Drevja

Coordinates: 65°58′57″N 13°15′54″E / 65.98250°N 13.26500°E / 65.98250; 13.26500
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Drevja Municipality
Drevja herred
Vefsn Municipality
Population
 (1962)
 • Total1,001
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1823[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Drevja is a

Vefsn Municipality. Drevja Church was the main church for the municipality.[2]

History

Drevja Church

The municipality of Drevja was established on 1 July 1927 when the large

Vefsn Municipality.[3]

Name

The municipality was named after the river

Vefsnfjorden. The name of the river is derived from the word drav which means "rubbish" or "waste". Thus the meaning of the name is something like "the river with unclean water".[4]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a

municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[5]

Municipal council

The

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

Drevja herredsstyre 1960–1963 [6]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 6
Total number of members:13
Drevja herredsstyre 1956–1959 [7]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 6
Total number of members:13
Drevja herredsstyre 1952–1955 [8]  
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
Drevja herredsstyre 1948–1951 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 2
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 1
Total number of members:12
Drevja herredsstyre 1945–1947 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:12
Drevja herredsstyre 1938–1941* [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 4
  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.

Mayors

The mayors of Drevja:[12]

  • 1927–1931: Sigvald Almlid
  • 1932–1934: Ole Justad
  • 1935–1940: Martin Hvidsten
  • 1943–1945: Egil Brattbakk
  • 1946–1951: Carl P. Scancke
  • 1952–1956: Thorvald Enge
  • 1956–1957: Ottar Almlid

See also

References

  1. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  2. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  3. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  4. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Ordførere i Vefsn" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2023.


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