Grue, Norway

Municipality in Innlandet, Norway

Grue Municipality Grue kommune
Municipality
View of the landscape in eastern Grue
Flag Coat of arms
Innlandet within Norway
Grue within Innlandet
Coordinates: 60°27′23″N 12°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)	−8.5%
Demonym	Grusokning^[1]
Official language ^[2]
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-3417^[3]
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Grue is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kirkenær. Other villages in the municipality include Bergesida, Grinder, Namnå, Risberget, Rotberget, Skasenden, and Svullrya.

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's population 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]

General information

The parish of Grue was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1867, the southern district of Grue (population: 3,946) was separated to become the new municipality of Brandval. This left Grue municipality with 6,464 residents. In 1941, a small area of Grue (population: 68) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Brandval. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1969, the Rotberget farm area (population: 23) was transferred from Åsnes Municipality to Grue. On 1 January 1974, an unpopulated part of the Lystad area was transferred from Grue to the neighboring municipality of Kongsvinger.^[6]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Grue farm (Old Norse: Grǫf or Grǫfa) since the first Grue Church was built there. The name is identical with the word grǫf or grǫfa which means "depression" or "hollow".^[7]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 30 October 1992. The official blazon is "Per bend sinister rayonny of wolf-teeth argent and vert" (Norwegian: Venstre skrådelt av sølv og grønt ved buet ulvetannsnitt). This means the arms have are divided with a diagonal line that is rayonny, meaning it looks like curved wolf teeth rather than a straight line. The field (background) below the line has a tincture of Vert (green). Above the line, the field has a tincture of argent 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 gruesome church fire of 1822. The colors symbolize the forests and the Glomma river. The arms were designed by Harald Hallstensen. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Churches

The Church of Norway has two parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Grue. It is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

**Churches in Grue**
Parish (sokn)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Grue	Grue Church	Kirkenær	1825
Grue Finnskog	Grue Finnskog Church	Svullrya	1886

Geography

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Grue by country of origin in 2017^[12]
Ancestry	Number
Sweden	50
Poland	32
Lithuania	29
Iraq	28
Croatia	28
Eritrea	25
Bosnia-Herzegovina	23

Grue is situated around the Glomma river and the geography is dominated largely by forests 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 of Kongsvinger, on the north by the municipality of Åsnes, and on the west by Nord-Odal. To the east, it borders Sweden.

Grue was the early center for the Finnish migration which today populates the Finnskogen, a belt about 32 kilometres (20 mi) wide and running continuously along the frontier in the districts of Brandval, Grue, Hof, Åsnes, and Våler. Their first population center in Norway was located around the lake of Røgden.

The rivers Løvhaugsåa and Rotna both run through the area. The lakes Hukusjøen, Skasen, Gardsjøen.

Government

Grue 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.^[13] The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Romerike og Glåmdal District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal 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 political party.

Grue kommunestyre 2023–2027 ^[14]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	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

Grue kommunestyre 2019–2023 ^[15]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	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

Grue kommunestyre 2015–2019 ^[16]^[17]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	8
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	3
	Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre), Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti), and Liberal Party (Venstre)	8
Total number of members:		19

Grue kommunestyre 2011–2015 ^[18]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	9
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	3
	Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre), Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti), and Liberal Party (Venstre)	7
Total number of members:		19

Grue kommunestyre 2007–2011 ^[17]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	9
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	2
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	1
	Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre), Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti), Centre Party (Senterpartiet), and Liberal Party (Venstre)	7
Total number of members:		19

Grue kommunestyre 2003–2007 ^[17]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	1
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	2
	Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre), Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti), Centre Party (Senterpartiet), and Liberal Party (Venstre)	9
Total number of members:		19

Grue kommunestyre 1999–2003 ^[17]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	8
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	1
	Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre), Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti), Centre Party (Senterpartiet), and Liberal Party (Venstre)	10
Total number of members:		19

Grue kommunestyre 1995–1999 ^[19]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	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

Grue kommunestyre 1991–1995 ^[20]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	14
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	3
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	5
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	3
Total number of members:		25

Grue kommunestyre 1987–1991 ^[21]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	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

Grue kommunestyre 1983–1987 ^[22]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	18
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	3
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	3
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	1
Total number of members:		25

Grue kommunestyre 1979–1983 ^[23]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	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

Grue kommunestyre 1975–1979 ^[24]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	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

Grue kommunestyre 1971–1975 ^[25]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	18
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	5
	Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)	1
Total number of members:		25

Grue kommunestyre 1967–1971 ^[26]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	18
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	4
	Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)	2
Total number of members:		25

Grue kommunestyre 1963–1967 ^[27]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	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

Grue herredsstyre 1959–1963 ^[28]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	17
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	4
Total number of members:		25

Grue herredsstyre 1955–1959 ^[29]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	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

Grue herredsstyre 1951–1955 ^[30]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	16
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	3
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	3
Total number of members:		24

Grue herredsstyre 1947–1951 ^[31]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	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

