Grue Municipality

The parish of Grue was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1867, the southern district of Grue Municipality (population: 3,946) was separated to become the new Brandval Municipality. This left Grue Municipality with 6,464 residents. In 1941, a small area of Grue Municipality (population: 68) was transferred to the neighboring Brandval Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1969, the Rotberget farm area (population: 23) was transferred from Åsnes Municipality to Grue Municipality. On 1 January 1974, an unpopulated part of the Lystad area was transferred from Grue Municipality to the neighboring Kongsvinger Municipality.^[7]

Historically, the municipality was part of the old Hedmark county. On 1 January 2020, the municipality became a part of the newly-formed Innlandet county (after Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged).^[8]

More information Ancestry, Number ...

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Grue by country of origin in 2017^[14]

Ancestry	Number
Sweden	50
Poland	32
Lithuania	29
Iraq	28
Croatia	28
Eritrea	25
Bosnia-Herzegovina	23

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Grue Municipality is situated around the Glomma river and the geography is dominated largely by forests and some agricultural areas around Glomma. It is located in the southeast part of Innlandet county. It is bordered on the south by Kongsvinger Municipality, on the north by Åsnes Municipality, and on the west by Nord-Odal Municipality. To the east, it borders Sweden.

Grue Municipality was the early center for the Finnish migration which today populates the Finnskogen, a belt about 32 kilometres (20 mi) wide and running continuously along the Swedish border through Grue Municipality, Åsnes Municipality, and Våler Municipality. Their first population center in Norway was located around the lake of Røgden.

The rivers Løvhaugsåa and Rotna both run through the area. The lakes Hukusjøen, Skasen, and Gardsjøen are located in the municipality. The highest point in the municipality is the 583.93-metre (1,915.8 ft) tall mountain Kaketjennsberget, located in the north, near the border with Åsnes Municipality.^[1]

Grue Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.^[15] The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Romerike og Glåmdal District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

A privately owned lamp factory with 51 employees is located in Grue. As of June 2024, it was announced that in less than a year the production will be moved to Poland, an EU country.^[39]

• Andreas Aagaard Kiønig (1771–1856), a lawyer and representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly
• Andreas Arntzen (1777–1837), a politician, police chief, Supreme Court judge, & timber merchant
• Mor Sæther (1793–1851), a Norwegian "klok kone" ("cunning woman"), i.e. a herbalist
• Ole Peter Riis Høegh (1806–1852), a trained civilian architect and Bergen's first town surveyor
• Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen (1844–1918), Norway's first government entomologist
• Olav Strøm (1866-1963), a pioneer trade unionist
• Kristian Prestrud (1881–1927), a naval officer and member of Amundsen's South Pole expedition
• Hagbart Haakonsen (1895-1984), a cross-country skier who competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics
• Åsta Holth (1904–1999), a novelist, poet and short story writer
• Kåre Jonsborg (1912–1977), a painter and textile artist
• Sinikka Langeland (born 1961), a traditional folk singer and kantele player
• Tom Harald Hagen (born 1978), a football UEFA referee

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  Grue Church
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  River Rottnan in Svullrya
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  Opaker Grue
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  Løvhaugsåa river