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Vågå

Vågå (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈvôːɡoː]) is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågåmo. Other village areas in Vågå include Lalm and Bessheim.

Vågå kommune
Vågå within Innlandet
Coordinates: 61°50′55″N 9°7′16″E / 61.84861°N 9.12111°E / 61.84861; 9.12111Coordinates: 61°50′55″N 9°7′16″E / 61.84861°N 9.12111°E / 61.84861; 9.12111
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictGudbrandsdal
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centreVågåmo
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Harald Sve Bjørndal (BL)
Area
 • Total1,330.01 km2 (513.52 sq mi)
 • Land1,251.96 km2 (483.38 sq mi)
 • Water78.05 km2 (30.14 sq mi)  5.9%
 • Rank#73 in Norway
Population
 (2022)
 • Total3,591
 • Rank#212 in Norway
 • Density2.9/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
 −4%
DemonymVagvær[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3435
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

The 1,330-square-kilometre (510 sq mi) municipality is the 73rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vågå is the 212th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,591. The municipality's population density is 2.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.5/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4% over the previous 10-year period.[3][4]

General information

The prestegjeld of Vaage was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1908, the municipality was divided into three parts. The northeastern part of Vågå (population: 2,287) became Sel Municipality, the southeastern part (population: 1,241) became Hedalen Municipality, and the remaining areas in the west (population: 2,953) remained as Vågå municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal changes across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the Tolstadåsen area of Vågå (population: 35) was transferred to the neighboring Sel Municipality.[5]

Name

The municipality is named Vågå, since this was the historical name of the Vågå Church parish. Two origins have been suggested for the name Vågå (historic spelling: Vaage):

  • The name Vågå may come from the Old Norse word vega meaning "travel". The area lies on an ancient east–west route mentioned in the Heimskringla.
  • The Old Norse form of the name may come from Vaga (accusative and dative cases) from the word Vagi (nominative case). It was probably originally the name of the lake Vågåvatn, but the meaning is unknown. (Maybe derived from vage which means "sleigh runner" since the shape of the lake has some similarity of form with a sleigh runner.)[6]

Prior to 1918, the name was written "Vaage". In 1918, it was changed to "Vaagaa" and in 1921 the spelling was again changed to "Vågå". The letter å is a long vowel similar to "oh" or "aw", like in the American pronunciation of "cold" or "oar."

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 23 August 1985. The arms show a gold reindeer on a red background. They are based on a character in Henrik Ibsen's book Peer Gynt, who rides on a reindeer bull over the Besseggen mountains. Ibsen got the idea for this book from a local story.[7]

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Vågå. It is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

Churches in Vågå
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Vågå Vågå Church Vågåmo 1627

Geography

 
Jetta
 
Jotunheimen mountains

Vågå is bordered on the north by the municipality of Lesja, in the east by Dovre and Sel, in the southeast by Nord-Fron, in the south by Vang and Øystre Slidre, and in the west by Lom.

Vågå municipality lies in a mountainous region just to the east of Norway's Jotunheimen National Park, west of Rondane National Park, and south of the Dovrefjell mountains. The highest peak is the Surtningssue with a height of 2,368 metres (7,769 ft). Vågå includes a mountain road to the top of the1,618-metre (5,308 ft) tall Jetta mountain which provides an unobstructed view of both the Gudbrandsdal valley and the surrounding national parks.[8]

The river Otta begins in Skjåk municipality and flows into Vågåvatn lake. Exiting Vågåvatn at Vågåmo, the river continues its journey through the Ottadalen valley leaving Vågå municipality to meet the Gudbrandsdalslågen river at the town of Otta in the municipality of Sel. Lakes in the region include Flatningen.

Climate

Vågå lies in the rain shadow from the Jotunheimen mountains which separate Eastern and Western Norway. The climate is hence characterized by a continental climate. Warm summers and cold winters dominate, and the precipitation is very low. In fact, during some years it receives less than 300 millimetres (12 in) of precipitation.[9]

This dry continental climate makes Vågå the obvious place for the national hang glider and para glider centre of Norway.

