Tolga-Os

Tolga-Os is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 2,163-square-kilometre (835 sq mi) municipality existed from 1966 until 1976. It included all of the present-day municipalities of Tolga and Os. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Tolga.[2]

Tolga-Os kommune
Former municipality
View of the village of Os
Hedmark within
Norway
Tolga-Os within Hedmark
Coordinates: 62.4358°N 11.1120°E / 62.4358; 11.1120
CountryNorway
CountyHedmark
DistrictØsterdalen
Established1 Jan 1966
Disestablished1 Jan 1976
Administrative centreTolga
Area
 • Total2,163 km2 (835 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1975)
 • Total3,724
 • Density1.7/km2 (4.5/sq mi)
Demonym(s)tolging / osing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0435
Preceded byTolga and Os in 1966
Succeeded byTolga and Os in 1976
Data from Statistics Norway

History
View of Tolga Church, the main church for the municipality

Historically, the municipality of Tolga had always included Os until 1926 when Os had become the separate municipality of Os. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1966, the neighboring municipalities of Tolga (population: 1,944) and Os (population: 2,015) were merged to form the new municipality of Tolga-Os. Soon after the merger, there was discontent in the new municipality. On 10 April 1975, the government allowed the merger to be dissolved, so on 1 January 1976 Tolga (population: 1,865) and Os (population: 1,859) became separate municipalities once again using the pre-1966 borders.[2][3][4]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Tolga-Os, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[5]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Tolga-Os was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Tolga-Os Kommunestyre 1972–1975 [6]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)9
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)13
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
Total number of members:25
Tolga-Os Kommunestyre 1968–1971 [7]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)9
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)14
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
Total number of members:25
Tolga-Os Kommunestyre 1966–1967 [8]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)13
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)18
 Liberal Party (Venstre)3
Total number of members:34
Note: This first council for Tolga-Os was established in 1966 and it was made up of the existing councils from the old municipalities of Tolga and Os that took office in 1964.

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (25 January 2022). "Tolga-Os". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. "Forskrift om kommunedeling Tolga-Os, Hedmark". Lovdata.no (in Norwegian). 6 June 1975. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. Hansen, Tore, ed. (26 July 2019). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. "Kommunevalgene 1972" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1973. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  7. "Kommunevalgene 1967" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1967. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  8. "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

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