Nord-Fron Municipality

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Nord-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vinstra. Other population centers in the municipality include the villages of Fefor, Kvam, and Skåbu.

The Template:Convert municipality is the 95th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Nord-Fron Municipality is the 174th most populous municipality in Norway, with a population of 5,553. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert, and its population has decreased by 3.1% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

General information

The prestegjeld of Fron was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 when the new formannskapsdistrikt law was enacted. On 1 January 1851, Fron Municipality was divided in two. The northwest portion became Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 4,685), and the southeast portion became Sør-Fron Municipality (population: 3,421).<ref name="DJ" />

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the Sjoa area (population: 413) was transferred from Nord-Fron Municipality to the neighboring Sel Municipality. Then, on 1 January 1966, Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 5,758) and Sør-Fron Municipality (population: 3,648) were merged to form a new Fron Municipality (with similar borders to the old Fron Municipality that existed from 1838 to 1851 minus the Sjoa area which was then part of Sel Municipality).<ref name="DJ" />

The 1966 merger was not well-liked among the residents of the new municipality. On 1 January 1977, the merger was reversed. Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 6,131) and Sør-Fron Municipality (population: 3,509) were recreated using their old borders from 1965.<ref name="DJ">Template:Cite web</ref>

Historically, the municipality was part of the old Oppland county. On 1 January 2020, the municipality became a part of the newly-formed Innlandet county (after Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged).<ref>Template:Cite SNL</ref>

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Fron farm (Template:Langx) since the first Fron Church was built there. The first element is Template:Wikt-lang which means "northern". The last element is uncertain, but it may come from the word Template:Wikt-lang, which means "earth" or "land". Thus the name of the municipality is "(the) northern (part of) Fron" (since the parish of Fron was divided in 1851 into a "north" and a "south" part). Historically, it was called Nordre Fron, using another word that also means "north".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Nordre Fron. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Nord-Fron, using an alternate word for "north".<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Template:See also

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 18 July 1980. The official blazon is "Gules, a horse forcené Or" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a red field (background), and the charge is a Dole Gudbrandsdal horse rearing up on its hind legs. The horse 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 Fron area has a long-standing tradition in horse breeding and is one of the main centres of horse breeding in Norway. Historically, the old Fron municipality used unofficial arms with a horse on it. After Fron was divided into Nord- and Sør-Fron in 1977, Nord-Fron chose these arms. Hallvard Trætteberg designed the arms. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:See also-text

Churches

The Church of Norway has four parishes (Template:Lang) within Nord-Fron Municipality. It is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

Churches in Nord-Fron Municipality
Parish (Template:Lang) Church name Location of the church Year built
Kvam Kvam Church Kvam 1952
Kvikne Kvikne Church Kvikne 1764
Skåbu Skåbu Church Skåbu 1927
Sødorp Sødorp Church Vinstra 1752
Sødorp Chapel Vinstra 1929

History

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Nord-Fron by country of origin in 2017<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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The Nord-Hoge farm in the Sødorp parish of Nord-Fron Municipality is the legendary home of Per Gynt. Per was made famous by Peter Asbjørnsen's folk tales and Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt.

The body of Captain Sinclair is buried in Kvam.

The small Kvam Church, built in 1775, was burned down during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was rebuilt after the war.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

Nord-Fron Municipality is bordered to the northwest by Sel Municipality, to the east and south by Sør-Fron Municipality, in the south by Øystre Slidre Municipality, and to the southwest by Vågå Municipality. The municipality stretches from the Rondane mountains in the north to the Jotunheimen mountains in the southwest. The highest point in the municipality is the Template:Convert tall mountain Heimdalshøe, on the border with Vågå Municipality.<ref name="elev" />

There are two main population centres in Nord-Fron: the town of Vinstra in the central part of the municipality and the village of Kvam in the north. Kvam is located at the northern end of the Peer Gynt Road, which passes through high roads with excellent views of the Jotunheimen, Dovrefjell, and Rondane mountain.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Lakes in the area include Feforvatnet, Olstappen, Øyangen, and Vinstervatna. Mountains in the region include Gravdalsknappen, Heimdalshøe, Hornflågan, Ingulssjøhøi, Saukampen, Sikkilsdalshøa, Styggehøe, and Smiubelgen.

Government

Nord-Fron 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 Gudbrandsdal District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

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Mayors

Template:Incomplete list The mayor (Template:Langx) of Nord-Fron Municipality 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 web</ref> Template:Div col

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Attractions

Smiubelgen in Rondane National Park

Royal residence

The Royal Mountain Chalet, Prinsehytta, is located in the Sikkilsdalen valley in Nord-Fron. It is used as a royal residence by the Norwegian royal family for hunting trips and during the Easter and winter holidays.

Eidefoss petroglyphs

The rock carvings at Eidefoss are located on the east side of the river south of the white water.<ref name="TW">Template:Cite book</ref>

National parks

  • Rondane National Park, which lies partially in Nord-Fron Municipality, was the first Norwegian National Park, established on 21 December 1962. In 2003, Rondane National Park was enlarged, and smaller areas of nature protection were opened or enlarged.<ref name="TW" />
  • Jotunheim National Park is not technically in Nord-Fron Municipality, but its southern border brushes Nord-Fron's western border.<ref name="TW" />

Sister cities

Nord-Fron has sister city agreements with the following places:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ole Haagenstad

Notable people

References

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