Grue Municipality Grue kommune | |
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![]() View of the landscape in eastern Grue | |
![]() Innlandet within Norway | |
![]() Grue within Innlandet | |
Coordinates:60°27′23″N12°03′30″E / 60.45639°N 12.05833°E /60.45639; 12.05833 | |
Country | Norway |
County | Innlandet |
District | Solør |
Established | 1 January 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Kirkenær |
Government | |
• Mayor(2019) | Rune Grenberg (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 837.18 km2 (323.24 sq mi) |
• Land | 777.54 km2 (300.21 sq mi) |
• Water | 59.64 km2 (23.03 sq mi) 7.1% |
• Rank | #136 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 4,572 |
• Rank | #189 in Norway |
• Density | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) |
• Change(10 years) | ![]() |
Demonym | Grusokning[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3417[3] |
Website | Official website |
Grue is amunicipality inInnlandet county,Norway. It is located in thetraditional district ofSolør. Theadministrative centre of the municipality is the village ofKirkenær. Other villages in the municipality includeBergesida,Grinder,Namnå,Risberget,Rotberget,Skasenden, andSvullrya.
The 837-square-kilometre (323 sq mi) municipality is the 136th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Grue is the 189th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,572. The municipality'spopulation density is 5.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 8.5% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
Economy: One private company (a lamp factory) has 51 employees; as of June 2024, there is less than a year until the production gets moved to anEU country.[6]
Theparish of Grue was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt law). In 1867, the southern district of Grue (population: 3,946) was separated to become the new municipality ofBrandval. This left Grue municipality with 6,464 residents. In 1941, a small area of Grue (population: 68) was transferred to the neighboring municipality ofBrandval. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of theSchei Committee. On 1 January 1969, theRotberget farm area (population: 23) was transferred fromÅsnes Municipality to Grue. On 1 January 1974, an unpopulated part of the Lystad area was transferred from Grue to the neighboring municipality ofKongsvinger.[7]
The municipality (originally theparish) is named after the oldGrue farm (Old Norse:Grǫf orGrǫfa) since the firstGrue Church was built there. The name is identical with the wordgrǫf orgrǫfa which means "depression" or "hollow".[8]
Thecoat of arms was granted on 30 October 1992. The officialblazon is"Perbend sinisterrayonny of wolf-teethargent andvert" (Norwegian:Venstre skrådelt av sølv og grønt ved buet ulvetannsnitt). This means the arms have are divided with a diagonalline that israyonny, meaning it looks like curved wolf teeth rather than a straight line. Thefield (background) below the line has atincture ofVert (green). Above the line, the field has a tincture ofargent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The flame-like line represents the clearance of farms in the woods by the use of fire and is also a remembrance of the gruesomechurch fire of 1822. The colors symbolize the forests and theGlomma river. The arms were designed by Harald Hallstensen. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.[9][10][11][12]
TheChurch of Norway has two parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Grue. It is part of theSolør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in theDiocese of Hamar.
Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
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Grue | Grue Church | Kirkenær | 1825 |
Grue Finnskog | Grue Finnskog Church | Svullrya | 1886 |
Ancestry | Number |
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![]() | 50 |
![]() | 32 |
![]() | 29 |
![]() | 28 |
![]() | 28 |
![]() | 25 |
![]() | 23 |
Grue is situated around theGlomma river and the geography is dominated largely byforests and some agricultural areas around Glomma. Grue is located in the southeast part of Innlandet county. It is bordered on the south by the municipality ofKongsvinger, on the north by the municipality ofÅsnes, and on the west byNord-Odal. To the east, it bordersSweden.
Grue was the early center for theFinnish migration which today populates theFinnskogen, a belt about 32 kilometres (20 mi) wide and running continuously along the frontier in the districts of Brandval, Grue,Hof,Åsnes, andVåler. Their first population center in Norway was located around the lake of Røgden.
The riversLøvhaugsåa andRotna both run through the area. The lakesHukusjøen,Skasen,Gardsjøen.
Grue Municipality is responsible forprimary education (through 10th grade), outpatienthealth services,senior citizen services,welfare and othersocial services,zoning,economic development, and municipalroads and utilities. The municipality is governed by amunicipal council ofdirectly elected representatives. Themayor isindirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[14] The municipality is under the jurisdiction of theRomerike og Glåmdal District Court and theEidsivating Court of Appeal.
Themunicipal council(Kommunestyre) of Grue is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by politicalparty.
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 10 | |
Progress Party(Fremskrittspartiet) | 2 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 3 | |
Pensioners' Party(Pensjonistpartiet) | 1 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 19 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 8 | |
Progress Party(Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 3 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
Grue local list(Grue Bygdeliste) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 19 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 8 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Joint list of theConservative Party(Høyre),Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti), andLiberal Party (Venstre) | 8 | |
Total number of members: | 19 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Joint list of theConservative Party(Høyre),Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti), andLiberal Party (Venstre) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 19 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Progress Party(Fremskrittspartiet) | 2 | |
Socialist Left Party(Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Joint list of theConservative Party(Høyre),Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti),Centre Party(Senterpartiet), andLiberal Party (Venstre) | 7 | |
Total number of members: | 19 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 7 | |
Progress Party(Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Socialist Left Party(Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Joint list of theConservative Party(Høyre),Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti),Centre Party(Senterpartiet), andLiberal Party (Venstre) | 9 | |
Total number of members: | 19 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 8 | |
Socialist Left Party(Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Joint list of theConservative Party(Høyre),Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti),Centre Party(Senterpartiet), andLiberal Party (Venstre) | 10 | |
Total number of members: | 19 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 14 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 3 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
Socialist Left Party(Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party(Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 14 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 3 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 5 | |
Socialist Left Party(Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 17 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 3 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Socialist Left Party(Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party(Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 18 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 3 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Socialist Left Party(Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 16 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 3 | |
Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Socialist Left Party(Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party(Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 16 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Socialist Left Party(Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 18 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 1 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 5 | |
Socialist People's Party(Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 18 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 1 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Socialist People's Party(Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 17 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 2 | |
Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Local List(s)(Lokale lister) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 17 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 2 | |
Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 | |
Centre Party(Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 17 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 2 | |
Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Farmers' Party(Bondepartiet) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 16 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 2 | |
Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 3 | |
Farmers' Party(Bondepartiet) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 24 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 15 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 1 | |
Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 4 | |
Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Farmers' Party(Bondepartiet) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 24 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 14 | |
Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 4 | |
Christian Democratic Party(Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties(Borgerlige Felleslister) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 24 |
Party name(in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
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Labour Party(Arbeiderpartiet) | 15 | |
Conservative Party(Høyre) | 2 | |
Communist Party(Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
Farmers' Party(Bondepartiet) | 4 | |
Liberal Party(Venstre) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 24 | |
Note: Due to theGerman occupation of Norway duringWorld War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945. |
Themayors (Norwegian:ordfører) of Grue since 1838 when the municipality was established:[35]