The 1,417-square-kilometre (547 sq mi) municipality is the 64th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Namsskogan is the 345th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 810. The municipality's population density is 0.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.6/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 12.1% over the previous 10-year period.[5][6]
Economy: In 2024, the municipality earned some hundred thousand Euro from the sale of hydroelectric power to a facility (in the municipality), that is doing mining of cryptocurrency; The community has already done a deal that is supposed to bring in money in 2025: Norwegian kroner 9.3 million will be the profit, according to media.[7]
General information
E6 enters Nord-Norge at the northern end of Namsskogan"Nams-Inn" is a small hotel in Namsskogan.
The municipality of Namsskogan was established on 1 July 1923 when it was separated from the large Grong Municipality. Initially, the population of Namsskogan Municipality was 469. The municipal boundaries have not changed since.[8] On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Nord-Trøndelag county to the new Trøndelag county.
Name
The municipality is named Namsskogan, a name which was created in 1923. The first element is Nams- which comes from the name of the river Namsen and the last element is the plural form of skog which means "woods". Therefore, the meaning of the name is "the woodlands around Namsen". The river name has an uncertain origin. The first part of the river name comes from the Old Norse word Nauma) which has an unknown meaning, but it may come from the word naust which means "boat". The second part of the river name -sen (Old Norse: sær) which means "sea".[9][10][11]
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was granted on 21 December 1984. The official blazon is "Sable, moose antlers Or" (Norwegian: I svart et gull elggevir). This means the arms have a black field (background) and the charge is a set of mooseantlers. The antlers have a tincture of Or which means the design is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design was chosen to symbolize the heavily forested municipality where one can find many moose. The arms are based on a very large antler, with a rare golden color, which hangs on the municipal hall. The arms were designed by Nora Stommyrbakken and Einar H. Skjervold. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.[12][13][14]
Namsskogan, located inland in the upper part of Namdalen valley, has a boreal climate, but with more winter precipitation than in most other boreal climates, so there is often a lot of snow on the ground in winter. The all-time high 34.4 °C (93.9 °F) is from July 2019. Warmest month on record was July 2014 with monthly mean 19.6 °C (67.3 °F), average daily high 27 °C (81 °F) and 8 days with high at or above 30 °C (86 °F). The all-time low −35.6 °C (−32.1 °F) was recorded January 2010. The coldest month in recent decades was December 2010 with monthly mean −11.1 °C (12.0 °F) and average daily high −7 °C (19 °F). The weather station started recording in 1895; there might be colder lows recorded before 2006.
Climate data for Namsskogan 1991-2020 (140 m, avg high/low 2011-2020, extremes 2006-2024)
The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Namskogan is made up of 13 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.
In the 2007 municipal elections, Namsskogan Municipality had the highest vote for the Socialist Left party in Norway, at 33.6 per cent.
Mayors
The mayor (Norwegian: ordfører) of Namsskogan is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position:[37]
