Åsnes
Åsnes 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 Flisa, which is also the largest village in the municipality with around 1,700 people. Other villages in the municipality include Gjesåsen, Hof, and Kjellmyra.
Åsnes kommune | |
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 View of the village of Flisa | |
 Coat of arms  Innlandet within Norway | |
 Åsnes within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 60°39′13″N 12°9′11″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Solør |
| Established | 1854 |
| Administrative centre | Flisa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Ørjan Bue (Sp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,040.94 km2 (401.91 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,004.07 km2 (387.67 sq mi) |
| • Water | 36.87 km2 (14.24 sq mi) 3.5% |
| • Rank | #108 in Norway |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 7,227 |
| • Rank | #137 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.2/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −4.9% |
| Demonym(s) | Åsnessokning[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3418 |
| Official language form | Bokmål[2] |
| Website | Official website |
The 1,041-square-kilometre (402 sq mi) municipality is the 108th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Åsnes is the 137th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,227. The municipality's population density is 7.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.9% over the previous 10-year period.[3][4]
General information
| Ancestry | Number |
|---|---|
 Poland | 59 |
 Lithuania | 58 |
 Sweden | 55 |
 Eritrea | 32 |
 Thailand | 29 |
 Syria | 25 |
 Bosnia-Herzegovina | 23 |
 Denmark | 22 |
When municipal government was established in Norway on 1 January 1838, the Åsnes area was part of Hof Municipality. In 1849, Hof municipality was divided into two: Hof (population: 2,913) and Åsnes og Våler (population: 7,087). A short time later, in 1854, the municipality of Åsnes og Våler was divided into the two current municipalities of Våler (population: 3,410) and Åsnes (population: 3,677). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, Hof Municipality (population: 3,222) was merged into Åsnes Municipality (population: 6,750). On 1 January 1969, the Rotberget farm area (population: 23) in the Finnskogen part of the municipality was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Grue.[6] In the 2010s, there had been talk of further municipal mergers but the neighboring municipalities of Grue and Våler both rejected merging with Åsnes.
Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Åsnes farm (Old Norse: Ásnes), since the first Åsnes Church was built there. The first element is áss which means "mountain ridge" and the last element is nes which means "headland". (The headland is made by the river Glomma, and the farm is lying beneath a hill.) Historically, the name was spelled Aasnes.[7]
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was granted on 9 December 2001. The arms show three black hooks for log driving on a gold background. This was chosen to represent the importance of logging and forestry to the municipality throughout history.[8][9]
Churches
The Church of Norway has six parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Åsnes. It is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.
| Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arneberg | Arneberg Church | Jammerdalen | 1878 |
| Gjesåsen | Gjesåsen Church | Gjesåsen | 1863 |
| Hof | Hof Church | Hof | 1861 |
| Hof Finnskog | Hof Finnskog Church | Dulpetorpet | 1953 |
| Åsnes | Åsnes Church | Flisa | 1744 |
| Åsnes Finnskog | Åsnes Finnskog Church | Vermundsjøen | 1861 |
Geography
The municipality is located in the southern part of Innlandet county in the traditional region of Solør. Åsnes is bordered to the north by the municipality of Våler, to the south by Grue, to the west by Nord-Odal and Stange, and to the east it borders Torsby Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden.
Finnskogen or the forest of the Finns is a belt about 32 kilometres (20 mi) wide which runs continuously northwards along the border between Norway and Sweden through six Norwegian municipalities, including Åsnes.
Åsnes has several lakes and rivers throughout the forested municipality which sits in the southern Glåmdal valley. It includes the lakes Gjesåssjøen, Hukusjøen, and Vermunden. The rivers Flisa, Rotna, and Glomma all flow through the municipality.
Government
All municipalities in Norway, including Åsnes, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elects a mayor.[10] The municipality falls under the Østre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.
Municipal council
The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Åsnes is made up of 23 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 8 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 2 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
| Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet) | 1 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 9 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 23 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 2 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
| Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet) | 1 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 | |
| Radical Socialists (Radikale Sosialister) | 1 | |
| Total number of members: | 23 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 3 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
| Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet) | 1 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 | |
| Radical Socialists (Radikale Sosialister) | 1 | |
| Total number of members: | 23 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 7 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 3 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
| Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet) | 3 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 | |
| Radical Socialists (Radikale Sosialister) | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 23 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 10 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 3 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 3 | |
| Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre), Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti), and Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 | |
| Total number of members: | 23 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 13 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 4 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 3 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 5 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 3 | |
| Total number of members: | 23 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 13 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 4 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 8 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 4 | |
| Total number of members: | 31 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 12 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 8 | |
| Total number of members: | 31 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 20 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 6 | |
| Cross-party local list (Tverrpolitisk bygdeliste) | 6 | |
| Total number of members: | 41 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 19 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 8 | |
| Cross-party local list (Tverrpolitisk bygdeliste) | 5 | |
| Total number of members: | 41 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 20 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 8 | |
| Local people's free list (Bygdefolkets Frie Liste) | 3 | |
| Total number of members: | 41 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 19 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 5 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 9 | |
| Local people's free list (Bygdefolkets Frie list) | 4 | |
| Total number of members: | 41 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 21 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 3 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
| Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 7 | |
| Total number of members: | 41 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 20 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 3 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 7 | |
| Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 7 | |
| Total number of members: | 41 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 24 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 5 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 6 | |
| Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 41 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 15 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 7 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
| Total number of members: | 29 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 14 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 9 | |
| Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 4 | |
| Total number of members: | 29 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 14 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 9 | |
| Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 3 | |
| Total number of members: | 28 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 12 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 11 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 5 | |
| Total number of members: | 28 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 13 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 13 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 28 | |
| Party Name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 20 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 | |
| Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 3 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 28 | |
| 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. | ||
Notable people
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- Hans Jacob Grøgaard (1764 in Åsnes – 1836) a parish priest and writer, rep. at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly
- Johannes Bergh (1837 in Åsnes – 1906) a barrister, Attorney General of Norway 1893-1904
- Jacob Sparre Schneider (1853 in Åsnes – 1918) a Norwegian zoologist and entomologist
- Adolf Gundersen (1865 in Åsnes – 1938) an American physician, founded Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Wisconsin
- Per Aasness (1875 at Flaen – 1959) a military officer and politician, Mayor of Asnes, 1919-1922
- Ole Bjerke (1881 in Åsnes – 1959) a sport shooter, competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Arne Løfsgaard (1887 at Løfsgaard – 1974) a farmer and politician. Mayor of Åsnes 1925-1928
- Birger Lie (1891 in Åsnes – 1970) a sport shooter, competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Jon Gudbjørn Dybendal (1904 in Åsnes – 1985) a politician, Mayor of Åsnes, 1945-1963
- Rolf Jacobsen (1907–1994) a author and modernist writer, twice lived in Åsnes
- Kai Grjotheim (1919 in Åsnes – 2003) a chemist and academic, solved problems within thermodynamics of salt smelters
- Gunnar Gundersen (born 1956 in Åsnes) a politician, also competed in the swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Tom Stræte Lagergren (born 1991 in Åsnes) stage name Matoma, a DJ and record producer
- Emilie Enger Mehl (born 1993 in Lørenskog) politician for the Centre Party. She has served as minister of justice since 2021 and Member of parliament since 2017.
Sister cities
Åsnes has sister city agreements with the following places:[30][31]
Gallery
Flisa station on the Solørbanen railway
Bjerkely Folkehøyskole (school)
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External links
Media related to Åsnes at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Åsnes at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)
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