Sandvollan Municipality

Sandvollan Municipality
Sandvollan herred
Former municipality
Hustad herred  (historic name)
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Sandvollan within Nord-Trøndelag
Sandvollan within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°56′47″N 11°19′42″E / 63.94639°N 11.32833°E / 63.94639; 11.32833
CountryNorway
CountyNord-Trøndelag
DistrictInnherred
Established1 Jan 1907
 • Preceded byInderøy Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1962
 • Succeeded byInderøy Municipality
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
28 km2 (11 sq mi)
Population
 (1962)
 • Total
750
 • Density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1728[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Sandvollan is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 28-square-kilometre (11 sq mi) municipality existed from 1907 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the north part of what is now the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county. There are two main villages in Sandvollan: Gangstad and Småland. Gangstad has a grocery store. Between the two villages lies Skjelvågen, a harbour that used to be a stop on the steam ship routes.

Sandvollan bordered the Sparbu area of the municipality of Steinkjer and the Børgin fjord to the east, the municipality of Inderøy to the southwest, and the Trondheimsfjord to the north. Sandvollan was mostly an agrarian area, though it also functions as a suburb of the town of Steinkjer, located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.[2]

There were two churches in the municipality of Sandvollan: the 12th-century Hustad Church and Heggstad Church from 1887. The older church was built for the chieftain of Hustad, Bård Standale, who was sheriff for Eystein Haraldsson around 1150. The newer church was built because the old one had become too small.

History

The municipality of Hustad was established on 1 January 1907 when the old municipality of Inderøy was divided into three municipalities: Røra (population: 866) in the southeast, Hustad (population: 732) in the north, and Inderøy (population: 2,976) in the west. In 1912, the name was changed to Sandvollan. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the three neighboring municipalities of Røra (population: 1,003), Sandvollan (population: 750), and Inderøy (population: 3,194) to form a new, larger municipality of Inderøy.[3]

Name

The municipality was originally named Hustad, after the old Hustad farm (Old Norse: Hússtaðir) since the first Hustad Church was built there. The first element is hús which means "house". The last element is the nominative case of staðr which means "place" or "abode".[4] On 16 October 1911, a royal resolution changed the name of the municipality to Sandvollan.[5] The new name was actually an old name for the area (Old Norse: Sandvǫllr). The first element comes from the word sandr which means "sandy ground" or "sandbank". The last element is vǫllr which means "field" or "meadow".[4]

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.[6]

Municipal council

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

Sandvollan herredsstyre 1960–1961 [7]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 4
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
Total number of members:13
Sandvollan herredsstyre 1956–1959 [8]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
Total number of members:13
Sandvollan herredsstyre 1952–1955 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
Total number of members:12
Sandvollan herredsstyre 1948–1951 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 5
Total number of members:12
Sandvollan herredsstyre 1945–1947 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 5
Total number of members:12
Sandvollan herredsstyre 1938–1941* [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Joint list of the Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) and the Liberal Party (Venstre) 6
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 Sandvollan:[13][14]

  • 1907–1919: Tørris Hustad (V)
  • 1920–1922: Kristian Sletvold (V)
  • 1923–1925: Ole Stornes (Bp)
  • 1926–1928: Petter Heggstad (Bp)
  • 1929–1931: Ole Stornes (Bp)
  • 1932–1934: Sivert Bragstad (Bp)
  • 1935–1937: Ole Stornes (Bp)
  • 1938–1941: Lars Overrein (Bp)
  • 1941–1945: Petter Heggstad (NS)
  • 1945-1945: Lars Overrein (Bp)
  • 1946–1957: Oluf B. Meistad (Ap)
  • 1958–1959: Håkon A. Hustad (Ap)
  • 1960–1961: Andreas Nygård (Ap)

See also

References

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  2. ^ Olsen Haugen, Morten, ed. (29 November 2017). "Sandvollan". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  4. ^ a b Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 195 and 201.
  5. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1911. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 554. 1911.
  6. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  13. ^ Moen, Olav Andreas (1998). "Hustad/Sandvollan kommune 1907 -1962". Eynni Idri; årbok (in Norwegian). Inderøy museums- og historielag.
  14. ^ Sakshaug, Ingvald (1973). Inderøyboka. Ei bygdebok om Inderøy, Røra og Sandvollan (in Norwegian). Vol. 1–1. Inderøy. p. 379.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)