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is a city and municipality in the county of
Hedmark , Norway.
A patch of land on both sides of the river Glomma with an area of approximately 1 square km was separated from
Vinger as a town by royal charter in 1854.The municipalities of Vinger and
Brandval were merged with Kongsvinger January 1, 1964. Kongsvinger briefly lost its status as a town after this amalgation, but was later reinstated with its town status.
Kongsvinger is situated on both sides of the river
Glomma , where the south-going river takes a sharp north-westward turn. The
Kongsvinger Fortress is the main landmark, situated on a hill west and north of the river. Kongsvinger is a regional center of the Glåmdal region, which is made up of the southern parts of
Hedmark county. It is bordered to the West by
Sør-Odal , to the North by
Grue , and to the south by
Eidskog . To the east it borders
Sweden .
The last element
Vinger (
Norse ''Vingr'' m) is an old district name. The meaning is unknown, but maybe 'something bent'. (The river
Glomma is passing in a very marked curve here.)
The first element ''Kongs-'' ('the King's') was added after the fortress was built in 1690.
The coat-of-arms is from 1926. It shows
Kongsvinger Fortress - and the white line is meant to represent the river
Glomma .
Kongsvinger already existed as a
Trading Center by the middle ages, due to the accessibility by natural waterways. Viking chieftains reached Sweden by boat from Kongsvinger. Kongsvinger fortress was founded in
1669 , and a star-shaped plan was laid out for the fortress. Work began in 1682 and it was finished in 1690 as part of a general upgrade to
Norwegian Fortresses . Today, Øvrebyen, the old uptown area around the fortress is dominated by wooden buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries, laid out in the typical right angle square plan - by architect Cicignon - popular in this period.
The county of Kongsvingers eastern parts ( emigrants that came across the
Swedish border. The area is called Finnskogen, "The Finnish forrest".
In 1964 Kongsvinger and the surrounding municipalities
Vinger and
Brandval were united into the present Kongsvinger Municipality. Kongsvinger has
City status (from 1854), and is thereby both
City and township, governed by a
Town Council under a
Mayor , elected by popular vote. There are also appointed
Executive Officials , such as
Town Commissioner or
Town Director (rådmann), who is
Chief Executive of the
City /municipality, and its 700 plus workforce. There are 1,530 businesses including forestry and farming, and 245 of these are retail outlets. There are 25,000 square metres (300,000 square feet) of mall situated in the downtown area. As well as downtown shopping streets, there are also glass domed pedestrian shopping streets. The governmental regional hospital is also situated in Kongsvinger.
From 1983 to 1999 Kongsvinger's soccer team
Kongsvinger I.L. held a position in the Norwegian Premier league. It made some notable merits participating in the European Cup and winning a silver medal during the 1992 season.
- Kongsvinger Fortress,
- National Women's Museum
- Øvrebyen (i.e. "Upper Town").
- Håvard Gimse (1966–), pianist
- Levi Henriksen (1964–), writer
- Dagny Juel (1867–1901), poet
- Monica Kristensen Solås (1950–), polar adventurer
- Roy Lønhøiden 1964, composer and performing artist
- Åse Wisløff Nilssen (1945–), politician
- Even Pellerud (1953–), soccer player and coach
- Bjørge Stensbøl , former chief of top-level athletics Olympiatoppen
- Tove Strand (1946–), politician
- Sverre Strandli (1925–), hammer-thrower
- Erik Werenskiold (1855–1938), painter and illustrator
