalen") which is now called Stor-Elvdal.

Coat-of-arms[]

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 25 November 1988. The arms show the front ends of two silver skis on a blue background. They represent the history and importance of skiing in the area.[3]

(See also Skien and Trysil)

Geography[]

Alvdal is bordered by Tynset to the north, Rendalen to the east and south, Stor-Elvdal to the south, and Folldal to the west. The highest mountain in the municipality is Storsølnkletten at 1,827 metres (5,994 ft) tall.

In literature[]

Aukrust is famous for creating the fictional Norwegian village of Flåklypa and its cast of idiosyncratic characters.

Notable residents[]

Kjell Aukrust, 1965

Sport[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ "Kommunevåpenet" (in Norwegian). Alvdal kommune. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  4. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 19 November 2020

External links[]

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