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Grong (help·info) is a municipality in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
Grong was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Four other municipalities were later separated from it: Høylandet (1901), Harran (1923), Namsskogan (1923) and Røyrvik (1923). Harran was, however, again merged with Grong January 1, 1964.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Grong (Old Norse Granungar), since the first church was built there. The first element is grön f 'spruce', the last element is the plural form of the suffix -ungr.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from 1987. It shows three green triangles, meant to represent trees of spruce.