Physical geography

Although being affected by the ice-sheet history spanning the Quaternary period of the last 2.5 million years, much of the landscape are moderately imprinted by ice-sheet erosion except from in the main valleys. Even these valleys including Sjodalen and Ottadalen are of pre-Quaternary origin, and were originally sculptured by fluvial rather than glacial erosion. The numerous lakes does remind us of the glacial history, although being much more limited than in the more dramatic [fiord]s of western Norway.[10]

This limited glacial erosion also means that Vågå had limited glacier erosion during the last glacial period. Many findings of Mammoth pre-dating the last glacial maximum (LGM) have been found, being evidence of the conservative nature of the LGM in the region.

History

 
Årestue (open-hearth room) from Tolstadskriden, Vågå, Oppland.
Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Vågå by country of origin in 2017[11]
Ancestry Number
  Eritrea 34
  Lithuania 27
  Poland 20
  Iraq 14
  Thailand 12

Vågå is mentioned in the Heimskringla (English: The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway) by Snorri Sturluson. The old Norse saga (Conversion of Dale-Gudbrand) relates that after King Olaf stayed several nights in Lesja, he proceeded south across the uplands to the Ottadal, and the beautiful hamlet lying there on both sides of the Otta river. King Olaf remained there five days, summoning the residents of Vågå, Lom, and Heidal to a meeting (ting). They were advised they must either receive Christianity and give their sons as hostages, or see their habitations burnt. Many submitted to his demands.[12]

Vågå stave church is the second oldest stave church in the country, which was constructed around 1150 and originally dedicated to St. Peter. It was converted to a cruciform church in 1625; the carved portal and wall planks are original. The baptismal font dates from the original church and a Gothic crucifix from the 13th century can be seen there as well.[13]

In 1130, Ivar Gjesling was the earliest-known owner of Sandbu (just north of Vågåmo) in Vågå. He was also King Magnus IV's lendmann for the Opplands. Sigrid Undset's fictional Lady Ragnfrid, wife of Lavrans, was created a Gjesling from Sandbu. Ivar Gjesling, allied himself with the Birchlegs (Birkebeinerne) — who chose Sverre as their king at Øreting in 1177. Sverre granted him the valley of Heidal as a reward.[12]

Farmers from Vågå participated in the successful attack on Scottish mercenary troops journeying to join Swedish forces in 1612. The legends of the Battle of Kringen lives on to this day, including the story of how the peasant girl Prillar-Guri lured the Scots into an ambush by playing of the traditional ram's horn.[12]

Ole Paulssøn Haagenstad (1775–1866) was in 1814 summoned by Christian-Frederick to plan the defense of Gudbrandsdalen in the event of a Swedish attack.[12]

Over 150 houses in the municipality are designated as historic landmarks.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Vågå, 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.[14] The municipality falls under the Vestre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Vågå is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Vågå kommunestyre 2020–2023 [15]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)5
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)6
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)2
 Local list in Vågå (Bygdalista i Vågå)4
Total number of members:17
Vågå kommunestyre 2016–2019 [16][17]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)7
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)6
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)1
 Local list in Vågå (Bygdalista i Vågå)3
Total number of members:17
Vågå kommunestyre 2012–2015 [18]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)13
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)3
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)1
 Local list for cross-party cooperation
(Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid)
4
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 2008–2011 [17]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)15
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)3
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)1
 Local list for cross-party cooperation
(Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid)
2
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 2004–2007 [17]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)14
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)3
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)1
 Local list for cross-party cooperation
(Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid)
3
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 2000–2003 [17]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)11
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)6
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)1
 Local list for cross-party cooperation
(Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid)
3
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 1996–1999 [19]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)9
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)4
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)2
 Local list for cross-party cooperation
(Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid)
6
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 1992–1995 [20]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)7
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)4
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)3
 Local list for cross-party cooperation
(Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid)
7
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 1988–1991 [21]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)13
 Conservative Party (Høgre)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)4
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)1
 Local list for cross-party cooperation
(Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid)
2
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 1984–1987 [22]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)12
 Conservative Party (Høgre)2
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)4
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)1
 Local list for cross-party cooperation
(Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid)
2
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 1980–1983 [23]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)12
 Conservative Party (Høgre)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)5
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)1
 Local list for cross-party cooperation
(Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid)
2
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 1976–1979 [24]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)13
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)6
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)1
 Joint list of the Conservative Party and Free Voters
(Høyre og Frie Veljarar)
1
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 1972–1975 [25]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)13
 Conservative Party (Høgre)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)6
 Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)1
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 1968–1971 [26]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)14
 Conservative Party (Høgre)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)6
Total number of members:21
Vågå kommunestyre 1964–1967 [27]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)12
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)6
 List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste)3
Total number of members:21
Vågå heradsstyre 1960–1963 [28]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)10
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)6
 Liberal Party (Venstre)1
 List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste)4
Total number of members:21
Vågå heradsstyre 1956–1959 [29]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)14
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)7
Total number of members:21
Vågå heradsstyre 1952–1955 [30]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)12
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)6
 Liberal Party (Venstre)1
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)1
Total number of members:20
Vågå heradsstyre 1948–1951 [31]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)12
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)1
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)6
 Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and
the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)
1
Total number of members:20
Vågå heradsstyre 1945–1947 [32]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)13
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)5
 Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and
the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)
2
Total number of members:20
Vågå heradsstyre 1938–1941* [33]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)11
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)5
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)4
Total number of members:20
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.

