Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the

Orkdalen Orkdalen or Orkladalen ( en, Orkla Valley) is a valley and a traditional Norwegian district in Trøndelag county, Norway. In the early Viking Age, before King Harald Fairhair, the Orkla Valley was also a petty kingdom. The valley begins in the h ...

region. The

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include

Tiset Tiset is a small village area in Rindal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village lies along the river Tiåa, a tributary of the large Surna river. The village sits about northeast of the municipal center of Rindal Rindal is ...

and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agriculture and forestry services. The municipality is the 185th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Rindal is the 281st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,980. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 5.2% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The parish of Rindal was established as a municipality in 1858 when it was separated from

Surnadal Municipality Surnadal () is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Skei. Other villages in Surnadal include Glærem, Mo, Stangvik, Surnadalsøra, Sylte, Todalsøra, ...

. It was originally located within

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

county. The initial population of Rindal was 2,684. On 1 January 2008, the Fossdalen farm (population: 4) was transferred from Rindal (in

county) to

Hemne Municipality Hemne is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was incorporated into Heim Municipality. It was part ...

(in

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a 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. To the west is the No ...

county). On 1 January 2019, the municipality of Rindal was transferred from

county to Trøndelag county.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Rindal'' farm ( non, Rindudalr), since the first

Rindal Church Rindal Church ( no, Rindal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rindal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rindal. It is one of the churches for the Rindal parish which is part of the Orkda ...

was built there. The first element is the

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of the river name ''Rinda'' and the last element is ''dalr'' which means " valley" or "dale". The river name is derived from the verb ''rinna'' which means to "run" or "flow". Before 1918, the name was written ''Rindalen''.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 20 January 1989. The arms show a yellow gavel on a green background. The gavel is meant to represent John Neergaard, who is considered the father of municipal governments in Norway, (), who was from Rindal. He was responsible for pushing for local government reform which led to the

Formannskapsdistrikt () is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January ...

law in 1837.

Churches

The

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

has one parish () within the municipality of Rindal. It is part of the

Indre Nordmøre prosti Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administra ...

(

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...

) in the

Diocese of Møre The Diocese of Møre ( no, Møre bispedømme) is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its bishop is seated at the Molde Cathedral which is located in the county administrative cent ...

. On 1 January 2020, the parish of Rindal will be transferred to the

Orkdal prosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros which covers all of Trøndelag county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery in the diocese. Administrati ...

(deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. This transfer is a result of the municipality of Rindal being transferred from

county to Trøndelag county.

Geography

The municipality lies in the southwestern part of Trøndelag county, along the border with

county. Rindal formerly was part of Møre og Romsdal and at that time, it was the only

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municipality in that county. The lakes

Foldsjøen Foldsjøen is a reservoir located on the border of Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway. It is located in the municipalities of Surnadal and Rindal. The lake is dammed from the Folda River and the water is used in the Trollheim po ...

and Gråsjøen lie along the border with Surnadal to the southwest. The large river Surna begins in Rindal at the

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of the rivers Tiåa and Lomunda. The Trollheimen mountain range runs through southern Rindal. The

Grønkjølen Nature Reserve The Grønkjølen Nature Reserve ( no, Grønkjølen naturreservat) is located in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway. The reserve is located in the municipalities of Surnadal (in Møre og Romsdal) and Rindal Rindal is a municip ...

lies in the extreme northwest of the municipality. The municipality of Surnadal lies to the west in Møre og Romsdal county. Rindal shares a border with five other municipalities to the north, east, and south:

Hemne Hemne is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was incorporated into Heim Municipality. It was part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the ...

Orkdal Orkdal is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipal ...

, Meldal, Rennebu, and Oppdal.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Rindal, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient Health care, health services, old age, senior citizen services, unemployment and other Social work, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.

Municipal council

The Municipal council (Norway), municipal council () of Rindal is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The Political party, party breakdown of the council is as follows:

List of mayors

*2019–present: Vibeke Langli (Centre Party (Norway), Sp) *2011-2019: Ola T. Heggem (Sp) *2007-2011: John Ole Aspli (Labour Party (Norway), Ap) *2005-2007: Hanne Tove Baalsrud (Sp) *1992-2005: Ola T. Heggem (Sp) *1988-1991: Paul Haugen (Sp) *1963-1967: Arne Sæter (Christian Democratic Party (Norway), CDP)

Notable residents

* Ola T. Heggem (born 1952 in Rindal) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Rindal 1992-2005 & 2011-2019

Sport

* Einar Ræder (1896 in Rindal – 1976) a long jumper, competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics * Thorvald Heggem (1907 in Rindal - 1976) Nordic combined skier and cross country skier * Sigurd Røen (1909 in Rindal - 1992) Nordic skiing, Nordic skier who competed in the 1930s * Mikal Kirkholt (1920 in Rindal – 2012) a cross-country skier, team silver medallist at the 1952 Winter Olympics * Magnar Ingebrigtsli (1932 in Rindal – 2001) a cross-country skier and biathlete, competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics * Eli Landsem (born 1962 in Rindal) a former footballer and coach of the Norway women's national football team, 2009-2012

References

External links

* *
Municipal fact sheet
from Statistics Norway {{use dmy dates, date=October 2022 Rindal, Municipalities of Trøndelag 1858 establishments in Norway