Brandval is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 1964 when it became part of Kongsvinger Municipality. It was located in the southern part of the traditional district of Solør. The administrative centre of the old municipality was the village of Brandval where Brandval Church is located. The municipality included the populated Glomma river valley in the west and the more sparsely populated Finnskogen forest area in the east. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old farm (), since the first Brandval Church was built there. The first element is which means "fire" or "burning" and the last element is which means "clearing made by the use of fire". Thus the name likely refers to a forested area that was cleared by burning. History Historically, Brandval was part of the large parish of Grue. On 1 January 1838, when municipalities were established in Norway, Brandval was part of Grue Municipality, making up the southern part of the municipality. On 1 January 1867, the Brandval area (population: 3,946) was separated from Grue to become the new Brandval municipality. This left Grue with 6,464 residents. In 1941 a small part of Grue municipality (population: 68) was transferred to Brandval municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Brandval (population: 4,384) was merged with the town of Kongsvinger (population: 2,349) and the municipality of Vinger (population: 6,257) to form the new Kongsvinger Municipality which had a total population of 12,990 residents. Government The municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor. Municipal council The municipal council of Brandval was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: Mayors The mayors of Brandval: 1868-1870: Lars Bredesen Breen 1871-1886: Per Hansen Gjølstad 1887-1889: Kolbjørn Olsen 1890-1897: Per Hansen Gjølstad 1898-1901: Martin Hansen 1902-1910: Arne Næss 1911-1913: Rangvald Jahr 1914-1919: Nils Aas 1920-1931: Ole Ruud 1932-1934: Kasper Dalermoen 1935-1936: Arnt Nylund 1937-1937: Thor Hals 1938-1940: Gustav Storhæsen 1941-1945: Ole Sandbæk 1945-1947: Anton Braaten 1948-1963: John Ruud See also List of former municipalities of Norway References Kongsvinger Grue, Norway Former municipalities of Norway 1867 establishments in Norway 1964 disestablishments in Norway