Mayor

The mayor is elected by the municipal council. Since 1946, all mayors with three exceptions have represented the Norwegian Labour Party. The non-Labour mayors were Ola O. Kleiven and Kari Hølmo Holen (Norwegian Centre Party) and Harald Sve Bjørndal who was elected from the local bygdeliste.

Politics

Øygard case

In the September 2011 election, Rune Øygard was reelected as mayor, after having served in that role since 1995. His reelection by the municipal council was controversial as he was already under police investigation for alleged child sexual abuse,[34] the so-called Øygard case, sometimes also referred to as the Vågå case. Øygard was granted temporary leave following his indictment in the case, and was succeeded as acting mayor by Iselin Jonassen (Labour) on 8 May 2012. After being found guilty and sentenced to four years imprisonment, Rune Øygard resigned as mayor. His resignation was granted by the municipal council on 18 December 2012, effective immediately.[35]

Notable residents

 
Edvard Storm
 
Thekla Resvoll, 1891

Sister cities

Vågå has sister city agreements with the following places:[36]

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vågå, norwegian, pronunciation, ˈvôːɡoː, municipality, innlandet, county, norway, located, traditional, district, gudbrandsdal, administrative, centre, municipality, village, other, village, areas, include, lalm, bessheim, kommunemunicipalityflagcoat, armsinnl. Vaga Norwegian pronunciation ˈvoːɡoː is a municipality in Innlandet county Norway It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vagamo Other village areas in Vaga include Lalm and Bessheim Vaga kommuneMunicipalityFlagCoat of armsInnlandet within NorwayVaga within InnlandetCoordinates 61 50 55 N 9 7 16 E 61 84861 N 9 12111 E 61 84861 9 12111 Coordinates 61 50 55 N 9 7 16 E 61 84861 N 9 12111 E 61 84861 9 12111CountryNorwayCountyInnlandetDistrictGudbrandsdalEstablished1 Jan 1838 Created asFormannskapsdistriktAdministrative centreVagamoGovernment Mayor 2019 Harald Sve Bjorndal BL Area Total1 330 01 km2 513 52 sq mi Land1 251 96 km2 483 38 sq mi Water78 05 km2 30 14 sq mi 5 9 Rank 73 in NorwayPopulation 2022 Total3 591 Rank 212 in Norway Density2 9 km2 8 sq mi Change 10 years 4 DemonymVagvaer 1 Official language 2 Norwegian formNynorskTime zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST ISO 3166 codeNO 3435WebsiteOfficial websiteData from Statistics NorwayThe 1 330 square kilometre 510 sq mi municipality is the 73rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway Vaga is the 212th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3 591 The municipality s population density is 2 9 inhabitants per square kilometre 7 5 sq mi and its population has decreased by 4 over the previous 10 year period 3 4 Contents 1 General information 1 1 Name 1 2 Coat of arms 1 3 Churches 2 Geography 2 1 Climate 2 2 Physical geography 3 History 4 Government 4 1 Municipal council 4 2 Mayor 5 Politics 5 1 Oygard case 6 Notable residents 7 Sister cities 8 References 9 External linksGeneral information EditThe prestegjeld of Vaage was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 see formannskapsdistrikt law On 1 January 1908 the municipality was divided into three parts The northeastern part of Vaga population 2 287 became Sel Municipality the southeastern part population 1 241 became Hedalen Municipality and the remaining areas in the west population 2 953 remained as Vaga municipality During the 1960s there were many municipal changes across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee On 1 January 1965 the Tolstadasen area of Vaga population 35 was transferred to the neighboring Sel Municipality 5 Name Edit The municipality is named Vaga since this was the historical name of the Vaga Church parish Two origins have been suggested for the name Vaga historic spelling Vaage The name Vaga may come from the Old Norse word vega meaning travel The area lies on an ancient east west route mentioned in the Heimskringla The Old Norse form of the name may come from Vaga accusative and dative cases from the word Vagi nominative case It was probably originally the name of the lake Vagavatn but the meaning is unknown Maybe derived from vage which means sleigh runner since the shape of the lake has some similarity of form with a sleigh runner 6 Prior to 1918 the name was written Vaage In 1918 it was changed to Vaagaa and in 1921 the spelling was again changed to Vaga The letter a is a long