Editing Gjerstad (section)

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Gjerstad (incomplete list):<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ordførere i Gjerstad siden 1856 |url=https://www.gjerstad.kommune.no/politikk-og-organisasjon/politikk/ordforer-og-andre-valgte-representanter/ordforere-i-gjerstad-siden-1856/ |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Gjerstad kommune |language=no}}</ref>

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* 1856–1859: Nils T. Ulltveit
* 1860–1861: Gunder Hansen Ulltveit
* 1864–1867: Nils T. Ulltveit
* 1868–1869: Gunder Hansen Ulltveit
* 1870–1873: Knut N. Ausland
* 1874–1879: Nils Larsen Røed
* 1880–1881: Lars Th. Røed
* 1882–1883: Jens O. Trydal
* 1884–1884: Nils Larsen Røed
* 1892–1895: Nils Larsen Røed
* 1896–1898: Kittil Th. Moe
* 1899–1901: Peder K. Eikeland
* 1902–1907: Svend Tellefsen Kveim
* 1908–1916: Lars Th. Eskeland
* 1917–1922: Anders O. Moe
* 1923–1928: G.M. Skomedal
* 1929–1931: Kristen Fløgstad
* 1931–1934: Isak K. Strat
* 1934–1937: Torkjell Imenes
* 1937–1940: Isak K. Strat
* 1941–1945: Samuel Johannessen ([[Nasjonal Samling|NS]])
* 1945–1946: Isak K. Strat
* 1947–1947: Olav Hegna ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1948–1955: Teodor Moen
* 1956–1957: Olav Hegna ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1958–1965: Torje Vehus
* 1966–1973: Knut H. Ulltveit ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1975–1979: Arthur Løite ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1980–1983: Finn Birkedal ([[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|KrF]])
* 1984–1991: Knut H. Ulltveit ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1992–1999: [[Jan Olav Olsen]] ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
* 1999–2003: Kjell Arild Haugen ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
* 2003–2007: Odvar Voie Eikeland ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
* 2007–2011: Rune Hagestrand ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
* 2011–2015: Kjell Trygve Grunnsvoll ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
* 2015–2022: [[Inger Løite]] ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
* 2022-present: Steinar Pedersen ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-12 |title=Fornyet tillit som ordfører Gjerstad |url=https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/fornyet-tillit-som-ordforer-gjerstad-1.16555215 |access-date=2024-01-28 |work=[[NRK]] |language=no}}</ref>{{div col end}}