Ringebu
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{{errorTemplate:Main other|Audio file "Ringebu.ogg" not found}}Template:Category handler is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vålebru (the village is also known as Ringebu).
The Template:Convert municipality is the 85th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Ringebu is the 195th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,416. The municipality's population density is Template:Convert and its population has decreased by 1.8% over the previous 10-year period.[1][2]
General information
The prestegjeld of Ringebu was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1864, the northern part of Ringebu (population: 386) was separated to become the new municipality of Sollia. (In 1890, Sollia switched from Oppland county to Hedmark county.) On 1 January 1899, an unpopulated part of Ringebu (in Oppland county) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Sollia (in Hedmark county).[3]
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Ringebu farm (Template:Langx or Script error: No such module "Lang".) since the old Ringebu Stave Church was built there. The first element was probably derived from the word Script error: No such module "Lang". which means "ring" (but in what context is unknown). The last element is Template:Wikt-lang which means "farm", "estate", or "rural area".[4]
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was granted on 24 April 1992. The official blazon is "Gules, a three-tongued flame Or" (Template:Langx). This means the arms have a red field (background) and the charge is a three-tongued flame of fire. 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. This represents the municipality's three valleys and three parishes: Ringebu, Fåvang, and Venabygd. Fire was chosen to represent the need for heat and light by all people. The arms were designed by Inge Rotevatn. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.[5][6][7][8]
Churches
The Church of Norway has three parishes (Script error: No such module "Lang".) within the municipality of Ringebu. It is part of the Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.
| Parish (Script error: No such module "Lang".) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
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| Fåvang | Fåvang Stave Church | Fåvang | 1630 |
| Fåvangfjellet Chapel | Gulhaugsætra | 1974 | |
| Ringebu | Ringebu Stave Church | Vålebru | c. 1220 |
| Venabygd | Venabygd Church | Venabygd | 1780 |
| Venabygd Chapel | Venabu | 1979 |
History
| Ancestry | Number |
|---|---|
| Template:Country data Poland | 109 |
| Template:Country data Netherlands | 41 |
| Template:Country data Lithuania | 38 |
| Template:Country data Latvia | 38 |
| Template:Country data Syria | 29 |
The stave church at Ringebu was built around the year 1220 and it is one of fewer than 30 surviving stave churches in Norway and is one of the largest.
About Template:Convert north of the church lies the old Hundorp farm which is the legendary home of Dale-Gudbrand. Dale-Gudbrand is mentioned in the Heimskringla (Template:Langx) by Snorri Sturluson. The account of King Olaf's (A.D. 1015-1021) conversion of Dale-Gudbrand to Christianity is popularly recognized.
Geography
Ringebu is bordered to the west by Sør-Fron municipality, to the southwest by Gausdal municipality, to the southeast by Øyer municipality, and to the east and north by Stor-Elvdal municipality.
The administrative center of Ringebu municipality is the village of Vålebru which is located at an elevation of Template:Convert above sea level in the valley along the river Gudbrandsdalslågen, but 50% of the area within the municipal borders lies at an elevation greater than Template:Convert above sea level. From Ringebu, two mountain passes provide road access into the Østerdal valley to the northeast; one of these is closed during the winter. Because these mountain areas reliably provide good snow conditions, the area is a popular tourist destination. The Kvitfjell ski area in Ringebu was expanded to serve as a downhill venue for the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Government
Ringebu 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.[10] The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Vestre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.
Municipal council
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Mayors
The mayors (Template:Langx) of Ringebu: Template:Div col
- 1838–1853: Vilhelm Fegth
- 1854–1871: Nils Iversen Elstad
- 1872–1873: Nils Johannessen Jevne
- 1874–1877: John Kristiansen Mæhlum
- 1878–1881: Ole Christian Elstad
- 1882–1883: Nils Iversen Elstad
- 1884–1893: Ole Christian Elstad (H)
- 1894–1897: Simen Kolstad (V)
- 1898-1899: Ole Christian Elstad (H)
- 1899–1910: Simen Kolstad (AD)
- 1911–1913: Jon Nordrum (H)
- 1914–1925: Simen Kolstad (AD)
- 1926–1928: Einar Vestad (Sp)
- 1929–1934: Johan Hustveit (AD)
- 1935–1937: Einar Vestad (Sp)
- 1938–1941: Johan Hustveit (AD)
- 1942–1945: Sigurd Mytting (NS)
- 1945–1959: Asbjørn Haug (Ap)
- 1960–1967: Ole Ringen (V)
- 1968–1985: Birger Sæther (Ap)
- 1985–1995: Erik S. Winther (Ap)
- 1996–2007: Anders A. Fretheim (Sp)
- 2007–2011: Arnhild Baukhol (Ap)
- 2011–2015: Erik Odlo (Sp)
- 2015–present: Arne Fossmo (Ap)
Sister cities
Ringebu has sister city agreements with the following places:[11]
Notable people
- Frederik Petersen (1759 in Ringebu – 1825), a Norwegian painter of portraits
- Jehans Nordbu (1768 in Ringebu — ca.1860), a Norwegian-American immigrant to the USA and an early settler in Texas
- Hans Engen (1912 in Ringebu – 1966), a Norwegian journalist, diplomat and politician, Norwegian ambassador to the United States from 1963 to 1966
- Emil Nyeng (born 1991), a Norwegian cross-country skier
References
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External links
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway Template:In lang
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- Frya Leir Motel
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