or is a

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. It is part of the

Helgeland Helgeland is the most southerly Districts of Norway, district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north by the Saltfjellet moun ...

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. The

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of the municipality is the town of

Mo i Rana (Norwegian language, Norwegian; ) or (and unofficially , ) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city, and the administrative centre of Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Helgeland region of Nordland, just sou ...

, which houses the

National Library of Norway The National Library of Norway () was established in 1989. Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future". The library is located both in Oslo and in Mo i Rana. The building in Oslo was restored and reopened in 2005. Prior to the e ...

. Other population centers in Rana include Båsmoen, Dunderland, Eiteråga, Flostrand,

Hauknes Hauknes is a village in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is a suburb of the town of Mo i Rana, which is located just a few kilometers to the northeast. The village is located on the south side of the Ranfjorden. The lake Andfi ...

, Myklebustad, Nevernes,

Røssvoll Røssvoll is a village in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is about north-east of the town of Mo i Rana. The village is on the north side of the river Ranelva (the village of Skonseng lies on the south side of the river ...

Selfors Selfors is a neighborhood in the town of Mo i Rana in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Selfors sits on the northern shore of the river Ranelva in the northeastern part of the town of Mo i Rana. The European route E06 highway passes ...

Sjonbotn Sjonbotn is a village in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along Norwegian County Road 17 at the eastern end of the Sjona fjord, about north of the villages of Utskarpen and Myklebustad. The small, rural village are ...

Skonseng Skonseng is a village in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the town of Mo i Rana in an agricultural area with a population of about 1,000. The village is located along the south side of the r ...

Storforsheia Storforsheia is a village in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located in the Dunderland Valley, along the river Ranelva, about northeast of the town of Mo i Rana. The European route E06 and the Nordland Line both pass ...

Utskarpen Utskarpen is a village in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway, about west of the town of Mo i Rana. The village is located at the end of the Utskarpen fjord, an arm of the main Ranfjorden. On the western side of Utskarpen is the interse ...

, and

Ytteren Ytteren is a neighborhood within the town of Mo i Rana in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Ytteren and the neighboring village of Båsmoen make up the northern parts of the town of Mo i Rana. They are both located on the northern ed ...

. The municipality is the 4th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway (the largest municipality outside

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and

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counties). Rana is the 47th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 25,994. This makes it the second largest municipality in Nordland county—and the third largest in

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. The municipality's

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is and its population has increased by 0.2% over the previous 10-year period. Rana was a part of the Terra Securities scandal in 2007 relating to some investments that were made by the municipality.

General information

Municipal history

The municipality of Rana was originally established 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 1839, it was divided into Nord-Ranen Municipality and Sør-Ranen Municipality. In 1844, Nord-Ranen Municipality was renamed Mo Municipality and Sør-Ranen Municipality was renamed

Hemnes Municipality Hemnes is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland Districts of Norway, traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Korgen ...

. On 1 January 1923, the village of Mo was separated from Mo Municipality and became a town-municipality of its own. At that time (to avoid confusion) Mo Municipality changed its name (back) to Nord-Rana Municipality and the new town was known as Mo i Rana. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, the town of Mo (population: 9,616),

Nord-Rana Municipality Nord-Rana (historically: ''Mo'') is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1839 until its dissolution in 1964. From 1839 until 1844, it was named ''Nord-Ranen Municipality'', from 1844 until 1923, it was ...

(population: 11,636), the northern part of

Sør-Rana Municipality Sør-Rana is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1929 until its dissolution in 1964. The areais now part of Hemnes Municipality. (Hemnes Municipality was also named ''Sør-Rana'' from 1838 until 1844) ...

(population: 697), and the

Sjona Sjona is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. The fjord begins in Rana Municipality and flows to the west through Nesna Municipality and Lurøy Municipality into the sea. The islands of Handnesøya and Tomma lie at the mouth of the fjord. The ...

area of

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(population: 543) were all merged to form Rana Municipality.

Name

The municipality is named after the river

Ranelva Ranelva is a long river in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is one of the longest rivers in Nordland county. The catchment area of the river is . Before the power stations of ''Reinforsen'' (1925) and Langvatnet (1964) were bui ...

(). The name of the river is probably derived from the word which means "quick", "fast", or "rapid". Another possibility is that the name comes from the old Sami god

Rana Niejta Rana Niejta and Rana Niejte are variant forms of the Ume Sami name of a goddess in Sami religion, Sami mythology. In Northern Sami she is called Rana Neida and Rana Neide (names in other Sami languages are Rana Nieda, Ruona Neida, Radien-neide and ...

. On 16 February 2024, the national government approved a resolution to add a co-equal, official

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name for the municipality: . The spelling of the Sami language name changes depending on how it is used. It is called when it is spelled alone, but it is when using the Sami language equivalent to "Rana Municipality".

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 5 March 1965. The official

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is ''"

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sinister

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and Or"'' (). This means the arms have a

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(background) that is divided by a diagonal line from the lower left to the upper right. The field that is below the line has a

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of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The field that is above the line has a tincture of green. The arms symbolize the

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s (upper part/green) and the

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s (lower part/gold), as there many minerals can be found in the area, especially

iron ore Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the f ...