vowel similar to oh or aw like in the American pronunciation of cold or oar Coat of arms Edit The coat of arms was granted on 23 August 1985 The arms show a gold reindeer on a red background They are based on a character in Henrik Ibsen s book Peer Gynt who rides on a reindeer bull over the Besseggen mountains Ibsen got the idea for this book from a local story 7 See also the coats of arms of Eidfjord Porsanger Rendalen Tromso and Vadso Churches Edit The Church of Norway has one parish sokn within the municipality of Vaga It is part of the Nord Gudbrandsdal prosti deanery in the Diocese of Hamar Churches in Vaga Parish sokn Church name Location of the church Year builtVaga Vaga Church Vagamo 1627Geography Edit Jetta Jotunheimen mountains Vaga is bordered on the north by the municipality of Lesja in the east by Dovre and Sel in the southeast by Nord Fron in the south by Vang and Oystre Slidre and in the west by Lom Vaga municipality lies in a mountainous region just to the east of Norway s Jotunheimen National Park west of Rondane National Park and south of the Dovrefjell mountains The highest peak is the Surtningssue with a height of 2 368 metres 7 769 ft Vaga includes a mountain road to the top of the1 618 metre 5 308 ft tall Jetta mountain which provides an unobstructed view of both the Gudbrandsdal valley and the surrounding national parks 8 The river Otta begins in Skjak municipality and flows into Vagavatn lake Exiting Vagavatn at Vagamo the river continues its journey through the Ottadalen valley leaving Vaga municipality to meet the Gudbrandsdalslagen river at the town of Otta in the municipality of Sel Lakes in the region include Flatningen Climate Edit Vaga lies in the rain shadow from the Jotunheimen mountains which separate Eastern and Western Norway The climate is hence characterized by a continental climate Warm summers and cold winters dominate and the precipitation is very low In fact during some years it receives less than 300 millimetres 12 in of precipitation 9 This dry continental climate makes Vaga the obvious place for the national hang glider and para glider centre of Norway Physical geography Edit Although being affected by the ice sheet history spanning the Quaternary period of the last 2 5 million years much of the landscape are moderately imprinted by ice sheet erosion except from in the main valleys Even these valleys including Sjodalen and Ottadalen are of pre Quaternary origin and were originally sculptured by fluvial rather than glacial erosion The numerous lakes does remind us of the glacial history although being much more limited than in the more dramatic fiord s of western Norway 10 This limited glacial erosion also means that Vaga had limited glacier erosion during the last glacial period Many findings of Mammoth pre dating the last glacial maximum LGM have been found being evidence of the conservative nature of the LGM in the region History Edit Arestue open hearth room from Tolstadskriden Vaga Oppland Number of minorities 1st and 2nd generation in Vaga by country of origin in 2017 11 Ancestry Number Eritrea 34 Lithuania 27 Poland 20 Iraq 14 Thailand 12Vaga is mentioned in the Heimskringla English The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson The old Norse saga Conversion of Dale Gudbrand relates that after King Olaf stayed several nights in Lesja he proceeded south across the uplands to the Ottadal and the beautiful hamlet lying there on both sides of the Otta river King Olaf remained there five days summoning the residents of Vaga Lom and Heidal to a meeting ting They were advised they must either receive Christianity and give their sons as hostages or see their habitations burnt Many submitted to his demands 12 Vaga stave church is the second oldest stave church in the country which was constructed around 1150 and originally dedicated to St Peter It was converted to a cruciform church in 1625 the carved portal and wall planks are original The baptismal font dates from the original church and a Gothic crucifix from the 13th century can be seen there as well 13 In 1130 Ivar Gjesling was the earliest known owner of Sandbu just north of Vagamo in Vaga He was also King Magnus IV s lendmann for the Opplands Sigrid Undset s fictional Lady Ragnfrid wife of Lavrans was created a Gjesling from Sandbu Ivar Gjesling allied himself with the Birchlegs Birkebeinerne who chose Sverre as their king at Oreting in 1177 Sverre granted him the valley of Heidal as a reward 12 