Grong Municipality

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Template:Audio (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Medjå (sometimes called Grong also). Other villages in the municipality include Bergsmoen, Formofoss, Gartland, and Harran.

The Template:Convert municipality is the 97th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Grong Municipality is the 264th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,322. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has decreased by 5.2% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ssb area">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

General information

Grong was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1901, the northwestern district of Grong (population: 1,046) was separated to form the new Høylandet Municipality. On 1 January 1923, the large Grong Municipality was divided into four smaller municipalities: Grong Municipality (population: 1,272) in the southwest, Harran Municipality (population: 630) in the centre, Røyrvik Municipality (population: 392) in the northeast, and Namsskogan Municipality (population: 469) in the northwest.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring Harran Municipality (population: 1,085) and Grong Municipality (population: 1,962) were merged (back together) to form a new, larger Grong Municipality.<ref name="Dag">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Nord-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Grong farm (Template:Langx) since the first Grong Church was built there. The first element is {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} which means "spruce". The last element is the plural form of the suffix {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} which is a common suffix for place names in Norway.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 6 February 1987. The official blazon is "Argent, three triangles vert in pale" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a field (background) that has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The charge is three green triangles lined up vertically. The green triangles symbolize spruce trees (Template:Langx) which dominate almost 40% of the municipal areas. This makes them canting arms since the name of the municipality is supposedly derived from {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} which means spruce. The number three symbolizes the three main villages in the municipality: Harran, Bergsmoen, and Medjå. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Churches

The Church of Norway has two parishes ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) within Grong Municipality. It is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Churches in Grong Municipality
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Grong Grong Church Medjå 1877
Harran Harran Church Harran 1874
Gløshaug Church Gartland 1689

Geography

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Nordlandsbanen train crossing Namsen river near Grong village

Grong is located along the river Namsen in the Namdalen valley. Two major tributaries of the Namsen flow through Grong too: the river Sanddøla and the river Neselva. The Bangsjøene lakes lie at the extreme southern border with Snåsa Municipality and Overhalla Municipality. The Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park covers a small part of the southeastern part of Grong Municipality. The highest point in the municipality is the Template:Convert tall mountain Heimdalhaugen.<ref name="elev" />

Government

Grong 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.<ref name="ks">Template:Cite SNL</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) of Grong Municipality is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party. Template:Div col Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Kommunestyre table Template:Div col end

Mayors

The mayor (Template:Langx) of Grong is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position:<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Div col

  • 1838–1839: Jørgen Darre Strand
  • 1840–1843: Søren Rasmussen Eugenius Sørensen
  • 1844–1847: Peder Jakobsen Almås
  • 1847–1851: Lorents Mediå
  • 1852–1853: Elias Iversen Urstad
  • 1854–1855: Peder Jakobsen Almås
  • 1856–1859: Lorents Mediå
  • 1860–1863: Knut Flått
  • 1864–1867: Lorents Mediå
  • 1868–1871: Hans Fredrik Thoresen
  • 1872–1879: Svend Matthiesen (V)
  • 1880–1883: Knut Flått
  • 1884–1887: Lorents Mørkved (V)
  • 1888–1891: Hans Seem (V)
  • 1892–1907: Svend Matthiesen (V)
  • 1908–1910: Hans Seem (V)
  • 1911–1919: Ole Mørkved (V)
  • 1920–1928: Oluf Moe (V)
  • 1929–1934: Martin Bjerken (V)
  • 1934–1935: John Solli (Ap)
  • 1936–1937: Ole L. Haugen (Ap)
  • 1938–1945: Anders O. Seem (NS)
  • 1945–1945: Iver Tømmerås (Bp)
  • 1945–1945: Johannes Tømmerås (V)
  • 1946–1947: Ole L. Haugen (Ap)
  • 1948–1951: Ivar Moe (Bp)
  • 1952–1955: Håkon Letvik (Ap)
  • 1956–1959: Torfinn Haugum (Bp)
  • 1960–1971: Håkon Letvik (Ap)
  • 1972–1982: Agnar Gartland (Sp)
  • 1982–1983: Oluf Moe (H)
  • 1984–1985: Finn Jørgensen (Ap)
  • 1986–1987: Bo Pettersen (V)
  • 1988–1991: Finn Jørgensen (Ap)
  • 1992–1999: Torbjørn Østerås (Sp)
  • 1999–2003: Helge Formo (Ap)
  • 2003–2011: Erik Seem (Sp)
  • 2011–2019: Skjalg Åkerøy (Ap)
  • 2019–2023: Borgny Grande (Sp)
  • 2023–present: Ann Jeanett Klinkenberg (Ap)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Transportation

The European route E6 highway follows the river Namsen across the municipality, as does the Nordland Line. The two main stations on the Nordland Line are Grong Station in Medjå and Harran Station in Harran. The old Namsos Line railway used to run from Grong to Namsos, but that is now closed.

Notable people

References

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