Borgund, Sogn og Fjordane

Borgund Municipality
Borgund herad
Former municipality
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Borgund within Sogn og Fjordane
Borgund within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°02′55″N 7°48′49″E / 61.0487°N 7.8135°E / 61.0487; 7.8135
CountryNorway
CountySogn og Fjordane
DistrictSunnfjord
Established1 Jan 1864
 • Preceded byLærdal Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byLærdal Municipality
Administrative centreSteinklepp
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total635 km2 (245 sq mi)
DemonymBorgynd[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1423[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Borgund is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the southeastern part of the traditional district of Sogn. The 635-square-kilometre (245 sq mi) municipality existed from 1864 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed an area in the eastern part of the present-day Lærdal Municipality. The administrative center of Borgund was the village of Steinklepp, just northeast of the village of Borgund. Steinklepp was the site of a store, a bank, and a school. The historical Filefjell Kongevegen road passes through the Borgund area.[3]

Location

View of the Borgund Stave Church and the newer Borgund Church

The former municipality of Borgund was situated near the southeastern end of the Sognefjorden, along the Lærdalselvi river. The lower parts of the municipality were farms such as Sjurhaugen and Nedrehegg. They were at an elevation of about 270 m (890 ft) above sea level. Høgeloft, on the border with the neighboring municipality of Hemsedal, is a mountain in the Filefjell range and it was the highest point in Borgund at 1,920 m (6,300 ft) above sea level. The lakes Eldrevatnet, Juklevatnet, and Øljusjøen were also located near the border with Hemsedal.

History

Borgund was established as a municipality in 1864 when it was separated from the municipality of Lærdal. Initially it had a population of 963. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Borgund (population: 492) was merged with the Muggeteigen area (population: 11) of the neighboring Årdal Municipality and all of Lærdal Municipality (population: 1,755) were all merged to form a new, larger municipality of Lærdal.[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Borgund farm (Old Norse: Borgyndr or Borgund) since the historic Borgund Stave Church was built there. The first element is borg which means "castle" or "fortified place". The last element is the suffix -und which means "rich" or "having a lot of something".[5]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[6]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Borgund was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Borgund heradsstyre 1960–1963 [7]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 8
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 1
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 4
Total number of members:13
Note: On 1 January 1964, Borgund became part of Lærdal Municipality.
Borgund heradsstyre 1956–1959 [8]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 6
Total number of members:13
Borgund heradsstyre 1952–1955 [9]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 6
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:12
Borgund heradsstyre 1948–1951 [10]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 5
Total number of members:12
Borgund heradsstyre 1945–1947 [11]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 4
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 6
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
Total number of members:12
Borgund heradsstyre 1938–1941* [12]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 4
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:12
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 Borgund:[13]

  • 1864-1867: Haakon Henrikson Eraker
  • 1868-1873: John Knutson Hegg
  • 1874-1875: Haakon H. Kvamme, Sr.
  • 1876-1883: John Knutson Hegg
  • 1884-1887: Roar H. Husum
  • 1888-1891: Ola Kirkevold
  • 1892-1901: John Knutson Hegg
  • 1902-1910: Anders L. Nesset
  • 1911-1914: Ola E. Eggum
  • 1915-1916: Jakob S. Hovland
  • 1917-1917: Lars A. Nesse
  • 1918-1919: Håkon H. Kvamme, Jr.
  • 1920-1922: Ola O. Kvenshagen
  • 1923-1928: Lars A. Nesse
  • 1929-1931: Ola O. Kvenshagen
  • 1936-1945: Nils A. Lyslo
  • 1945-1945: Roar O. Husum
  • 1946-1947: Hallvard Borlaug
  • 1952-1955: Roar O. Husum
  • 1948-1951: Torstein Hillestad (Ap)
  • 1956-1957: Olav Sletthagen(Ap)
  • 1958-1963: Anders Lunden (Ap)

See also

References

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  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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  • Lærdal travel guide from Wikivoyage