Editing Odda (section)

{{short description|Former municipality in Hordaland, Norway}}
{{about|the former municipality in Norway||}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Odda
|former                 = yes
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|other_name             = 
|official_name          = 
|image_skyline          = Odda i februar 2004.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the town of Odda
|idnumber               = 1228
|county                 = Hordaland
|district               = Hardanger
|capital                = [[Odda (town)|Odda]]
|language               = Neutral
|coatofarms             = Odda komm.svg
|established            = 1 July 1913
|preceded               = [[Ullensvang Municipality]]
|disestablished         = 1 Jan 2020
|succeeded              = [[Ullensvang Municipality]]
|demonym                = Odding
|mayor                  = Roald Aga Haug
|mayor_party            = [[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]]
|mayor_as_of            = 2015
|area_rank              = 42
|area_total_km2         = 1615.89
|area_land_km2          = 1475.43
|area_water_km2         = 140.46
|area_water_percent     = 8.7
|population_as_of       = 2019
|population_rank        = 150
|population_total       = 7,025
|population_density_km2 = 4.8
|population_increase    = -1.8
|coordinates            = {{coord|60|04|00|N|06|32|46|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|utm_zone = 32V |utm_northing = 6656588 |utm_easting = 0370007 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Odda''' ({{Audio|Odda.ogg|pronunciation}}) is a [[list of former municipalities of Norway|former municipality]] in the old [[Hordaland]] [[counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]]. The municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into [[Ullensvang Municipality]] in [[Vestland]] county. It was located in southeastern Hordaland county, surrounding the southern end of the [[Sørfjorden (Hardanger)|Sørfjorden]]. The [[administrative centre]] was the [[Odda (town)|town of Odda]], which was also the main commercial and economic centre of the entire [[Hardanger]] region. Other villages in the municipality included [[Botnen, Hordaland|Botnen]], [[Eitrheim]], [[Horda, Norway|Håra]], [[Røldal]], [[Seljestad, Hordaland|Seljestad]], [[Skare]], and [[Tyssedal]].

Prior to its dissolution in 2020, the {{convert|1616|km2|adj=on}} municipality was the 42nd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Odda is the 150th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,025. The municipality's [[population density]] is {{convert|4.8|PD/km2}} and its population has decreased by 1.8% over the last decade.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |year=2017 |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=Folkemengd1951&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=folkendrhist&StatVariant=&checked=true |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609235032/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=Folkemengd1951&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=folkendrhist&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2016-06-09 |access-date=2017-10-24 |language=no}}</ref>

In 1927, [[Erling Johnson]], working at [[Odda Smelteverk]], invented a process to produce three-component, [[NPK]] [[fertilizer]]s. This process is now known as the [[Nitrophosphate process|Odda process]].