. The arms were originally granted to the municipality of Mo on 29 April 1960 until that municipality was dissolved on 1 January 1964 when it became part of the new municipality of Rana. The arms were designed by Gunnar Alm.

Churches

The

Church of Norway The Church of Norway (, , , ) is an Lutheranism, evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. Christianity became the state religion of Norway around 1020, and was established a ...

has six parishes () within Rana Municipality. It is part of the

Indre Helgeland prosti Indre (); is a 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 administrative region of Centre ...

(

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the 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 residence of ...

) in the

Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland Sør-Hålogaland is a diocese in the Church of Norway. The Diocese covers the Lutheran Church of Norway churches located within Nordland county in Norway. The diocese is headquartered in the Bodø (town), town of Bodø at Bodø Cathedral, the sea ...

Geography

The municipality is located just south of the

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, on the southern side of the

Saltfjellet Saltfjellet is a mountain area in Nordland county, Norway that separates the two regions of Helgeland and Salten. It is also a cultural border between the Southern and Central parts of Sápmi. Geography and environment The Saltfjell is one of ...

mountains with the

Svartisen Svartisen is a collective term for two glaciers located in Nordland county in northern Norway. It is part of Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park, located in the Saltfjell mountain range. The glaciers are located in the municipalities of Beiarn ...

glacier A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...

, Norway's second largest glacier. The highest point in the municipality is the tall mountain Snøtinden. Some of the other large mountains in Rana include Bolna and

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. Mo is so close to the Arctic Circle that parts of the sun is continuously over the horizon (

Midnight sun Midnight sun, also known as polar day, is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the Sun remains visible at the local midnight. When midnight sun is see ...

) from early June to early July, and there is no darkness from mid-May to the beginning of August. But there is no true

polar night Polar night is a phenomenon that occurs in the polar regions of Earth, northernmost and southernmost regions of Earth when the Sun remains below the horizon for more than 24 hours. This only occurs inside the polar circles. The opposite phen ...

in December. The

Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park () is a national park in Nordland county in Norway. It is located within the municipalities of Beiarn, Meløy, Rana, Rødøy, Saltdal, and Bodø. The park forms the centrepiece of a larger protected area ...

is partly located in Rana. There are many

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

s such as the

Dunderland Valley The Dunderland Valley (, ) is a valley in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It reaches from just below the eastern Saltfjellet plateau about south of the Arctic Circle. The mountain Bolna is situated in the uppermost boundary of ...

and Grønnfjelldal. The majority of the population in the municipality lives in

, where the

(river) meets the

Ranfjorden RanfjordenIn English this means ''the Ran fjord''; the ''-en'' in the full name is a suffix meaning 'the' in Norwegian. is a fjord in the Helgeland district of Nordland county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic ...

. North of Mo i Rana, the

European route E6 European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the countr ...

highway passes through the suburb of

. In western Rana, the population centers around the

fjord. Rana and Saltfjellet are famous for their numerous

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s due to the

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rock. Some of the caves include

Grønnligrotta Grønnligrotta is a marble karst cave in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the valley of Røvassdalen, and was first explored in 1914. It has a total depth of and explored length of . It is probably connected to the ...

Setergrotta Setergrotta (or Setergrotten) is a karst cave in Røvassdalen in Rana Municipality in Nordland county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern ...

, and Pluragrotta. There are several

nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...

s in the municipality, such as Alterhaug with several warmer-climate plants grow including the

elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus ''Ulmus'' in the family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical- montane regions of North America and Eurasia, ...

. Engasjyen, the

estuary An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime enviro ...

of the Rana river, has a rich bird life in the spring. Blakkådalen has

old growth An old-growth forest or primary forest is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance. Due to this, old-growth forests exhibit unique ecological features. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Natio ...

spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' ( ), a genus of about 40 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal ecosystem, boreal (taiga) regions of the Northern hemisphere. ''Picea'' ...

forests. Fisktjørna, has a largely undisturbed mixed old growth forest with unusually rich plant life due to the extremely

lime Lime most commonly refers to: * Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit * Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide * Lime (color), a color between yellow and green Lime may also refer to: Bo ...

-rich soil.

Climate

Rana is situated near the innermost part of the long Ranafjord, and the winters can be cold, especially away from the fjord. There is often a lot of snow in winter. Summer days in Rana are among the warmest in North Norway.

Lakes and rivers

There are many lakes and rivers in the municipality, both in the lowlands and in the mountains.

Government

Rana Municipality is responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

health services Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement or maintenance of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wikt:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physic ...

senior citizen Old age is the range of ages for people nearing and surpassing life expectancy. People who are of old age are also referred to as: old people, elderly, elders, senior citizens, seniors or older adults. Old age is not a definite biological sta ...

services,

welfare Welfare may refer to: Philosophy *Well-being (happiness, prosperity, or flourishing) of a person or group * Utility in utilitarianism * Value in value theory Economics * Utility, a general term for individual well-being in economics and decision ...

and other

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, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a Municipal council (Norway), municipal council of Direct election, directly elected representatives. The mayor is Indirect election, indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Helgeland District Court and the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The Municipal council (Norway), municipal council () of Rana is made up of 37 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political Political party, party.

