Nord-Varanger Municipality
Nord-Varanger herred
Former municipality
Nordvaranger herred  (historic name)
Finnmark within Norway
Finnmark within Norway
Nord-Varanger within Finnmark
Nord-Varanger within Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°04′49″N 29°43′53″E / 70.08028°N 29.73139°E / 70.08028; 29.73139
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
DistrictØst-Finnmark
Established1 Jan 1894
 • Preceded byVadsø Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byVadsø Municipality
Administrative centreVadsø
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total1,253 km2 (484 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,587
 • Density1.3/km2 (3.3/sq mi)
DemonymVarangværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-2029[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Nord-Varanger is a former municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. The 1,253-square-kilometre (484 sq mi) municipality existed from 1894 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the present-day Vadsø Municipality on the southern half of the Varanger Peninsula, east of the Jakobselva river, along the Varangerfjorden.[3] The administrative centre of the municipality was in the town of Vadsø.

History

The kjøpstad (market town) of Vadsø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). Because of the low population in the rural area around the town, the municipality originally included the rural area around it. That rural area was known as the Vadsø landsogn. On 1 January 1894, Vadsø landsogn was separated from the town of Vadsø and became the new municipality called Nord-Varanger. Nord-Varanger had an initial population of 1,296. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Nord-Varanger (population: 1,587) was merged with the town of Vadsø once again to create the present-day Vadsø Municipality.[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Varangerfjorden (Old Norse: Verangr or Verjangr). The first element is verja which is the plural genitive case of the word which means "fishing village". The last element is angr which means "bay" or "small fjord". It was first probably used for the narrow fjord on the inside of Angsnes which now is called "Meskfjorden" and leads into Varangerbotn.[5] Historically, the name of the municiaplity was spelled Nordvaranger. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Nord-Varanger.[6]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[7]

Mayors

The mayors of Nord-Varanger (incomplete list):

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Nord-Varanger was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Nord-Varanger herredsstyre 1960–1963 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
Total number of members:17
Nord-Varanger herredsstyre 1956–1959 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 11
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
Total number of members:17
Nord-Varanger herredsstyre 1952–1955 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 3
Total number of members:12
Nord-Varanger herredsstyre 1948–1951 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
Total number of members:12
Nord-Varanger herredsstyre 1945–1947 [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
Total number of members:12
Nord-Varanger herredsstyre 1938–1941* [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ↑ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ↑ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (9 February 2009). "Nord-Varanger". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  5. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1924). Norske gaardnavne: Finmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (18 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 272.
  6. ↑ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1057–1065. 1917.
  7. ↑ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Karlsen, Henry Nikolai (1912-1975)". Stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  14. ↑ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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