Nord-Odal


Nord-Odal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Odal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sand. The parish of Nordre Odalen was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838.

General information

Name

The last element is the old district name Odal. The first element of this is ó, a sideform of á which means "river". The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale".
The first element Nord- was added after 1819 when the parish of Odal was divided in two.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 10 January 1992. The arms show two black grapple tools on a gold background. They represent the tradition of forestry and logging in the municipality.
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Geography

Nord-Odal is situated around the northern edge of the lake Storsjøen, bordered to the north by the municipality of Stange, to the east by Åsnes and Grue, to the south by Sør-Odal and Nes, and to the west by Eidsvoll.

Notable residents