Grue is a

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Innlandet Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken ( ...

county,

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. It is located in the traditional district of Solør. The

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of the municipality is the village of

Kirkenær Kirkenær is the administrative centre of Grue Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the river Glomma. The village of Namnå lies about to the north and the village of Grinder about to the s ...

. Other villages in the municipality include Bergesida, Grinder, Namnå, Risberget, Rotberget,

Skasenden Skasenden is a village in Grue Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Skasen between the villages of Kirkenær Kirkenær is the administrative centre of Grue Municipality in Innlandet ...

, and Svullrya. The municipality is the 136th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Grue is the 189th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,572. The municipality's

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is and its population has decreased by 8.5% over the previous 10-year period. Economy: One private company (a lamp factory) has 51 employees; as of June 2024, there is less than a year until the production gets moved to an EU country.

General information

The

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of Grue was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law). In 1867, the southern district of Grue (population: 3,946) was separated to become the new municipality of

Brandval Brandval is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 1964 when it became part of Kongsvinger Municipality. It was located in the southern part of the traditional dist ...

. This left Grue municipality with 6,464 residents. In 1941, a small area of Grue (population: 68) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of

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

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. On 1 January 1969, the Rotberget farm area (population: 23) was transferred from

Åsnes Municipality Åsnes is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Flisa, w ...

to Grue. On 1 January 1974, an unpopulated part of the Lystad area was transferred from Grue to the neighboring municipality of

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

Name

The municipality (originally the

) is named after the old ''Grue'' farm ( or ) since the first Grue Church was built there. The name is identical with the word or which means "depression" or " hollow".

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 30 October 1992. The official

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is ''"Per bend sinister rayonny of wolf-teeth

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and

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"'' (). This means the arms have are divided with a diagonal line that is rayonny, meaning it looks like curved wolf teeth rather than a straight line. The

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(background) below the line has a

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(green). Above the line, the field has a tincture of

which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The flame-like line represents the clearance of farms in the woods by the use of fire and is also a remembrance of the gruesome church fire of 1822. The colors symbolize the forests and the

Glomma The Glomma or Glåma is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country. Geography At its fullest length, the river r ...

river. The arms were designed by Harald Hallstensen. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.

Churches

The

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has two parishes () within the municipality of Grue. It is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (

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) in the

Diocese of Hamar The Diocese of Hamar () is a diocese within the Church of Norway. The Diocese of Hamar includes all of the churches in Innlandet county plus the churches in Lunner Municipality in Akershus county. Administratively, the diocese is divided into 1 ...

Geography

Grue is situated around the

river and the geography is dominated largely by

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s and some agricultural areas around Glomma. Grue is located in the southeast part of Innlandet county. It is bordered on the south by the municipality of

, on the north by the municipality of Åsnes, and on the west by

Nord-Odal Nord-Odal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Odalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sand. Other villages in the municipality include Knapper and Mo. Th ...

. To the east, it borders

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. Grue was the early center for the Finnish migration which today populates the

Finnskogen Finnskogen ("Forest of the Finns") is an area of Norway and Sweden situated in the counties of Innlandet and Värmland respectively, so named because of immigration of Finnish people in the 17th century, the so-called ''Forest Finns, Skogfinner/"Fo ...

, a belt about wide and running continuously along the frontier in the districts of Brandval, Grue, Hof, Åsnes, and Våler. Their first population center in Norway was located around the lake of Røgden. The rivers Løvhaugsåa and Rotna both run through the area. The lakes Hukusjøen, Skasen, Gardsjøen.

Government

Grue Municipality is 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 is governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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

Romerike og Glåmdal District Court Romerike og Glåmdal District Court () is a district court (Norway), district court located in Innlandet and Akershus counties in Norway. This court is based at three different courthouses which are located in Eidsvoll (village), Eidsvoll, Kongsv ...

and the

Eidsivating Court of Appeal The Eidsivating Court of Appeal () is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Hamar, with jurisdiction over the Eidsivating judicial district (), comprising the counties of Innlandet, Østfold, a ...

Municipal council

The

of Grue is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

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() of Grue since 1838 when the municipality was established: *1838-1845: Ole Arntzen Lützow *1846-1847: Jørgen Cappelen Omsted *1848-1857: Nicolai Astrup *1858-1859: Gunder Gundersen *1860-1863: Jacob Rolsdorph Andersen *1864-1879: Ole Bredesen Opset *1880-1883: Arne A. Omsted *1883-1887: Ole Bredesen Opset *1888-1898: Arne A. Omsted *1899-1907: Amund Bredesen Opset *1908-1913: Wilhelm Omsted *1914-1919: Amund Bredesen Opset *1920-1925: Magnus Vangerud *1926-1928: Sigurd Woll *1929-1931: Ole H. Sæther *1932-1933: Arve Myrvang *1933-1934: Arne Tveter *1935-1935: Ole Kamphaug *1936-1940: Eivind Grimstad *1940-1945: ''Vacant due to WWII'' *1945-1945: Martin Møllerud *1946-1955: Magnus Vangerud *1956-1963: Reidar Mellem *1964-1964: Martin Råberget *1964-1978: Thor Henriksen *1979-1985: Torbjøn Øveråsen *1985-1999: Ragnar Nyman *1999-2007: Niels Ferdinand Rolsdorph *2007-2011: Herdis Bragelien *2011-2015: Niels Ferdinand Rolsdorph *2015-2019: Wenche Huser Sund *2019–present: Rune Grenberg ( Ap)

Notable people

* Andreas Aagaard Kiønig (1771–1856), a lawyer and representative at the

Norwegian Constitutional Assembly The Norwegian Constituent Assembly ( or ) is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark. The meetings took place at the Eidsvoll Manor in th ...

Andreas Arntzen Andreas Arntzen (18 February 1777 – 14 December 1837) was a Norway, Norwegian politician. He was born in Grue, Norway, Grue, and graduated as cand.jur. in Copenhagen in 1802. He then worked as an attorney, chief of police of Oslo, Christiania ...

(1777–1837), a politician, police chief, Supreme Court judge, & timber merchant * Mor Sæther (1793–1851), a Norwegian ''"klok kone"'' ("

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"), i.e. a

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* Ole Peter Riis Høegh (1806–1852), a trained civilian architect and Bergen's first town surveyor * Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen (1844–1918), Norway's first government

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

* Olav Strøm (1866-1963), a pioneer trade unionist * Kristian Prestrud (1881–1927), a naval officer and member of

Amundsen's South Pole expedition The first ever expedition to reach the Geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four other crew members made it to the geographical south pole on 14 December 1911, which would prove to be five weeks ahea ...

* Hagbart Haakonsen (1895-1984), a cross-country skier who competed at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...

* Åsta Holth (1904–1999), a novelist, poet and short story writer * Kåre Jonsborg (1912–1977), a painter and textile artist * Sinikka Langeland (born 1961), a traditional folk singer and

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player * Tom Harald Hagen (born 1978), a football UEFA referee

Gallery

Grue kirke.jpg, Grue kirke Rotna.jpg, River Rottnan in Svullrya Opaker Grue.jpg, Opaker Grue Løvhaugsåa.jpg, Løvhaugsåa in Hedmark

References

External links

* *
Municipal fact sheet
from

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