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Vestre Slidre is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Slidre. Other villages in Vestre Slidre include Lomen and Røn.

Vestre Slidre kommune
Municipality
View of Kvåle
Flag Coat of arms Innlandet within Norway
Vestre Slidre within Innlandet
Coordinates: 61°3′38″N 8°55′2″E
Country	Norway
County	Innlandet
District	Valdres
Established	1 Jan 1849
• Preceded by	Slidre
Administrative centre	Slidre
Government
• Mayor (2019)	Haldor Ødegård (Sp)
Area
• Total	457.15 km2 (176.51 sq mi)
• Land	415.17 km2 (160.30 sq mi)
• Water	41.98 km2 (16.21 sq mi)  9.2%
• Rank	#219 in Norway
Population  (2022)
• Total	2,111
• Rank	#275 in Norway
• Density	5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	−5.4%
Demonym	Vestreslidring[1]
Official language [2]
• Norwegian form	Nynorsk
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-3452
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

The 457-square-kilometre (176 sq mi) municipality is the 219th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vestre Slidre is the 275th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,111. The municipality's population density is 5.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5.4% over the previous 10-year period.[3][4]

General information

The municipality of Vestre Slidre was established in 1849 when the old municipality of Slidre was divided into two municipalities: Vestre Slidre (population: 3,130) and Øystre Slidre (population: 2,406). On 1 January 1899, a small unpopulated part of Øystre Slidre was transferred to Vestre Slidre.[5] On 1 January 2021, the Skjelgrenda area of Vestre Slidre was transferred to Øystre Slidre.[6]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Slidre farm (Old Norse: Slíðrar), since the first church (Slidredomen) was built here. The name is probably derived from slíðr which means "sheath" (which is probably referring to a long depression near the church). In 1849, the municipality and parish was divided into two and the word Vestre was added to the beginning of the name. Vestre means "western", so the meaning of the name Vestre Slidre is "(the) western (part of) Slidre".[7]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 20 November 1987. The blue and white/silver arms are based on a heraldic decoration found in the local Slidredomen church that dates back to the year 1170. The design was originally part of a seal that belonged to a medieval nobleman from the area. The meaning of the design is unknown.[8]

Churches

The Church of Norway has three parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Vestre Slidre. It is part of the Valdres prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

Churches in Vestre Slidre

Parish (sokn)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Lomen	Lomen Church	Lomen	1914
	Lomen Stave Church	Lomen	1179
Røn	Røn Church	Røn	1747
	Øyjar Chapel	Øyjar	1963
Slidre	Slidredomen	Slidre	c. 1200

• The ruins of Mo church (Mo kirkeruin) are located on the west side of the Slidrefjorden. The medieval church of stone was built ca. 1215 and was probably out of use after the Reformation. The ruins were excavated and restored from 1972–1977.[9]
• Slidredomen, a medieval stone-built church, was once the main church for Valdres. The church is built around 1170. The church is entirely made of stone. Its treasures formerly included a chalice presented by Bishop Salomon of Oslo (1322–1352), the only Bishop in Norway to survive the Black Death. Slidredomen is also known to have had a local bishop.[10]
• Lomen Stave Church is located in the small village of Lomen. It was built circa 1170. The exterior of the present Lomen church is post-Reformation, and only the wall and roof timbers remain from the original building.[10]

History

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Vestre Slidre by country of origin in 2017[11]

Ancestry	Number
Lithuania	29
Netherlands	23
Eritrea	18

High above the village of Slidre, there is an ancient burial ground called the Gardberg site. At this site, there is a runestone which reads I Godguest wrote the runes. This stone is known as the Einang stone.

Vestre Sildre figures prominently in the Norse Sagas:

• According to the Sagas, Harald Fairhair was the first Norwegian king (872–930) of Norway. In 866, he made the first of a series of conquests over a number of petty kingdoms. One of the encounters leading to the overall conquest was with Skallagrim Kveldulvssøn in Vestre Slidre. In 872, after winning the Battle of Hafrsfjord near Stavanger, he found himself king of the whole country.[10]
• In the Heimskringla attributed to Snorri Sturluson, it is recorded that in 1023 King Olav came unannounced from Sogn as part of his campaign to Christianize Norway. At Slidre, he caught the peasants unaware and secured all their boats. As a condition for having their boats restored, they accepted Christianity.[10]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Vestre Slidre, 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.[12] The municipality falls under the Vestre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

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

Mayors

The mayors of Vestre Slidre (incomplete list):

Geography

Vestre Slidre is bordered to the northwest by Vang Municipality, to the northeast by Øystre Slidre Municipality, to the east by Nord-Aurdal Municipality, and to the southwest by Hemsedal Municipality (in Viken county). Vestre Slidre is part of the Valdres region in south-central Norway. It is situated between Gudbrandsdal and Hallingdal.

The municipality is located along the river Begna and its surrounding valley. There are several lakes in the municipalities including Helin, Øyangen, Slidrefjorden, and Strondafjorden.

Notable residents

• Ole Brandt (1818–1880), a Norwegian farmer and Mayor of Vestre Slidre 1850s and 1860s.
• Ragnhild Kåta (1873–1947), the first deafblind Norwegian to receive proper schooling
• Ola Bøe (1910–1986), a Norwegian fiddler
• Knut Hauge (1911–1999), an author of novels, children's books, and plays

References

External links

• Media related to Vestre Slidre at Wikimedia Commons
• The dictionary definition of vestre slidre at Wiktionary
• Valdres travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)

На других языках

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[de] Vestre Slidre

Vestre Slidre ist eine Kommune im norwegischen Fylke Innlandet. Die Kommune hat 2111 Einwohner (Stand: 1. Januar 2022). Verwaltungssitz ist die Ortschaft Slidre.

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- [en] Vestre Slidre

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[ru] Вестре-Слидре

Ве́стре-Сли́дре (норв. и нюнорск Vestre Slidre) — коммуна в губернии Оппланн в Норвегии. Административный центр коммуны — город Слидре. Официальный язык коммуны — нюнорск. Население коммуны на 2007 год составляло 2217 чел. Площадь коммуны Вестре-Слидре — 463,24 км², код-идентификатор — 0543.

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