Mayors

The Mayor#Scandinavia, mayor () of Rana is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position: *1964-1965: Per Karstensen (Labour Party (Norway), Ap) *1965-1976: Alf Andreas Øverli (Labour Party (Norway), Ap) *1976-1985: Bjørg Simonsen (Labour Party (Norway), Ap) *1986-1987: Ole Ingar Lindseth (Labour Party (Norway), Ap) *1987-2003: Svein Bogen (Labour Party (Norway), Ap) *2003-2007: Inge Myrvoll (Socialist Left Party (Norway), SV) *2007-2011: Geir Waage (Labour Party (Norway), Ap) *2011-2015: Kai Henning Henriksen (Conservative Party (Norway), H) *2015–present: Geir Waage (Labour Party (Norway), Ap)

Economy

As of 2023, FREYR has a so-called test factory for battery technology in Rana. The size of the factory is . It had 70 employees before 10 were laid off in late November 2023. As of Q4 2023, the first production line had been delayed. The company said that it would halve its cash expenses for 2024.

Transportation

Rana has an airport, Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll in the village of

, not far from the town of

. There are several large highways in Rana:

, Norwegian County Road 17, and Norwegian County Road 12. The Illhollia Tunnel is part of the E6 highway. The Nordland Line passes through Rana, with several stations including Mo i Rana Station, Dunderland Station, and Bolna Station.

Media gallery

File:Ranamuseum02.JPG, Rana museum, department for cultural history File:Moholmen 20070406 08.jpg, Moholmen in

, 16 April 2007 File:Grønligr inng.jpg, Entrance of the Grønligrotta cave

Culture

* ''Havmannen'', a sculpture made by Antony Gormley (1995), part of Artscape Nordland * Havmanndagene, an annual multi-cultural festival held the first weekend of May * Nordland Teater, a regional drama theatre for

County * Vikafestivalen, an annual pop and rock music festival *

County library *

Notable people

* Ole Tobias Olsen (1830 in the Dunderland Valley – 1924), teacher and minister and ''father'' of the Nordland Line between Trondheim (city), Trondheim and Bodø (town), Bodø * Nils Hansteen (1855 in Mo i Rana – 1912), painter of landscapes and marine art * Per Karstensen (1915–2010), educator and politician who was Mayor of Nord-Rana & Rana 1963-1965 * Sverre Bratland (1917 in Utskarpen – 2002), Norwegian military leader * Egil Øyjord (born 1928 in Mo i Rana), academic and founder of the International Association on Mechanization of Field Experiments (IAMFE) * Bjørn Alterhaug (born 1945 in Mo i Rana), jazz bassist, composer and professor of music * Inge Myrvoll (born 1948 in Rana), politician and mayor of Rana & deputy since 2003 * Laila Stien (born 1946), novelist, poet, and author of children's literature who grew up in Rana * Guttorm Guttormsen (born 1950 in Mo i Rana), jazz musician, arranger, and composer * Anne Grete Hollup (born 1957 in Mo i Rana), novelist, playwright, and children's writer * Geir Bjørklund (born 1969 in Mo i Rana), researcher and medical science writer, and editor * Hans Olav Lahlum (born 1973 in Mo i Rana), historian, crime author, chess player, and politician

Sport

* Tom Sandberg (born 1955 in Mo i Rana), former Nordic combined skier, gold medallist at the 1984 Winter Olympics * Trond Sollied (born 1959 in Mo i Rana), football manager and former player with 262 club caps and 15 for Norway national football team, Norway * Elin Nilsen (born 1968 in Mo i Rana), former cross-country skier who was a three time team silver medallist at the 1992 Winter Olympics, 1992, 1994 Winter Olympics, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics * Kenneth Braaten (born 1974), Nordic combined skier and team gold medallist at the 1998 Winter Olympics * Jan Egil Andresen (born 1978 in Mo i Rana), cross-country skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics * Marius Erlandsen (born 1979 in Mo i Rana), auto racing driver * Kristin Størmer Steira (born 1981 in Mo i Rana), retired cross-country skier * Karianne Bjellånes (born 1986 in Mo i Rana), cross-country skier * Joar Leifseth Ulsom (born 1987 in Mo i Rana), Mushing, dog musher * Martin Bjørnbak (born 1992 in Mo i Rana), footballer with over 250 club caps * Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland (born 1992 in Mo i Rana), footballer with over 200 club caps and 51 for Norway women's national football team, Norway * Emilie Kalkenberg (born 1997 in Mo i Rana), biathlete

International relations

Twin towns—sister cities

The sister cities of Rana are: * Løgstør, North Denmark Region, Nordjylland, Denmark * Raahe, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland * Skellefteå Municipality, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County, Västerbotten, Sweden

References

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from Statistics Norway
Official tourist information about the Arctic Circle areaDNT Rana

Rana municipality

moirana.com - Local portal for Mo i Rana
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