Vinger

Vinger is a traditional district and a parish as well as being a former municipality in Kongsvinger in Hedmark, Norway. The parish of Vinger (Vinger sogn) was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

In 1855, Kongsvinger was separated from Vinger to form a distinct municipality. After this partition Vinger had a population of 10,947 whereas Kongsvinger had 472. In 1864, Eidskog was separated from Vinger, resulting in a population of 6,226. On 1 January 1876 a part of Vinger containing 209 inhabitants was transferred to Kongsvinger. On 1 January 1964 Vinger together with Brandval, was merged with Kongsvinger municipality. As this took place Vinger had a population of 6,257.