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Trysil

Trysil is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Hedmark

Hedmark

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of ?stlandet, the southeastern part of the country....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the traditional region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
of Østerdalen

Østerdalen

?sterdalen or ?sterdal is a valley and Districts of Norway in the eastern part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Rendalen, Alvdal, Folldal,...
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Innbygda

Innbygda

Innbygda is the administrative centre of Trysil municipality, Norway. Its population is 2,250....
. The municipality of Trysil was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norway local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Charles XIV John of Sweden on 14 January 1837....
).

municipality (originally the parish

Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
) is probably named after an old farm - and this was most likely the original name of Prestgarden ("the vicar

Vicar

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Trysil is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Hedmark

Hedmark

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Districts of Norway

Østerdalen

Innbygda

Innbygda is the administrative centre of Trysil municipality, Norway. Its population is 2,250....
. The municipality of Trysil was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish

Parish

Vicar

In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, anyone acting "in the person of" or wiktionary:agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant, literally the "place-holder"....
age"), where the first church was built. The meaning of the first element is unknown (maybe an old river name), the last element is sil which means "quiet stretch of a river". Prior to 1906, the name was spelled "Tryssil".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times. They were granted on 21 October 1991. The arms show two silver ski pole

Ski pole

Ski poles are used by skiing to improve balance, speed and acceleration. They probably evolved from walking sticks carried while traveling, and possibly from spears as well....
s on a blue background. It is meant to symbolize Trysil in the past, present, and future. It was designed by Bjørn Ellefsæter.

History

The world’s first official skiing

Skiing

Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
competition was held here in 1855. The famous Norwegian skier Halvard Morgedal won all the competitions that year. The Trysilgutten ski club, founded in 1861, is the world’s oldest ski club.

A small village in Trysil, Nybergsund

Nybergsund

Nybergsund is a village in the municipality of Trysil, Norway. Its population is 329. It is located by the Trysil River, a few kilometres south of the centre Innbygda....
, was bombed by German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
aviators during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
on 11 April 1940, when King Haakon VII

Haakon VII of Norway

Haakon VII was the first king of Norway after the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905 of the personal union with Sweden....
and Crown Prince Olav

Olav V of Norway

Olav V was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death. Olav was born in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as the son of Prince Haakon VII of Norway and Princess Maud of the United Kingdom and given the names Alexander Edward Christian Frederik....
were there.

Economy

Farming

Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
and logging

Logging

Logging is the process in which certain trees are cut down for forest management and timber....
are traditionally the most important occupations in the municipality, and there are many wood related industries. The Trysilelva river was the last river in Norway with traditional timber floating

Timber floating

Timber floating may refer to one of the following.*Log driving*Timber rafting...
. There is extensive wildlife

Wildlife

Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals, and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....
, including a large elk

Moose

File:Alces alces NA.svgThe moose or elk , , is the largest Extant taxon species in the deer family . Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a "twig-like" configuration....
population.

Trysilfjellet is the largest winter sports centre in Norway with 65 prepared slopes.

Geography

Trysil is bordered in the north by the municipalities of Engerdal

Engerdal

Engerdal is a Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of ?sterdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Engerdal....
and Rendalen

Rendalen

Rendalen is a Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of ?sterdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bergset....
, in the west by Åmot

Åmot

?mot is a Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of ?sterdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena, Norway....
, and in the southwest by Elverum

Elverum

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of ?sterdalen....
and Våler

Våler, Hedmark

V?ler is a Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Sol?r. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of V?ler i Hedmark....
. The eastern border of the municipality is bordered in the north, east and south by Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. The main village in Trysil is Innbygda, which often is referred to as Trysil.

Notable residents

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned

Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
with Trysil: - Holbæk

Holbæk municipality

Holb?k municipality is a municipality in northeastern Region Sj?lland on the island of Zealand in Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Or?, and covers an area of 583 km?, and has a total population of 69,010 ....
, Region Sjælland

Region Sjælland

Region Sj?lland is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties of Denmark with five larger regions....
, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
- Kil

Kil Municipality

Kil Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in V?rmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kil, V?rmland.The local government reform of 1971 amalgamation Stora Kil, J?rnskog and a part of Brunskog, thus forming Kil Municipality....
, Värmland County

Värmland County

V?rmland County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna County, ?rebro County and V?stra G?taland County, as well as the Norway counties of ?stfold, Akershus and Hedmark to the west....
, Sweden

Sweden

Laihia

Laihia is a municipalities of Finland of Finland, founded in 1576 through a separation from Isokyr? and Korsholm.It is located in the provinces of Finland of Western Finland and is a part of the Ostrobothnia regions of Finland....
, Länsi-Suomi

Western Finland

The Province of Western Finland is a Provinces of Finland of Finland. It borders the provinces of Oulu , Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia towards ?land....
, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....

External links

from Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway is the Norway statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1000, Statistics Norway releases more than 800 Norwegian statistical publications every year on its web site....