Namsskogan Municipality
Namsskogan kommune
Municipality
View of the village of Brekkvasselv in Namsskogan
View of the village of Brekkvasselv in Namsskogan
Flag of Namsskogan Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Namsskogan Municipality
Coat of arms
Trøndelag within Norway
Trøndelag within Norway
Namsskogan within Trøndelag
Namsskogan within Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°52′19″N 12°58′35″E / 64.87194°N 12.97639°E / 64.87194; 12.97639
CountryNorway
CountyTrøndelag
DistrictNamdalen
Established1 July 1923
 • Preceded byGrong Municipality
Administrative centreNamsskogan
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Elisabeth Vollmo Bjørhusdal (LL)
Area
 • Total1,417.17 km2 (547.17 sq mi)
 • Land1,353.12 km2 (522.44 sq mi)
 • Water64.03 km2 (24.72 sq mi)  4.5%
 • Rank#64 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total814
 • Rank#344 in Norway
 • Density0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −9.8%
DemonymNamsskoging[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5044[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Namsskogan is a municipality in Trøndelag, Norway. Namsskogan is located in the upper part of the long Namdalen valley region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Namsskogan. Other villages in the municipality include Brekkvasselv, Smalåsen, Skorovatn, and Trones.

The village of Namsskogan lies along the river Namsen in the northern part of the municipality. The European route E6 highway runs through the village.

The 1,417-square-kilometre (547 sq mi) municipality is the 64th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Namsskogan is the 344th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 814. The municipality's population density is 0.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 9.8% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

General information

E6 enters Nord-Norge at the northern end of Namsskogan
"Nams-Inn" is a small hotel in Namsskogan.

The municipality of Namsskogan was established on 1 July 1923 when it was separated from the large municipality of Grong. Initially, the population of Namsskogan was 469. The municipal boundaries have not changed since.[6] On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Nord-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county.

Name

The municipality is named Namsskogan, a name which was created in 1923. The first element is Nams- which comes from the name of the river Namsen and the last element is the plural form of skog which means "woods". Therefore, the meaning of the name is "the woodlands around Namsen". The river name has an uncertain origin. The first part of the river name comes from the Old Norse word Nauma) which has an unknown meaning, but it may come from the word naust which means "boat". The second part of the river name -sen (Old Norse: sær) which means "sea".[7][8][9]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 21 December 1984. The official blazon is "Sable, moose antlers Or" (Norwegian: I svart et gull elggevir). This means the arms have a black field (background) and the charge is a set of moose antlers. The antlers have a tincture of Or which means the design is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design was chosen to symbolize the heavily forested municipality where one can find many moose. The arms are based on a very large antler, with a rare golden color, which hangs on the municipal hall. The arms were designed by Nora Stommyrbakken and Einar H. Skjervold. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.[10][11][12]

See also: Coats of arms of Aremark, Namsos, Ringsaker, and Tynset

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Namsskogan. It is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Churches in Namsskogan
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Namsskogan Trones Church Trones 1832
Bjørhusdal Church Namsskogan 1970
Skorovatn Chapel Skorovatn 1965

Geography

Trongfossen waterfall, Namsen

Namsskogan is located in the northeast part of Trøndelag county. It is a heavily forested area with several large lakes including Kalvvatnet, Mellingsvatnet, Storfrøyningen, Storgåsvatnet, and Tunnsjøflyan. The river Namsen runs south through the Namdalen valley. The extreme northeastern part of the municipality is part of Børgefjell National Park.

Climate

Namsskogan, located inland in the upper part of Namdalen valley, has a boreal climate, but with more winter precipitation than in most other boreal climates, so there is often a lot of snow on the ground in winter. The all-time high 34.4 °C (93.9 °F) is from July 2019. Warmest month on record was July 2014 with monthly mean 19.6 °C (67.3 °F), average daily high 27 °C (81 °F) and 8 days with high at or above 30 °C (86 °F). The all-time low −35.6 °C (−32.1 °F) was recorded January 2010. The coldest month in recent decades was December 2010 with monthly mean −11.1 °C (12.0 °F) and average daily high −7 °C (19 °F). The weather station started recording in 1895; there might be colder lows recorded before 2006.