Farmers from Vaga participated in the successful attack on Scottish mercenary troops journeying to join Swedish forces in 1612 The legends of the Battle of Kringen lives on to this day including the story of how the peasant girl Prillar Guri lured the Scots into an ambush by playing of the traditional ram s horn 12 Ole Paulsson Haagenstad 1775 1866 was in 1814 summoned by Christian Frederick to plan the defense of Gudbrandsdalen in the event of a Swedish attack 12 Over 150 houses in the municipality are designated as historic landmarks Government EditAll municipalities in Norway including Vaga 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 14 The municipality falls under the Vestre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal Municipal council Edit The municipal council Kommunestyre of Vaga is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms The party breakdown of the council is as follows Vaga kommunestyre 2020 2023 15 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 5 Centre Party Senterpartiet 6 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 2 Local list in Vaga Bygdalista i Vaga 4Total number of members 17Vaga kommunestyre 2016 2019 16 17 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 7 Centre Party Senterpartiet 6 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 1 Local list in Vaga Bygdalista i Vaga 3Total number of members 17Vaga kommunestyre 2012 2015 18 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 13 Centre Party Senterpartiet 3 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 1 Local list for cross party cooperation Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid 4Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 2008 2011 17 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 15 Centre Party Senterpartiet 3 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 1 Local list for cross party cooperation Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid 2Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 2004 2007 17 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 14 Centre Party Senterpartiet 3 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 1 Local list for cross party cooperation Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid 3Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 2000 2003 17 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 11 Centre Party Senterpartiet 6 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 1 Local list for cross party cooperation Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid 3Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 1996 1999 19 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 9 Centre Party Senterpartiet 4 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 2 Local list for cross party cooperation Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid 6Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 1992 1995 20 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 7 Centre Party Senterpartiet 4 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 3 Local list for cross party cooperation Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid 7Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 1988 1991 21 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 13 Conservative Party Hogre 1 Centre Party Senterpartiet 4 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 1 Local list for cross party cooperation Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid 2Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 1984 1987 22 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 12 Conservative Party Hogre 2 Centre Party Senterpartiet 4 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 1 Local list for cross party cooperation Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid 2Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 1980 1983 23 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 12 Conservative Party Hogre 1 Centre Party Senterpartiet 5 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 1 Local list for cross party cooperation Bygdalista for tverrpolitisk samarbeid 2Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 1976 1979 24 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 13 Centre Party Senterpartiet 6 Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti 1 Joint list of the Conservative Party and Free Voters Hoyre og Frie Veljarar 1Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 