Nord-Frøya

Nord-Frøya Municipality
Nord-Frøya herred
Former municipality
Nordfrøya herred  (historic name)
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Nord-Frøya within Sør-Trøndelag
Nord-Frøya within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°47′44″N 08°48′28″E / 63.79556°N 8.80778°E / 63.79556; 8.80778
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictFosen
Established1 Jan 1906
 • Preceded byFrøien Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byFrøya Municipality
Administrative centreSvellingen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total139 km2 (54 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total4,348
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
DemonymNord-Frøyværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1620[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Nord-Frøya is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 139-square-kilometre (54 sq mi) municipality existed from 1906 until its dissolution in 1964. Nord-Frøya included the northern part of the island of Frøya and all of the small islands to the north and northeast such as Sula, Mausund, Froan, and Halten in what is now the municipality of Frøya in Trøndelag county. The main church for the municipality was Sletta Church (or Nord-Frøya Church) which is located at Svellingen (the administrative centre of the municipality) on the northern coast of the island.[3]

History

View of the village of Mausundvær

The municipality was established on 1 January 1906 when the old municipality of Frøien was divided into two new municipalities: Sør-Frøya in the south (population: 2,091) and Nord-Frøya in the north (population: 3,972). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Sør-Frøya (population: 2,208) and Nord-Frøya (population: 4,348) were merged to form the municipality of Frøya.[4]

Name

The municipality is named after the island of Frøya. The prefix nord means "northern", literally meaning the northern part of Frøya. The second part of the name comes from Norse mythology. Although Frøya is a variant of the name of the Norse goddess Freyja, the Old Norse form of the name of the island was Frøy or Frey (the ending -a in the modern form is actually the definite article - so the meaning of Frøya is 'the Frøy'). Therefore, the name of the island probably has the same root as the name of the Norse god Freyr, brother to Freyja. The names originally were titles: "lord" or "lady". The oldest meaning of the common word was "(the one) in front; the foremost, the leading" and here in the sense "the island in front of Hitra". Until 1906, the name of the island and predecessor municipality was spelled Frøien (-en is the definite article in Danish-Norwegian).[5] When this new municipality was established in 1906, the name of the municipality was spelled Nordfrøya. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Nord-Frøya.[6]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[7]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Nord-Frøya was made up of 29 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Nord-Frøya herredsstyre 1960–1963 [8]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 15
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 4
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 5
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 5
Total number of members:29
Nord-Frøya herredsstyre 1956–1959 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 5
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 7
Total number of members:29
Nord-Frøya herredsstyre 1952–1955 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:20
Nord-Frøya herredsstyre 1948–1951 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 4
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 7
Total number of members:20
Nord-Frøya herredsstyre 1945–1947 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 6
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:20
Nord-Frøya herredsstyre 1938–1941* [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 8
  Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Free-minded People's Party (Frisinnede Folkeparti) 4
Total number of members:20
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

Mayors

The mayors of Nord-Frøya:[14]

  • 1906–1907: Martin Sivertsen (V)
  • 1908–1910: Berntinus Dragsnæss (H)
  • 1911–1911: John Lorntsen Uttian (V)
  • 1912–1913: Jacob Meland
  • 1914–1916: Lorentz Fredagsvik (V)
  • 1917–1922: Andreas O. Eidsvaag (V)
  • 1923–1925: Ole Aukan (H)
  • 1926–1928: Andreas O. Eidsvaag (V)
  • 1929–1934: John Lorntsen Uttian (V)
  • 1935–1937: Ole Aukan (H)
  • 1938–1940: Andreas O. Eidsvaag (V)
  • 1940–1944: Bengt J. Tørum (NS)
  • 1944–1945: Einar Meland (NS)
  • 1945–1945: Andreas O. Eidsvaag (V)
  • 1946–1951: Kristian Hammer (V)
  • 1952–1955: Oskar Steinvik (Ap)
  • 1956–1959: Gunnar Halset (V)
  • 1960–1963: Oskar Steinvik (Ap)

See also

References

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