Climate data for Namsskogan 1991-2020 (140 m, avg high/low 2011-2020, extremes 2006-2023)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 8.1
(46.6) 		8
(46) 		14.9
(58.8) 		19.3
(66.7) 		29.8
(85.6) 		31.3
(88.3) 		34.4
(93.9) 		29.6
(85.3) 		24.9
(76.8) 		18.7
(65.7) 		11.3
(52.3) 		8.3
(46.9) 		34.4
(93.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −3
(27) 		−1
(30) 		2
(36) 		7
(45) 		13
(55) 		17
(63) 		20
(68) 		19
(66) 		14
(57) 		7
(45) 		2
(36) 		−1
(30) 		8
(47)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.5
(23.9) 		−4.9
(23.2) 		−2.4
(27.7) 		2.1
(35.8) 		6.9
(44.4) 		11.5
(52.7) 		14.8
(58.6) 		13.4
(56.1) 		9
(48) 		3.4
(38.1) 		−0.7
(30.7) 		−3.6
(25.5) 		3.7
(38.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −7
(19) 		−7
(19) 		−6
(21) 		−3
(27) 		2
(36) 		7
(45) 		10
(50) 		8
(46) 		6
(43) 		1
(34) 		−2
(28) 		−5
(23) 		0
(33)
Record low °C (°F) −35.6
(−32.1) 		−34.8
(−30.6) 		−30.5
(−22.9) 		−19.8
(−3.6) 		−7.5
(18.5) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		−0.6
(30.9) 		−2
(28) 		−8.3
(17.1) 		−12.7
(9.1) 		−27.5
(−17.5) 		−29.5
(−21.1) 		−35.6
(−32.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 144.9
(5.70) 		121
(4.8) 		121.1
(4.77) 		77.9
(3.07) 		57.2
(2.25) 		75.3
(2.96) 		82.3
(3.24) 		83.3
(3.28) 		124.4
(4.90) 		123.3
(4.85) 		116.1
(4.57) 		139.8
(5.50) 		1,266.6
(49.89)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 17 16 16 13 12 13 12 12 15 15 15 18 174
Source 1: yr.no/Norwegian Meteorological Institute[13]
Source 2: eklima/met.no[14]

Government

Namsskogan Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[15] The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Namskogan is made up of 13 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.

Namsskogan kommunestyre 2023–2027 [16]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 3
 Optimum (Optimum)5
Total number of members:13
Namsskogan kommunestyre 2019–2023 [17]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 3
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 1
 Optimum (Optimum)2
Total number of members:13
Namskogan kommunestyre 2015–2019 [18]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 3
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 2
 Optimum (Optimum)2
Total number of members:13
Namsskogan kommunestyre 2011–2015 [19]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 3
 Optimum (Optimum)3
Total number of members:13
Namsskogan kommunestyre 2007–2011 [18]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 4
 Optimum (Optimum)2
Total number of members:13
Namsskogan kommunestyre 2003–2007 [18]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 3
 Optimum (Optimum)2
Total number of members:13
Namsskogan kommunestyre 1999–2003 [18]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 3
 Optimum (Optimum)7
Total number of members:17
Namsskogan kommunestyre 1995–1999 [20]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 4
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 5
 Free voters (Frie velgere)3
Total number of members:17
Namsskogan kommunestyre 1991–1995 [21]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 3
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 5
 Free Voters (Frie Velgere)3
Total number of members:17
Namsskogan kommunestyre 1987–1991 [22]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 11
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
  Joint list of the Conservative Party, Christian Democratic Party, Centre Party, and Free voters (Fellesliste for Høyre, Kristelig Folkeparti, Senterpartiet og Frie Velgere) 5
Total number of members:17
Namsskogan kommunestyre 1983–1987 [23]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Joint list of free voters, Christian Democratic Party, Conservative Party (Frie velgere/Kristelig Folkeparti/Høyre) 6
Total number of members:17
Namsskogan kommunestyre 1979–1983 [24]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Joint list of free voters, Christian Democratic Party, Conservative Party (Frie velgere/Kristelig Folkeparti/Høyre) 5
 Local list from Brekkvasselv, Lonet and Furuby (Kretsliste utgått fra Brekkvasselv, Lonet og Furuby)5
Total number of members:17
Namsskogan kommunestyre 1975–1979 [25]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
 Collaborative list for independent voters
 (Samarbeidsliste for Uavhengige Velgere)		7
Total number of members:17
Namsskogan kommunestyre 1971–1975 [26]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:17
Namsskogan kommunestyre 1967–1971 [27]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:17
Namsskogan kommunestyre 1963–1967 [28]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 12
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
Total number of members:17
Namsskogan herredsstyre 1959–1963 [29]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 12
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:17
Namsskogan herredsstyre 1955–1959 [30]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:13
Namsskogan herredsstyre 1951–1955 [31]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 7
Total number of members:12
Namsskogan herredsstyre 1947–1951 [32]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 7
Total number of members:12
Namsskogan herredsstyre 1945–1947 [33]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 4
Total number of members:12
Namsskogan herredsstyre 1937–1941* [34]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:12
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

Politics

In the 2007 municipal elections, Namsskogan had the highest vote for the Socialist Left party in Norway, at 33.6 per cent.

Mayors

The mayors of Namsskogan:[35]

Notable people

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