Tynset (dialect: Tønset) is a municipality in Østerdalen in the
Inland. It borders to the north to Rennebu and Midtre Gauldal, in
the northeast to Os, in the east to Tolga, in the south to Rendalen
and Alvdal, and in the west to Folldal and Oppdal. The town of
Tynset has 2,803 inhabitants as of 1 January 2020.
The
municipality now includes most of the old Kvikne municipality. The
Kvikne copperworks was started there around 1630 as the country's
first significant copperworks. It was operating at royal expense as
the country's largest copper plant. The plant was finally officially
closed down in 1812, but sporadic operation took place until 1912.
Tynset Airport is located on the east side of Glomma, approx.
six kilometers southwest of Tynset center. Røros Airport is the
nearest airport for travelers, about 56 km east of Tynset.
Tynset is first mentioned directly in 1211 when the archbishop of Nidaros consecrated the new stave church. At Kvikne and in Tylldalen, many fine memories from Catholic times have been preserved. Five years before the church consecration, the municipality is indirectly described in Håkon Håkonsson's saga as an area that supported the anti - church birch bones, before they came down from the mountain in Ålen at the top of Gauldalen in Trøndelag in 1206. The first farm mentioned in Nord-Østerdal is Sørgård in Tylldalen. It is written in a leather letter "på gildevangen" in Ålen in the summer of 1381. In the land register for Ålen in 1638, Røros farm is said to be located "on the thinned forest", then there were no mines on Røros, only on Kvikne.