Innset, Trøndelag


Innset is a village in the municipality of Rennebu in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Orkla River about southeast of the village of Berkåk, about southeast of the village of Ulsberg and about northeast of the village of Kvikne. Innset Church is located in the village, just north of the Norwegian National Road 3.
The parish of Innset was originally an annex to the main parish and municipality of Kvikne, but in 1966 it was transferred to the parish and municipality of Rennebu.

Name

The parish of Innset was established in 1642. It was named after the old Innset farm since that was where the Innset Church was built. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the river Inna and the last element is setr which means "mountain farm". The meaning of the river name is unknown. Until 1918 the name was written "Inset".