Trysil
Trysil Municipality
Trysil kommune | |
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 Flag | |
 Innlandet within Norway | |
 Trysil within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 61°18′36″N 12°18′54″E / 61.31000°N 12.31500°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Administrative centre | Innbygda |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016) | Erik Sletten (Senterpartiet (SP)) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,014 km2 (1,164 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,940 km2 (1,140 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #13 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 6,955 |
| • Rank | #141 in Norway |
| • Density | 2/km2 (5/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −4.6% |
| Demonym | Trysling[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3421[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Trysil is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Innbygda. The municipality of Trysil was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
General information
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is probably named after an old farm - and this was most likely the original name of Prestgarden ("the vicarage"), 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".[4]
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 21 October 1991. The arms show two silver ski poles on a blue background. It is meant to symbolize Trysil in the past, present, and future. It was designed by Bjørn Ellefsæter.[5]
| Ancestry | Number |
|---|---|
 Sweden |
180 |
 Eritrea |
60 |
 Poland |
57 |
 Netherlands |
37 |
 Latvia |
28 |
 Iraq |
27 |
 Denmark |
26 |
 Syria |
25 |
History
One of the first-known, organized ski races was held here 22 January 1862.[7] Roland Huntford, author of Two Planks and a Passion, describes this race as, "the first truly modern ski race."[7] The famous Norwegian skier Halvard Morgedal won all the competitions that year. The Trysilgutten ski club, founded in 1861, is one of the world's oldest ski clubs. See also the Kiandra snow shoe club.
A small village in Trysil, Nybergsund, was bombed by German aviators during World War II on 11 April 1940, when King Haakon VII and Crown Prince Olav were there.
Economy
Farming and logging 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. There is extensive wildlife, including a large elk 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 and Rendalen, in the west by Åmot, and in the southwest by Elverum and Våler. The eastern border of the municipality is bordered in the north, east and south by Sweden. The main village in Trysil is Innbygda, which often is referred to as Trysil.
Climate
Trysil has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with cold winters and warm summers. Mean temperature in January is -11 °C and 14 °C for July. Precipitation is moderate at 720mm annually.[8]
| Climate data for Trysil-Vegstasjon, ca 4km south of Innbygda (1961-1990) 360m asl, Norway | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
0.5 (32.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
1.6 (34.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 40 (1.6) |
30 (1.2) |
30 (1.2) |
40 (1.6) |
60 (2.4) |
85 (3.3) |
90 (3.5) |
80 (3.1) |
90 (3.5) |
75 (3.0) |
60 (2.4) |
40 (1.6) |
720 (28.4) |
| Source: [8] | |||||||||||||
Notable residents
- Axel Smith (1744–1823) a Norwegian priest and topographer
- Haakon Nyhuus (1866–1913) a Norwegian librarian and encyclopedist
- Sven Moren (1871–1938) a farmer, poet, playwright, children's writer and politician
- Olaf L. Olsen (1881–1958) an American legislator and politician
- Halvor Floden (1884–1956) a schoolteacher, children's writer, novelist, poet and playwright
- Einar Skjæraasen (1900–1966) an author, poet and political candidate
- Halldis Moren Vesaas (1907–1995) a Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books
- Sigmund Moren (1913–1996) a philologist, literary critic, theatre critic and children's writer
- Tormod Haugen (1945–2008) a writer of children's books and translator, winner of the H.C. Andersen prize
- Jan Axel Blomberg (born 1969) a heavy metal drummer, stage name Hellhammer
Sport
- Karl Magnus Satre (1904–1955) & Paul Ottar Satre (1908–1984) American ski jumpers and cross-country skiers, competed for the US at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Kåre Hatten (1908–1983) a cross-country skier, lumberjack and farmer; competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Hallgeir Brenden (1929–2007) a Norwegian cross-country skier and steeplechase runner, twice individual gold medallist at the 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics and twice team silver medallist at the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics
- Johan Sætre (born 1952) a Norwegian former ski jumper
- Anita Moen (born 1967) a Norwegian former cross-country skier, five time medallist at the Winter Olympics, three silvers in 1994, 1998, 2002 and two bronzes in 1998 & 2002
- Jarl-André Storbæk (born 1978) footballer with over 500 club caps and 17 for Norway
- Håvard Storbæk (born 1986) a former footballer with over 300 club caps
- Kim-Rune Hansen (born 1988) professional snowboarder for Burton Snowboards
Nature
Trysil is a great place to explore the Norwegian nature and participating in various outdoor activities like guided trips, river fishing, dog sledge driving, elk safari, night photography, stargazing. This includes a mountain at Norway's largest ski resort, which offers many of the country's most widely acclaimed downhill and slalom slopes.
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Trysil:[9]
- Kil, Värmland County, Sweden
- Laihia, Länsi-Suomi, Finland
See also
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (3 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 329.
- ^ "Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Trysil kommune. Archived from the original on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "Meteorologisk institutt". Archived from the original on 2016-11-19.
- ^ "Vennskapskommuner" (in Norwegian). Trysil kommune. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
External links
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
- Municipal website (in Norwegian)
- Tourism website
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