Grue herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[32]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	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

Grue herredsstyre 1937–1941* ^[33]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	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 the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

Mayors

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Grue since 1838 when the municipality was established:^[34]

1838-1845: Ole Arntzen Lützow
1846-1847: Jørgen Cappelen Omsted
1848-1857: Nicolai Astrup
1858-1859: Gunder Gundersen
1860-1863: Jacob Rolsdorph Andersen
1864-1879: Ole Bredesen Opset
1880-1883: Arne A. Omsted
1883-1887: Ole Bredesen Opset
1888-1898: Arne A. Omsted
1899-1907: Amund Bredesen Opset
1908-1913: Wilhelm Omsted
1914-1919: Amund Bredesen Opset
1920-1925: Magnus Vangerud
1926-1928: Sigurd Woll
1929-1931: Ole H. Sæther
1932-1933: Arve Myrvang
1933-1934: Arne Tveter
1935-1935: Ole Kamphaug
1936-1940: Eivind Grimstad
1940-1945: Vacant due to WWII
1945-1945: Martin Møllerud
1946-1955: Magnus Vangerud
1956-1963: Reidar Mellem
1964-1964: Martin Råberget
1964-1978: Thor Henriksen
1979-1985: Torbjøn Øveråsen
1985-1999: Ragnar Nyman
1999-2007: Niels Ferdinand Rolsdorph
2007-2011: Herdis Bragelien
2011-2015: Niels Ferdinand Rolsdorph
2015-2019: Wenche Huser Sund
2019–present: Rune Grenberg (Ap)^[35]

Notable people

Andreas Aagaard Kiønig (1771–1856), a lawyer and representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly
Andreas Arntzen (1777–1837), a politician, police chief, Supreme Court judge, & timber merchant
Mor Sæther (1793–1851), a Norwegian "klok kone" ("cunning woman"), i.e. a herbalist
Ole Peter Riis Høegh (1806–1852), a trained civilian architect and Bergen's first town surveyor
Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen (1844–1918), Norway's first government entomologist
Olav Strøm (1866-1963), a pioneer trade unionist
Kristian Prestrud (1881–1927), a naval officer and member of Amundsen's South Pole expedition
Hagbart Haakonsen (1895-1984), a cross-country skier who competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Åsta Holth (1904–1999), a novelist, poet and short story writer
Kåre Jonsborg (1912–1977), a painter and textile artist
Sinikka Langeland (born 1961), a traditional folk singer and kantele player
Tom Harald Hagen (born 1978), a football UEFA referee

Gallery

Grue kirke
River Rottnan in Svullrya
Opaker Grue
Løvhaugsåa in Hedmark

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External links

Media related to Grue at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Grue at Wiktionary
Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)

Innlandet county, Norway

Main article: Innlandet
Capitals: Hamar; Lillehammer
County government: Innlandet County Municipality
County lists:

Towns and cities

Lillehammer (1827)
Hamar (1849)
Kongsvinger (1854)
Gjøvik (1861)
Elverum (1996)
Otta (2000)
Fagernes (2007)
Brumunddal (2010)
Moelv (2010)
Vinstra (2013)

Municipalities

Gudbrandsdalen	Dovre Gausdal Lesja Lillehammer Lom Nord-Fron Ringebu Sel Skjåk Sør-Fron Vågå Øyer
Valdres	Etnedal Nord-Aurdal Sør-Aurdal Vang Vestre Slidre Øystre Slidre
Vestoppland	Gjøvik Gran Nordre Land Søndre Land Vestre Toten Østre Toten
Glåmdal	Eidskog Grue Kongsvinger Nord-Odal Sør-Odal Våler Åsnes
Hedmarka	Hamar Løten Ringsaker Stange
Østerdalen	Alvdal Elverum Engerdal Folldal Os Rendalen Stor-Elvdal Tolga Trysil Tynset Åmot

Former Municipalities in Innlandet

Hedmark	Brandval (1867-1964) Furnes (1891-1964) Hof (1838-1963) Kvikne (1838-1966) Nes (1838-1964) Rendal (1838-1880) Romedal (1838-1964) Sollia (1864-1965) Tolga-Os (1966-1976) Vang (1838-1992) Vinger (1838-1964) Ytre Rendal (1880-1965) Øvre Rendal (1880-1965) Aasnes og Vaaler (1849-1854)
Oppland	Biri (1838-1964) Brandbu (1897-1962) Eina (1908-1964) Fluberg (1914-1962) Fron (1838-1851, 1966-1977) Fåberg (1838-1964) Heidal (1908-1965) Kolbu (1908-1964) Land (1838-1847) Slidre (1838-1849) Snertingdal (1910-1964) Sollia (1864-1965) Torpa (1914-1962) Vardal (1838-1964) Vestre Gausdal (1879-1962) Østre Gausdal (1879-1962)
Note: The former counties of Hedmark and Oppland were merged to form Innlandet on 1 January 2020.