1972 1975 25 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 13 Conservative Party Hogre 1 Centre Party Senterpartiet 6 Socialist People s Party Sosialistisk Folkeparti 1Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 1968 1971 26 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 14 Conservative Party Hogre 1 Centre Party Senterpartiet 6Total number of members 21Vaga kommunestyre 1964 1967 27 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 12 Centre Party Senterpartiet 6 List of workers fishermen and small farmholders Arbeidarar fiskarar smabrukarar liste 3Total number of members 21Vaga heradsstyre 1960 1963 28 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 10 Centre Party Senterpartiet 6 Liberal Party Venstre 1 List of workers fishermen and small farmholders Arbeidarar fiskarar smabrukarar liste 4Total number of members 21Vaga heradsstyre 1956 1959 29 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 14 Farmers Party Bondepartiet 7Total number of members 21Vaga heradsstyre 1952 1955 30 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 12 Farmers Party Bondepartiet 6 Liberal Party Venstre 1 Local List s Lokale lister 1Total number of members 20Vaga heradsstyre 1948 1951 31 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 12 Christian Democratic Party Kristeleg Folkeparti 1 Farmers Party Bondepartiet 6 Joint list of the Liberal Party Venstre and the Radical People s Party Radikale Folkepartiet 1Total number of members 20Vaga heradsstyre 1945 1947 32 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 13 Farmers Party Bondepartiet 5 Joint list of the Liberal Party Venstre and the Radical People s Party Radikale Folkepartiet 2Total number of members 20Vaga heradsstyre 1938 1941 33 Party Name in Nynorsk Number ofrepresentatives Labour Party Arbeidarpartiet 11 Farmers Party Bondepartiet 5 Local List s Lokale lister 4Total number of members 20Note 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 Mayor Edit The mayor is elected by the municipal council Since 1946 all mayors with three exceptions have represented the Norwegian Labour Party The non Labour mayors were Ola O Kleiven and Kari Holmo Holen Norwegian Centre Party and Harald Sve Bjorndal who was elected from the local bygdeliste Politics EditOygard case Edit In the September 2011 election Rune Oygard was reelected as mayor after having served in that role since 1995 His reelection by the municipal council was controversial as he was already under police investigation for alleged child sexual abuse 34 the so called Oygard case sometimes also referred to as the Vaga case Oygard was granted temporary leave following his indictment in the case and was succeeded as acting mayor by Iselin Jonassen Labour on 8 May 2012 After being found guilty and sentenced to four years imprisonment Rune Oygard resigned as mayor His resignation was granted by the municipal council on 18 December 2012 effective immediately 35 Notable residents Edit Edvard Storm Thekla Resvoll 1891 Edvard Storm 1749 in Vaga 1794 a Norwegian poet songwriter and educator Johan Storm Munch 1778 at Vaga 1832 a Bishop in the Church of Norway poet playwright and magazine editor Jo Gjende 1794 in Vaga 1884 an outdoorsman and freethinker may have been the model for Henrik Ibsen s Peer Gynt Ole Herman Johannes Krag 1837 in Vaga 1916 a Norwegian officer and firearms designer Ivar Kleiven 1854 in Vaga 1934 politician historian poet and collector of local folklore Kristian Prestgard 1866 in Heidal 1946 an American journalist and author editor of Decorah Posten Kristen Holbo 1869 in Vaga 1953 a painter of landscapes and illustrator Thekla Resvoll 1871 in Vaga 1948 a Norwegian botanist and educator Benjamin Blessum 1877 1954 Norwegian American painter and illustrator parents from Vaga Ragnvald Skrede 1904 in Vaga 1983 an author journalist literature critic and poet Ivar P Enge 1922 in Vaga 2013 a Norwegian radiologist specializing in interventional radiology Arne Brimi born 1957 a Norwegian chef and food writer lives and works in VagaSister cities EditVaga has sister city agreements with the following places 36 Tierps Uppsala County SwedenReferences Edit Navn pa steder og personer Innbyggjarnamn in Norwegian Sprakradet Forskrift om malvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar in Norwegian Lovdata no Statistisk sentralbyra 2022 Table 06913 Population 1 January and population changes 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