Rendal is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway.

The administrative centre was the village of Bergset where Øvre Rendal Church is located.

[3] The parish of Rendal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law).

This municipality was quite large, spanning 4,201 square kilometres (1,622 sq mi) from the Østerdalen valley to the border with Sweden.

The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.