Os, Innlandet

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This article is about the municipality in Innlandet county. For other places, see Os (disambiguation).
For the former municipality in Hordaland county, see Os, Hordaland. For the parish in Rakkestad municipality, Østfold county, see Os, Østfold.
Os kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms of Os kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Os kommune
Innlandet within
Norway
Os within Innlandet
Os within Innlandet
Coordinates: 62°28′34″N 11°14′35″E / 62.47611°N 11.24306°E / 62.47611; 11.24306Coordinates: 62°28′34″N 11°14′35″E / 62.47611°N 11.24306°E / 62.47611; 11.24306
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictØsterdalen
Administrative centreOs i Østerdalen
Government
 • Mayor (2011)Arnfinn Nergård (Sp)
Area
 • Total1,040 km2 (400 sq mi)
 • Land1,008 km2 (389 sq mi)
Area rank101 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total2,131
 • Rank333 in Norway
 • Density2/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
4.2%
Demonym(s)Osing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3430
Official language formNeutral[2]
Websitewww.os.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway
Os Church and River Glomma

Os 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 Os i Østerdalen. The new municipality of Os was separated from Tolga on 1 July 1926. (Tolga and Os were also briefly merged from 1966-1976: see Tolga-Os.)

The municipality is located to the west of the municipality of Røros and to the south of Midtre Gauldal and Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county. In Hedmark county, Os is east of Tolga and north of Engerdal.

General information[]

Name[]

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Os farm (Old Norse: Óss), since the first church was built here (in 1703). The name is identical with the word óss which means "mouth of a river" (here it is the river running out into the Glomma river).

Coat-of-arms[]

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 17 December 1992. The arms show three gold cowbells on a green background. It symbolizes the traditional and modern businesses in the municipality.[3]

Geography[]

Lakes in the region include Flensjøen.

Notable people[]

  • Arnfinn Nergård (born 1952) is a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Os & county Mayor of Hedmark

Sport[]

  • Annar Ryen (1909 in Os – 1985) a Norwegian cross-country skier
  • Viggo Sundmoen (born 1954 in Os) a Norwegian former footballer with 150 club caps
  • Randi Langøigjelten (born 1957) a retired Norwegian middle distance runner
  • Therese Johaug (born 1988 in Os) a Norwegian cross-country skier and three-time Olympic medallist
  • Jon Aukrust Osmoen (born 1992 in Os) a Norwegian orienteering competitor

References[]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ "Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Os kommune i Hedmark. Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-12-22.

External links[]

Os Church and Mount Hummelfjellet
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