The municipality of Snillfjord was established on 1 July 1924 when it
was separated from Hemne. The initial population was 776. On 1 January
1964, the eastern part ofHeim (population: 724) and the western part of
Agdenes (population: 196) was merged with Snillfjord (population: 681)
to form a new, larger municipality of Snillfjord. On 1 January 1995, the
Midtun area of Agdenes (population: 21) was transferred to Snillfjord. A
road to the area had recently built, but it connected to Snillfjord and
not Agdenes, so it was decided to switch to the other municipality due
to the newly opened road connection.
Name
The municipality
is named after the Snillfjorden. The first element is probably an old
river name of the Snilldalselva. The river name is derived from snild
which comes from the word snjallr which means "fast".
Coat-of-arms
The
coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were adopted on 19 September
1990. The arms show a silver pitchfork pointing dowm on a green
background. It symbolizes the importance of agriculture in the
municipality.
Churches
The Church of Norway has one parish
(sokn) within the municipality of Snillfjord. It is part of the Deanery
(prosti) of Orkdal and the Diocese of Nidaros
