Glåmos is a former municipality in the old

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag (; ) was a Counties of Norway, county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag () county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. ...

county in

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. The municipality existed from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the northern part of what is now

Røros Municipality ( Norwegian) or is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Some of the villages in Røros include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen. The municip ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county. It included all the area around the headwaters of the river

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and the areas surrounding the northern and western sides of the lake Aursunden. The

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was the village of

Glåmos or is a mountain village in Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the river Glåma, just west of the lake Aursunden, and about north of the town of Røros. It is the location of the Glåmos Church ...

where

Glåmos Church Glåmos Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Røros Municipality, Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Glåmos. It is the church for the Glåmos parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in th ...

is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 337th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Glåmos Municipality was the 656th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 703. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 19.6% over the previous 10-year period. The municipality had

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s located in the mountains near the village that used to supply the Røros Copper Works in the nearby town of Røros.

General information

The

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of Glåmos was established as a municipality on 1 January 1926 when the large

was split into four parts: Brekken Municipality (population: 1,098) in the northeast, Glåmos Municipality (population: 983) in the north,

Røros landsogn Røros landsogn () is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality encompassed the southern part of the what is now Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county. The mun ...

(population: 701) in the south and west, and the central area surrounding the town of Røros (population: 2,284) remained as a much smaller

. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, Brekken Municipality (population: 964), Glåmos Municipality (population: 700), and

(population: 482) were all merged with

(population: 3,063) to form a new, larger

Name

The municipal name is a relatively new construction. It was chosen to represent the area around the river

, near the mouth of the lake Aursunden. The first element is based on the name of the river

( or ) which may mean "loud noise" or "thunder". The last element comes from the

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word which means "river mouth".

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Glåmos Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Røros

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and the

Gauldal prosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Trøndelag county. The diocese is based at the Nidaros Cathedral in the city of Trondheim (city), T ...

(

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) in the

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Geography

Glåmos Municipality was located in the mountains at the headwaters of the river

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was located to the north, Brekken Municipality was to the east,

was to the south, and

was located to the south and west. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Storskarven, located on the border with

Government

While it existed, Glåmos Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

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Municipal council

The

of Glåmos was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

() of Glåmos was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: * 1926–1928: Ole A. Ryen ( Bp) * 1929–1931: Lars S. Rugeldal ( Ap) * 1932–1945: Karl O. Erlien ( Ap/ NS) * 1945–1963: Ingvar Kr. Harborg ( Ap)

References

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