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Fåberg Municipality

*Fåberg herred*
Fåberg Municipality Fåberg herred
Former municipality
	Faaberg herred (historic name)
	View of Faaberg
	Oppland within Norway
	Fåberg within Oppland
	Coordinates: 61°10′06″N 10°24′17″E / 61.16836°N 10.40479°E
Country	Norway
County	Oppland
District	Gudbrandsdal
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Lillehammer Municipality
Administrative centre	Fåberg
Area (upon dissolution)
• Total	478 km2 (185 sq mi)
Population (1964)
• Total	13,381
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Official language
• Norwegian form	Nynorsk
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-0524
	Data from Statistics Norway

Fåberg is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 478-square-kilometre (185 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1964. Now, it is part of Lillehammer Municipality in Innlandet county. The administrative centre was the village of Fåberg.^[4]

History

The prestegjeld of Faaberg (later spelled Fåberg) was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1906, a part of Faaberg (population: 140) that was adjacent to the town of Lillehammer was transferred from Faaberg to the town of Lillehammer. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Fåberg Municipality (population: 13,381) was merged with the town of Lillehammer (population: 5,905) to form a new Lillehammer Municipality.^[5]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Faaberg farm (Old Norse: Fágaberg) since the first Fåberg Church was built there. The meaning of the first element is uncertain, but it may come from the word fága which means "to clean" or "to polish". The last element is berg which means "mountain" or "rock".^[6] On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Faaberg with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Fåberg, using the letter å instead.^[7]^[8]

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 directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.^[9]

Municipal council

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

Fåberg herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[10]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	19
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	5
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		35
Note: On 1 January 1964, Fåberg became part of Lillehammer Municipality.

Fåberg herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[11]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	20
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	4
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		35

Fåberg herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[12]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	13
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		24

Fåberg herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[13]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	13
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	5
	Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)	3
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	1
Total number of members:		24

Fåberg herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[14]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	13
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	6
	Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)	3
Total number of members:		24

Fåberg herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[15]
Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	12
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	8
	Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Free-minded People's Party (Frisinnede Folkeparti)	1
	Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)	3
Total number of members:		24
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.