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

Fosen Fosen is a traditional district in Trøndelag, consisting of the municipalities Osen, Roan Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra and Frøya. The district is dominated by forested valleys, lakes, coastal cliffs but also shallow a ...

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 ...

of the municipality is the village of Steinsdalen. The municipality is the 240th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Osen is the 340th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 904. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 2.4% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The municipality of Osen was established on 1 June 1892 when the old municipality of

Bjørnør Bjørnør is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1892 in what was at that time the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. It encompassed the area of what is now the municip ...

was split into three new municipalities: Osen (population: 1,575), Roan (population: 2,069), and

Stoksund Stoksund is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1892 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality was located in what is now the northwestern part of the municipality of Åfjord in T ...

(population: 1,122). The municipal boundaries have not changed since. On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old

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 to the new Trøndelag county.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Osen'' farm ( non, Óss), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word ''óss'' which means "mouth of a river" (here Steinselva). ''Osen ("the Os")'' is a later finite form of ''óss''.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 27 March 1987, and is a copy of an old

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. The arms show a part of a fishing net placed over the blue shield. The arms simply indicate the importance of fishing for the community. Several different arms were designed, all with fisheries as the main theme, but the council finally chose this one, which is unique among civic

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Churches

The

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

Fosen 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 ...

(

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) in the

Diocese of Nidaros Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg ...

History

Osen Osen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Steinsdalen. The municipality is the 240th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in No ...

was used as a satellite prison camp during the World War Two, mainly for Yugoslavian population.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Osen, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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, senior citizen services, unemployment and other

social services Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged. They may be provided by individuals, private and independent organisations, or administe ...

, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor. The municipality falls under the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council () of Osen is made up of 15 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Geography

The municipality of Osen is located to the north of Roan and the ocean lies to the west. Most of the residents live in the Steinsdalen valley or along the coast. The northern part of the municipality has no direct road connection to the rest of the municipality, but is connected to the municipality of Flatanger to the north. The

Kya lighthouse The Kya Lighthouse ( no, Kya fyrstasjon) is a coastal lighthouse in the municipality of Osen in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse is located on the small island of Kya in the ocean about northwest of the village of Seter. The Buholmrå ...

is situated on a small island west in the Norwegian Sea, while

Buholmråsa lighthouse The Buholmråsa Lighthouse ( no, Buholmråsa fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in the municipality of Osen in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse is located in the Svesfjorden on the small island ''Sønnaholmen'' about northwest of the village ...

lie on an island along the coast in the western part of the municipality.

Climate

The Norwegian Meteorological Institute has a weather station located near Buholmråsa lighthouse, with recording since 1965, showing a marine west coast climate/oceanic climate (Cfb). The all-time high temperature is recorded July 2014; the all-time low is recorded in February 1966. The four months June - September have never recorded overnight freezes. The average date for the first overnight freeze (below ) in autumn is November 7 (1981-2020 average). The driest month on record is January 1972 with 5.4 mm precipitation, and the wettest is September 1975 with 232.6 mm.

Notable people

* Augusta Aasen (1878 in Osen – 1920) a Norwegian politician, buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis - the only Norwegian woman buried there *

Einar Hepsø Einar Hepsø (25 December 1926 – 27 October 2005) was a Norwegian fishers' leader and politician for the Labour Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Sør-Trøndelag during the terms 1977–1981 and 1981� ...

(1926–2005) a Norwegian fishers' leader and politician, Mayor of Osen 1984-1985 and 1995-2003 *

Vivian Sørmeland Vivian Sørmeland (born July 8, 1985 in Osen), came 3rd in season 4 of Idol (Norway) in May 2006. Her boyfriend was season 4-winner Aleksander Denstad With Idol Performances Audition: "I wish" by Stevie Wonder Top 40: "Foolish Games" by Jewel ...

(born 1985 in Osen) contestant in

Idol (Norway) ''Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne'' is a television show on the Norwegian television channel TV 2 (Norway), TV 2, based on the popular British show ''Pop Idol''. The show describes itself as a "Search For A SuperStar". The contestants are fir ...

in May 2006

References

External links

* *
Municipal fact sheet
from

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