Vinger is a former municipality in the old

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged i ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1964 when it became part of

Kongsvinger Municipality 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 Austm ...

. The municipality was located in the

Vinger Vinger is a traditional district in Innlandet county, Norway. The district encompasses the lands that make up Kongsvinger and Eidskog municipalities. It is generally located to the south and east of the town of Kongsvinger and the river Glomm ...

region in the southern part of the county, along the border with

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. 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 ...

of Vinger was located in the town of Kongsvinger where

Vinger Church Vinger Church ( no, Vinger kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kongsvinger Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the town of Kongsvinger. It is the church for the Vinger parish which is part of the Solør, V ...

is located (the town was not actually part of the municipality, but this was where the councils met).

History

The

prestegjeld A ''prestegjeld'' was a geographic and administrative area within the Church of Norway (''Den Norske Kirke'') roughly equivalent to a parish. This traditional designation was in use for centuries to divide the kingdom into ecclesiastical areas tha ...

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

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 1854, the King issued a royal decree that declared the village area around the

Kongsvinger Fortress Kongsvinger Fortress ( no, Kongsvinger festning) is located in the city and municipality of Kongsvinger in the county of Hedmark, Norway. It is situated on a hill west and north of the Glomma river, standing astride the ancient Vinger Royal Road, ...

to be a

kjøpstad A (historically: ''kjøbstad'', ''kjöbstad'', or ''kaupstad'') is an old Scandinavian term for a "market town" that was used in the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway for several hundred years. The name comes from the on, kaupstaðr. Kjøpstads were ...

. On 7 February 1855, the town of Kongsvinger (population: 472) was separated from Vinger municipality to become a separate urban municipality. Afterwards, Vinger had a population of 10,947. In 1864, the southern part of the municipality (population: 6,920) was separated from Vinger to form the new municipality of

Eidskog Eidskog is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vinger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skotterud. Other villages in the municipality include Magnor, Matrand, ...

. This division left Vinger with a population of 6,226. On 1 January 1876 a part of Vinger adjacent to the town of Kongsvinger containing 209 inhabitants was transferred to Kongsvinger. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

Schei Committee The Schei Committee ( no, Schei-komitéen) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II. It convened in 1946, and its formal name was (The 1946 Committee on Municip ...

. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Vinger (population: 6,257) was merged with the neighboring 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 distr ...

(population: 4,384) and the town of Kongsvinger (population: 2,349) which created a new

with a total population of 12,990.

Etymology

The whole region was historically called ''

'' ( non, Vingr) and this name was given to the municipality upon its creation in 1838. This name could be related to the river

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which flows through the region. One could compare this to the English word swing (for the missing ''s'' see

Indo-European s-mobile In Indo-European studies, the term s-''mobile'' ( ; the word is a Latin neuter adjective) designates the phenomenon where a PIE root appears to begin with an ' which is sometimes but not always present. It is therefore represented in the reflex o ...

). The river

passes through the center of the district where the south-flowing river takes a sharp northwestward turn. This can be compared to the similar Lithuanian word ''vìngis'' which means "bend", "bow", or "turn".

Government

The

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

of Vinger was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Vinger include: *

Jørgen Young Jørgen Young (baptized April 17, 1781 – died February 26, 1837) was a Norwegian timber merchant born in Vinger, Norway. '' Youngstorget'' (Young Square) in Oslo is named after him. Young had his own dwelling in the building that now stands at ...

(1781–1837), timber merchant and member of the Storting *

Ivar Færder Ivar Marius Færder (19 July 1886 – ??) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Communist parties. He was born at Færder in Åsnes as a son of farmers Helge Lundkvist and Karen Færder. He took basic education in hi ...

, a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician who was the mayor of Vinger

References

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History

Etymology

Government

Notable people

See also

References