A critical examination is given of the material presented by Møller (1986) indicating synsedimentary tectonics in the Silurian of the Brumunddal area. Based mainly on structural and stratigraphic evidence, it is concluded that none of the three cases described is really synsedimentary tectonic deformation. In one case the deformation is synsedimentary, but unrelated to contemporary tectonics; in the other two the deformation is tectonic and post-sedimentation.