Ålen Municipality

Coordinates: 62°50′31″N 11°18′05″E / 62.8419°N 11.3013°E / 62.8419; 11.3013
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This article is about the former municipality in Trøndelag, Norway. For the village in Holtålen, Norway, see Renbygda.
Ålen Municipality
Ålen herred
Gauldalen
Established1855
 • Preceded byHoltaalen Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1972
 • Succeeded byHoltålen Municipality
Administrative centreRenbygda
Government
 • Mayor (1964–1971)Olav Myran (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
718.1 km2 (277.3 sq mi)
 • Rank#149 in Norway
Highest elevation
[1]
1,320 m (4,330 ft)
Population
 (1971)
 • Total
1,987
 • Rank#373 in Norway
 • Density2.8/km2 (7/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −10.1%
DemonymÅlbygg[2]
Official language
[4]
 • Norwegian formNeutral[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1644[5]
Data from Statistics Norway

Ålen is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 718-square-kilometre (277 sq mi) former municipality existed from 1855 until 1972. It encompassed the southeastern half of what is now Holtålen Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Renbygda (also known as Ålen) where Ålen Church is located.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1972, the 718.1-square-kilometre (277.3 sq mi) municipality was the 149th largest by area out of the 449 municipalities in Norway. Ålen Municipality was the 373rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,987. The municipality's population density was 2.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.3/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 10.1% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

General information

Ålen Church

The parish of Aalen (later spelled Ålen) was established as a municipality in 1855 when Holtaalen Municipality was divided into two and the southeastern part became the new Aalen Municipality (population: 1,487). In 1875, an uninhabited part of Aalen was moved to the neighboring Røros Municipality. Starting in the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1972, Ålen Municipality (population: 1,944) was merged with the neighboring Haltdalen Municipality (population: 778) and together they formed the new Holtålen Municipality (bringing back the name Holtålen, the historic name for the old Haltdalen Municipality).[9]

Name

The municipality (originally the

Aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Ålen, using the letter Å instead.[11][12]

Churches

The

Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.[8]

Churches in Ålen
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Ålen Ålen Church Ålen 1881
Hessdalen Chapel Hessdalen 1940

Geography

The highest point in the municipality was the 1,320-metre (4,330 ft) tall mountain

Tolga-Os Municipality, Ålen Municipality, Haltdalen Municipality, and Singsås Municipality
.

Government

While it existed, Ålen Municipality was responsible for

municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[13] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal
.

Municipal council

The

municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Ålen was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party
.

Ålen kommunestyre 1967–1971 [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
Total number of members:17
Ålen kommunestyre 1963–1967 [15]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 15
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
Total number of members:17
Ålen herredsstyre 1959–1963 [16]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
Total number of members:17
Ålen herredsstyre 1955–1959 [17]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
Total number of members:17
Ålen herredsstyre 1951–1955 [18]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 13
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
Total number of members:16
Ålen herredsstyre 1947–1951 [19]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 14
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
Total number of members:16
Ålen herredsstyre 1945–1947 [20]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 12
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
Total number of members:16
Ålen herredsstyre 1937–1941* [21]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 13
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 3
Total number of members:16
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 mayor (Norwegian: ordfører) of Ålen was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position:[22][23]

  • 1855–1863: Carl Aas
  • 1864–1897: Jon Jørgensen Reitan (V)
  • 1898–1901: Eilif Hofstad (V)
  • 1902–1904: Anders Jonsen Reitan (V)
  • 1905–1907: Peder P. Lien (V)
  • 1908–1916: Svend Larsen Skaardal (Ap)
  • 1917–1931: Lars Henriksen Kirkbak (Ap)
  • 1932–1945: Ole Kristoffersen Sundt (Ap/NS)
  • 1945–1945: Halfdan Bendz (LL)
  • 1946–1963: Lars Rønning (Ap)
  • 1964–1971: Olav Myran (Ap)

See also

References

  1. ^
    Kartverket
    . 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  4. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
  6. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ a b Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.
  9. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  10. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 209.
  11. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1000. 1917.
  12. ^ Den Nye rettskrivning : regler og ordlister (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Den Mallingske Boktrykkeri. 1918.
  13. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1967" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1967. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  17. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  19. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  21. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  22. ^ Reitan, Anders Jonsen (1936). Ålen (in Norwegian). p. 190.
  23. ^ Tretvik, Aud Mikkelsen; Stalsberg, Anne (1998). Ålen og ålbyggen (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Holtålen kommune.

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