Os, Norway

Os 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 Os i Østerdalen. The new municipality of Os was separated from Tolga on 1 July 1926. (Tolga and Os were also briefly merged from 1966-1976: see Tolga-Os.)

Os kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Innlandet within
Norway
Os within Innlandet
Coordinates: 62°28′34″N 11°14′35″E
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictØsterdalen
Administrative centreOs i Østerdalen
Government
 • Mayor (2011)Arnfinn Nergård (Sp)
Area
 • Total1,040 km2 (400 sq mi)
 • Land1,008 km2 (389 sq mi)
Area rank101 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total2,131
 • Rank333 in Norway
 • Density2/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
4.2%
Demonym(s)Osing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3430
Official language formNeutral[2]
Websitewww.os.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

The municipality is located to the west of the municipality of Røros and to the south of Midtre Gauldal and Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county. In Hedmark county, Os is east of Tolga and north of Engerdal.

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Os farm (Old Norse: Óss), since the first church was built here (in 1703). The name is identical with the word óss which means "mouth of a river" (here it is the Vangrøfta river running out into the Glomma river).

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 17 December 1992. The arms show three gold cowbells on a green background. It symbolizes the traditional and modern businesses in the municipality.[3]

Geography

Lakes in the region include Flensjøen.

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. "Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Os kommune i Hedmark. Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
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