Astafjord

Coordinates: 68°40′29″N 17°07′28″E / 68.67472°N 17.12444°E / 68.67472; 17.12444
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This article is about the former municipality in Norway. For the strait in Troms, Norway, see Astafjorden.
Astafjord Municipality
Astafjord herred
Skånland Municipality
Administrative centreGrov
Government
 • Mayor (1946-1963)Peder Ellefsen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total310.1 km2 (119.7 sq mi)
 • Rank#277 in Norway
Highest elevation
[1]
1,305.9 m (4,284.4 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total1,126
 • Rank#595 in Norway
 • Density3.6/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −2.3%
DemonymAstafjord-folk[2]
Official language
[4]
 • Norwegian formNeutral[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1918[5]
Data from Statistics Norway

Astafjord is a

administrative center of the former municipality was the village of Grov where Astafjord Church is located. The Astafjorden (strait) flowed along the northern part of the municipality and it was the namesake for the municipality.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 310.1-square-kilometre (119.7 sq mi) municipality was the 277th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Astafjord Municipality was the 595th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,126. The municipality's population density was 3.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.3/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 2.3% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

General information

View of Grov in Astafjord
Aerial view of Astafjord (valley in the central foreground)

Historically, Astafjord was a

Ibestad Municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law).[6]

Astafjord Municipality was established on 1 July 1926 when the large

Ibestad Municipality).[9]

Name

The municipality was named after the

Old Norse: Arnastaðafjǫrðr). The first element of the old name comes from the male name Arna or "Arne", the second element staða means "home" or "farm", and the last element fjǫrðr is identical with the word for "fjord". Thus, the name literally means the "fjord by Arne's farm".[10]

Churches

The

Trondenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland
.

Geography

The highest point in the municipality is the 1,305.9-metre (4,284 ft) tall mountain Skittendalstinden.[1]

Government

While it existed, Astafjord Municipality was responsible for

municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[11] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Hålogaland Court of Appeal
.

Mayors

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Astafjord:[12]

  • 1926-1929: Martin Rasmussen
  • 1929-1932: Viggo Tande
  • 1933-1942: Hartvik Nilsen
  • 1945-1945: Viggo Tande
  • 1945-1945: Peder Dyrstad
  • 1946-1963: Peder Ellefsen

Municipal council

The

municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Astafjord was made up of 15 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party
.

Astafjord herredsstyre 1960–1963 [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 7
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 8
Total number of members:15
Note: On 1 January 1964, Astafjord Municipality became part of
Skånland Municipality
.
Astafjord herredsstyre 1956–1959 [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 14
Total number of members:15
Astafjord herredsstyre 1952–1955 [15]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 3
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 7
Total number of members:12
Astafjord herredsstyre 1948–1951 [16]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 9
Total number of members:12
Astafjord herredsstyre 1945–1947 [17]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 4
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:12
Astafjord herredsstyre 1938–1941* [18]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 9
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. ^
    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). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  6. ^
    Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ 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 (1911). Norske gaardnavne: Tromsø amt (in Norwegian) (17 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 51.
  11. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Ordførere i Gamle Astafjord". Skånland kommune (in Norwegian). 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

External links

  • Troms travel guide from Wikivoyage

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