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Sør-Odal Municipality Sør-Odal kommune
Municipality
Søndre Odalen herred  (historic name)
View of bridge over the Glomma River in Skarnes
FlagCoat of arms
Innlandet within Norway
Sør-Odal within Innlandet
Coordinates: 60°14′12″N 11°44′44″E / 60.23667°N 11.74556°E / 60.23667; 11.74556
Country	Norway
County	Innlandet
District	Odalen
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre	Skarnes
Government
• Mayor (2016)	Knut Hvithammer (Ap)
Area
• Total	516.74 km (199.51 sq mi)
• Land	479.04 km (184.96 sq mi)
• Water	37.70 km (14.56 sq mi)  7.3%
• Rank	#207 in Norway
Population
• Total	8,069
• Rank	#132 in Norway
• Density	16.8/km (44/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+3.4%
Demonym	Sør-ødøling
Official language
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-3415
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Sør-Odal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Odalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skarnes. Other villages in Sør-Odal include Disenå and Sander.

The 517-square-kilometre (200 sq mi) municipality is the 207th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sør-Odal is the 132nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,069. The municipality's population density is 16.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (44/sq mi) and its population has increased by 3.4% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The parish of Søndre Odalen was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The borders of the municipality have not changed since that time.

Name

The municipality was originally named Søndre Odalen (later Sør-Odal), after the valley in which it is located. The first element in the name is the word søndre or sør, both of which mean "southern". The last element of the name is the old district name Odalen (Old Norse: Ódalr). The first part of this is ǫ́ which is an alternate form of the word á which means "river" or "creek" (here it's referring to the Glåma river). The last part of this is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". The prefix "Søndre" was added when the old Odalen parish was divided in 1819 into Nordre Odalen in the north and Søndre Odalen in the south. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Sør-Odal, using an alternate word for "south" and removing the definite form ending -en.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 10 January 1992. The official blazon is "Gules, three keys Or in pall" (Norwegian: I rødt tre gull nøkler stilt i trepass). This means the arms have a red field (background) and the charge is three keys aligned in pall. 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 keys symbolize justice, knowledge, and positive ideals. The design was chosen to represent the three parishes of Oppstad, Strøm, and Ullern and the three local bodies of water: Glomma, Oppstadåa, and Storsjøen. The arms were designed by Harald Hallstensen, a graphical designer. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.

Churches

The Church of Norway has three parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Sør-Odal. It is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

Geography

The municipality is a rural area in the Odalen valley that is located along the river Glåma and around the southern side of the lake Storsjøen. It is bordered by the municipalities of Eidskog in the south, by Kongsvinger in the east, and by Nord-Odal and Grue in the north. The terrain is dominated by rolling hills, lakes, and pine forests.

Government

Sør-Odal 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. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Romerike og Glåmdal District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Sør-Odal is made up of 27 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.

Mayors

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2023)

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Sør-Odal (incomplete list):

• 1958-1975: Arne Broen
• 1975-2007: Henning Myrvang (Ap)
• 2007-2011: Knut Hvithammer (Ap)
• 2011-2015: Anne-Mette Øvrum (H)
• 2015-present: Knut Hvithammer (Ap)

Economy

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Sør-Odal by country of origin in 2017

Ancestry	Number
Poland	101
Sweden	49
Thailand	46
Eritrea	45
Lithuania	37
Germany	37
Romania	34
Denmark	22

The economy is based on a mix of manufacturing, farming, and services. Skarnes has a train connection to Oslo via the Kongsvingerbanen railway line.

Notable people

• Hans Glad Bloch (1791 in Sør-Odal – 1865), a Norwegian military officer and government official
• Peder Sather (1810 in Odal – 1886), an American banker and philanthropist; eponym of the Sather Tower & Sather Gate at UC Berkeley
• Magnhild Haalke (1885–1984), a Norwegian novelist and teacher for 30 years in Sør-Odal
• Kåre Tveter (1922 in Sør-Odal – 2012), a Norwegian painter and illustrator
• Ole A. Stang Jr. (1923 in Sør-Odal – 1998), a businessman who owned and ran Maarud AS
• Øystein Sunde (born 1947), a folk singer, guitarist, and songwriter who was brought up in Skarnes
• Martin Linnes (born 1991 in Sander), a footballer with over 240 club caps and 27 for Norway
• Kent Håvard Eriksen (born 1991 in Skarnes), a footballer with over 250 club caps
• Magnus Gullerud (born 1991 in Skarnes), a handball player for Kolstad Håndball and the Norwegian national team.

Sister cities

Sør-Odal has sister city agreements with the following places:

• Viitasaari, Länsi-Suomi, Finland

Media gallery

• Ulleren kirke
• Oppstadåa i Sør-Odal
• Sør-Odal
• Maarud Airport

References

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3. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
4. Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
5. Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
6. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
7. Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (3 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 175 and 194.
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27. "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964.
28. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960.
29. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.
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External links

• Media related to Sør-Odal at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)

v t e Innlandet county, Norway
Main article: Innlandet Capitals: Hamar; Lillehammer County government: Innlandet County Municipality County lists: County Governors Villages Churches
	Towns and cities	Lillehammer (1827) Hamar (1849) Kongsvinger (1854) Gjøvik (1861) Elverum (1996) Otta (2000) Fagernes (2007) Brumunddal (2010) Moelv (2010) Vinstra (2013)
	Municipalities	Gudbrandsdalen Dovre Gausdal Lesja Lillehammer Lom Nord-Fron Ringebu Sel Skjåk Sør-Fron Vågå Øyer Valdres Etnedal Nord-Aurdal Sør-Aurdal Vang Vestre Slidre Øystre Slidre Vestoppland Gjøvik Gran Nordre Land Søndre Land Vestre Toten Østre Toten Glåmdal Eidskog Grue Kongsvinger Nord-Odal Sør-Odal Våler Åsnes Hedmarka Hamar Løten Ringsaker Stange Østerdalen Alvdal Elverum Engerdal Folldal Os Rendalen Stor-Elvdal Tolga Trysil Tynset Åmot
	Former Municipalities in Innlandet Hedmark   Brandval (1867-1964) Furnes (1891-1964) Hof (1838-1963) Kvikne (1838-1966) Nes (1838-1964) Rendal (1838-1880) Romedal (1838-1964) Sollia (1864-1965) Tolga-Os (1966-1976) Vang (1838-1992) Vinger (1838-1964) Ytre Rendal (1880-1965) Øvre Rendal (1880-1965) Aasnes og Vaaler (1849-1854) Oppland   Biri (1838-1964) Brandbu (1897-1962) Eina (1908-1964) Fluberg (1914-1962) Fron (1838-1851, 1966-1977) Fåberg (1838-1964) Heidal (1908-1965) Kolbu (1908-1964) Land (1838-1847) Slidre (1838-1849) Snertingdal (1910-1964) Sollia (1864-1965) Torpa (1914-1962) Vardal (1838-1964) Vestre Gausdal (1879-1962) Østre Gausdal (1879-1962) Note: The former counties of Hedmark and Oppland were merged to form Innlandet on 1 January 2020.

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