Romedal

Romedal is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The 385 km2 municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964 when it became part of Stange Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Romedal where Romedal Church is located. Other villages in Romedal included Ilseng and Starhellinga. The municipality centered around the agriculture and forestry industries.

History
The parish of Romedal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Romedal (population: 6,441) was merged with the neighboring municipality of Stange (population: 9,734).

Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Romedal farm (Ruðmudalr) since the first Romedal Church was built there. The first element is (probably) the genitive case of an old river name (Ruðma). The river name may have come from the word, which means 'clear' or 'empty'. The last element is, which means 'valley' or 'dale'.

Government
During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.

Municipal council
The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Romedal was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Mayors
The mayors of Romedal:


 * 1838-1839: Nils Christoffersen Gaustad
 * 1839-1842: H. Wegener
 * 1842-1843: Christen Larsen Arneberg
 * 1843-1844: Lars Christian Sandberg
 * 1844-1845: Anton Hansen Horne
 * 1845-1847: V.F. Krog
 * 1847-1849: Christen Larsen Arneberg
 * 1851-1853: Gulbrand Øvergaard
 * 1854-1855: Anton Hansen Horne
 * 1855-1859: S.H. Ræder
 * 1859-1860: Kjel Sande
 * 1861-1863: L.G. Bryhn
 * 1863–1867: Jens Øvergård
 * 1867-1871: Lars Arneberg
 * 1871-1873: Hans Antonsen Horne
 * 1873-1875: N. Hals
 * 1875-1877: O.A. Bryhni
 * 1877-1879: Lars Arneberg
 * 1879-1882: L.G. Bryhn
 * 1882-1883: O. Pedersen
 * 1883-1891: Johan A. Horn
 * 1891-1893: Lars Busvold
 * 1893-1897: Kristian Horn
 * 1897-1898: Olaf Bryhn
 * 1899-1916: Anton Julius Tøsti
 * 1917-1919: L. Julseth
 * 1920-1922: O. J. Maagaard
 * 1923-1928: L. Julseth
 * 1929-1931: Alfred Johnsen (Ap)
 * 1932-1941: Karl Petersen (Ap)
 * 1941-1941: G. O. Bahus (Ap)
 * 1941-1944: Arne Stramrud (NS)
 * 1944-1945: Ole J. Lie (NS)
 * 1945-1948: Karl Petersen (Ap)
 * 1948-1964: Jens K. Nybruket (Ap)