Evje
Evje Municipality
Evje herred | |
|---|---|
Evje og Hornnes Municipality | |
| Administrative centre | Evje |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 177 km2 (68 sq mi) |
| Population (1960) | |
| • Total | 1,646 |
| • Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Evdøl[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-0937[2] |
Evje is a
former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 177-square-kilometre (68 sq mi) municipality[3] existed from 1877 until 1960. It was located in what is now the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Evje og Hornnes in the Setesdal valley of Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Evje where the Evje Church is located.[4] The lake Høvringsvatnet
is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the village.
History
The municipality of Evje was created on 1 January 1877 when the old municipality of Evje og Vegusdal was divided into Evje (population: 870) and Vegusdal (population: 935). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1960, Evje (population: 1,646) was merged with the neighboring municipality of Hornnes (population: 1,280) to form the new municipality of Evje og Hornnes.[5]
Name
The municipality (originally the
Old Norse: Efja) since the first Evje Church was built there. The name is identical to the word efja which means "backwater" or "mud" (likely referring to a shallow, backwater part of the local river Otra).[6]
Government
While it existed, this municipality was responsible for
municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[7]
Municipal council
The
municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Evje 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
.
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 11 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 2 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 2 | |
| Total number of members: | 17 | |
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 10 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 4 | |
| Total number of members: | 16 | |
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 8 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
| Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 4 | |
| Total number of members: | 16 | |
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 10 | |
| Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 | |
| Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 1 | |
| Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) | 3 | |
| Total number of members: | 16 | |
| Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 10 | |
| Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 2 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 4 | |
| 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 mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Evje:[13][14]
- 1877-1877: Salve E. Bjoraa
- 1878-1881: Ola N. Løvland
- 1882-1893: Ola G. Lauvland
- 1894-1901: Ola N. Galteland
- 1902-1910: Ola N. Løvland
- 1910-1919: Eirik S. Bjoraa
- 1920-1922: Nils T. Odde
- 1923-1925: Ola N. Galteland
- 1926-1928: John A. Syrtveit
- 1928-1940: Torvald Haavardstad
- 1945-1959: Torvald Haavardstad
Notable people
- Torvald Haavardstad (1893–1965), a Norwegian politician
- Helena Iren Michaelsen (born 1977), a Norwegian rock singer
See also
References
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Kiær, Anders Nicolai; Helland, Amund; Vibe, Johan; Strøm, Boye (1904). Norges land og folk: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian). Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 368. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ISBN 9788253746845.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 193.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Ordførarar i Evje kommune". SetesdalsWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ Uleberg, Olav O.; Kleveland, Olav Arne (2003). Kultursoge for Evje og Hornnes (in Norwegian). Vol. II. Evje og Hornnes bygdeboknemd. pp. 264–365.
External links
Aust-Agder travel guide from Wikivoyage
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