Ytre Rendal is a former municipality in Hedmark

Hedmark

is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. The...

 county, Norway.

It was originally (from 1837) a part of Rendal formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

. On January 1, 1880 Rendal was split in two to create the municipalities Ytre Rendal and Øvre Rendal

Øvre Rendal

Øvre Rendal is a former municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It was originally a part of Rendal formannskapsdistrikt.On 1 January 1880 Rendal was split in two to create the municipalities Ytre Rendal og Øvre Rendal...

. At the point of creation Ytre Rendal had a population of 1 661.

After border adjustments in the municipalities Ytre Rendal and Øvre Rendal, Tolga

Tolga, Norway

Tolga is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tolga....

 og Trysil

Trysil

Trysil is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Innbygda...

, the new municipality Engerdal

Engerdal

Engerdal is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Engerdal...

 was created on January 1, 1911. Ytre Rendal ceded a district with 311 inhabitants to Engerdal.

On January 1, 1965 the new municipality Rendalen

Rendalen

Rendalen is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bergset.-Name:...

 was created by merging Ytre and Øvre Rendal. Before the merger Ytre Rendal had a population of 1 913.

Notable people include Peder E. Vorum

Peder E. Vorum

Peder Edvard Vorum was Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party and Nasjonal Samling.He was born at Steinnes in Sparbu as a son of farmers Christoffer Olsen Vorum and Karoline Elvine Ertsaas . He attended Ogndal Folk High School from 1901 to 1902, and graduated from Levanger...

, mayor from 1913 to 1934.