Rana Municipality

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Template:Native name or Template:Native name<ref name="sami name" /> is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mo i Rana, which houses the National Library of Norway. Other population centers in Rana include Båsmoen, Dunderland, Eiteråga, Flostrand, Hauknes, Myklebustad, Nevernes, Røssvoll, Selfors, Sjonbotn, Skonseng, Storforsheia, Utskarpen, and Ytteren.

The Template:Convert municipality is the 4th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway (the largest municipality outside Troms and Finnmark counties). Rana Municipality is the 47th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 25,994. This makes it the second largest municipality in Nordland county—and the third largest in North Norway. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has increased by 0.2% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ssb area">Template:Cite web</ref>

Rana was a part of the Terra Securities scandal in 2007 relating to some investments that were made by the municipality.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

General information

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Mo i Rana and Nord-Rana Municipality plus parts of Nesna Municipality and Sør-Rana Municipality were merged in 1964 to form Rana Municipality.

Municipal history

The municipality of Rana was originally established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1839, it was divided into Nord-Ranen Municipality and Sør-Ranen Municipality. In 1844, Nord-Ranen Municipality was renamed Mo Municipality and Sør-Ranen Municipality was renamed Hemnes Municipality. On 1 January 1923, the village of Mo was separated from Mo Municipality and became a town-municipality of its own. At that time (to avoid confusion) Mo Municipality changed its name (back) to Nord-Rana Municipality and the new town was known as Mo i Rana. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the town of Mo (population: 9,616), Nord-Rana Municipality (population: 11,636), the northern part of Sør-Rana Municipality (population: 697), and the Sjona area of Nesna Municipality (population: 543) were all merged to form Rana Municipality.<ref name="Dag">Template:Cite web</ref>

Name

The municipality is named after the river Ranelva (Template:Langx). The name of the river is probably derived from the word Template:Lang which means "quick", "fast", or "rapid". Another possibility is that the name comes from the old Sami god Rana Niejta.<ref name="snl">Template:Cite web</ref>

On 16 February 2024, the national government approved a resolution to add a co-equal, official Sami language name for the municipality: Template:Lang.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The spelling of the Sami language name changes depending on how it is used. It is called Template:Lang when it is spelled alone, but it is Template:Lang when using the Sami language equivalent to "Rana Municipality".<ref name="sami name">Template:Cite web</ref>

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 5 March 1965. The official blazon is "Per bend sinister vert and Or" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a field (background) that is divided by a diagonal line from the lower left to the upper right. The field that is below the line 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 field that is above the line has a tincture of green. The arms symbolize the forests (upper part/green) and the minerals (lower part/gold), as there many minerals can be found in the area, especially iron ore. The arms were originally granted to the municipality of Mo on 29 April 1960 until that municipality was dissolved on 1 January 1964 when it became part of the new municipality of Rana. The arms were designed by Gunnar Alm.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Churches

The Church of Norway has six parishes (Template:Lang) within Rana Municipality. It is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

Churches in Rana Municipality
Parish (Template:Lang) Church Location Year built
Gruben Gruben Church Mo i Rana 1965
Mo Mo Church Mo i Rana 1724
Nevernes Nevernes Church Nevernes 1893
Nord-Rana Selfors Church Selfors 1973
Ytteren Church Ytteren 1977
Røssvoll Røssvoll Church Røssvoll 1953
Sjona Sjona Church Myklebustad 1916

Geography

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The Sjona fjord, western part of Rana municipality

The municipality is located just south of the Arctic Circle, on the southern side of the Saltfjellet mountains with the Svartisen glacier, Norway's second largest glacier. The highest point in the municipality is the Template:Convert tall mountain Snøtinden.<ref name="elev" /> Some of the other large mountains in Rana include Bolna and Nasa. Mo is so close to the Arctic Circle that parts of the sun is continuously over the horizon (Midnight sun) from early June to early July, and there is no darkness from mid-May to the beginning of August. But there is no true polar night in December.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park is partly located in Rana. There are many valleys such as the Dunderland Valley and Grønnfjelldal.

The majority of the population in the municipality lives in Mo i Rana, where the Ranelva (river) meets the Ranfjorden. North of Mo i Rana, the European route E6 highway passes through the suburb of Selfors. In western Rana, the population centers around the Sjona fjord.

Rana and Saltfjellet are famous for their numerous caves due to the limestone rock. Some of the caves include Grønnligrotta, Setergrotta, and Pluragrotta. There are several nature reserves in the municipality, such as Alterhaug with several warmer-climate plants grow including the elm.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Engasjyen, the estuary of the Rana river, has a rich bird life in the spring.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Blakkådalen has old growth spruce forests.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Fisktjørna, has a largely undisturbed mixed old growth forest with unusually rich plant life due to the extremely lime-rich soil.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Climate

Template:Climate chart Rana is situated near the innermost part of the long Ranafjord, and the winters can be cold, especially away from the fjord. There is often a lot of snow in winter. Summer days in Rana are among the warmest in North Norway.

Lakes and rivers

There are many lakes and rivers in the municipality, both in the lowlands and in the mountains.

Lakes Rivers

Government

Rana 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 Helgeland District Court and the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Template:Lang) of Rana Municipality is made up of 37 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:Div col end

Mayors

The mayor (Template:Langx) of Rana 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 book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col

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Economy

As of 2023, FREYR has a so-called<ref name=TestFactory/> test factory for battery technology in Rana. The size of the factory is Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It had<ref name="HalfCash">Template:Cite web</ref> 70 employees before 10 were laid off in late November 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As of Q4 2023, the first production line had been delayed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The company said that it would halve its cash expenses for 2024.<ref name=HalfCash/><ref name="TestFactory">Template:Cite web</ref>

Transportation

Rana has an airport, Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll in the village of Røssvoll, not far from the town of Mo i Rana. There are several large highways in Rana: European route E6, Norwegian County Road 17, and Norwegian County Road 12. The Illhollia Tunnel is part of the E6 highway. The Nordland Line passes through Rana, with several stations including Mo i Rana Station, Dunderland Station, and Bolna Station.

Culture

Notable people

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Ole Tobias Olsen, 1908
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Bjørn Alterhaug, 2017
  • Ole Tobias Olsen (1830 in the Dunderland Valley – 1924), teacher and minister and father of the Nordland Line between Trondheim and Bodø
  • Nils Hansteen (1855 in Mo i Rana – 1912), painter of landscapes and marine art
  • Per Karstensen (1915–2010), educator and politician who was Mayor of Nord-Rana & Rana 1963-1965
  • Sverre Bratland (1917 in Utskarpen – 2002), Norwegian military leader
  • Egil Øyjord (born 1928 in Mo i Rana), academic and founder of the International Association on Mechanization of Field Experiments (IAMFE)
  • Bjørn Alterhaug (born 1945 in Mo i Rana), jazz bassist, composer and professor of music
  • Inge Myrvoll (born 1948 in Rana), politician and mayor of Rana & deputy since 2003
  • Laila Stien (born 1946), novelist, poet, and author of children's literature who grew up in Rana
  • Guttorm Guttormsen (born 1950 in Mo i Rana), jazz musician, arranger, and composer
  • Anne Grete Hollup (born 1957 in Mo i Rana), novelist, playwright, and children's writer
  • Geir Bjørklund (born 1969 in Mo i Rana), researcher and medical science writer, and editor
  • Hans Olav Lahlum (born 1973 in Mo i Rana), historian, crime author, chess player, and politician

Sport

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Kristin Størmer Steira, 2012

International relations

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Twin towns—sister cities

The sister cities of Rana are:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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