Hillesøy

Coordinates: 69°35′53″N 18°1′54″E / 69.59806°N 18.03167°E / 69.59806; 18.03167
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Hillesøy Municipality
Hillesøy herred
Tromsø Municipality
Administrative centreBrensholmen
Government
 • Mayor (1946-1963)Edvin O. Haugland
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total461.2 km2 (178.1 sq mi)
 • Rank#214 in Norway
Highest elevation
[1]
942 m (3,091 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total2,507
 • Rank#365 in Norway
 • Density5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −2.6%
DemonymHillesøyværing[2]
Official language
[4]
 • Norwegian formNeutral[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1930[5]
Data from Statistics Norway

Hillesøy is a

Senja Municipality. The administrative centre was located at Brensholmen on the western shore of the island of Kvaløya. Brensholmen is also the location of Hillesøy Church, the main church for the municipality.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 461.2-square-kilometre (178.1 sq mi) municipality was the 214th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Hillesøy Municipality was the 365th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,507. The municipality's

Senja island, Hillesøy Municipality included the larger villages of Fjordgård, Husøy, and Botnhamn. On Kvaløya island, it included Ersfjordbotn and Brensholmen. The island of Sommarøya is connected to the large island of Kvaløya by the Sommarøy Bridge. Most of the other islands are only accessible by boat.[9]

General information

The

Lenvik Municipality (or it might have been in 1871–some sources do not concur).[10][11] The initial population of Hillesøy was around 800 people. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee
. On 1 January 1964, Hillesøy Municipality was dissolved and its lands were divided as follows:

Name

The municipality is named after the old Hillesøy farm (

royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Hillesøy, to give the name a more Norwegian and less Danish spelling due to Norwegian language reforms.[13]

Churches

The

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

Churches in Hillesøy
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Hillesøy Hillesøy Church Brensholmen, Kvaløya 1889

Geography

The highest point in the municipality was the 942-metre (3,091 ft) tall mountain Keipen on the island of Senja.[1]

Government

While it existed, Hillesøy Municipality was responsible for

municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[14] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Hålogaland Court of Appeal
.

Mayors

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Hillesøy:[15]

  • 1855-1857: Ole Johan Olsen
  • 1857-1859: John Pedersen
  • 1859-1862: Daniel Heitmann Hansen
  • 1863-1874: John Pedersen
  • 1875-1878: Jacob Bolche Matheson
  • 1879-1883: Peder Svendsen
  • 1883-1886: Ole Larsen Aaker
  • 1887-1889: Johannes Næstaas
  • 1889-1904: Ole A. Hanssen
  • 1904-1904: Ingvald Kristoffersen
  • 1905-1907: Samuel O. Kvamme
  • 1907-1913: Carl Bertheussen
  • 1914-1919: Ingvald Kristoffersen
  • 1920-1922: Carl Bertheussen
  • 1923-1925: Kristoffer O. Larsen
  • 1926-1928: Ingvald Kristoffersen
  • 1929-1931: Alfred Olufsen
  • 1932-1942: Thorvald Nordheim
  • 1942-1942: Carl Bersvendsen
  • 1942-1945: Hagerup Paulsen
  • 1945-1945: Alfon Engenes
  • 1946-1963: Edvin O. Haugland

Municipal council

The

municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Hillesøy 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
.

Hillesøy herredsstyre 1960–1963 [16]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:17
Note: On 1 January 1964, Hillesøy Municipality became part of
Tromsø Municipality
.
Hillesøy herredsstyre 1956–1959 [17]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 1
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 7
Total number of members:17
Hillesøy herredsstyre 1952–1955 [18]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 4
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 3
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:16
Hillesøy herredsstyre 1948–1951 [19]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:16
Hillesøy herredsstyre 1945–1947 [20]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 11
Total number of members:16
Hillesøy herredsstyre 1938–1941* [21]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 6
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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Helland, Amund (1899). "Hillesø herred". XIX. Tromsø Amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 166. Retrieved 22 April 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 30 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. ^ "Hillesøy Kommune – kommune nr. 1930" (in Norwegian). Hillesøyforeninga. 24 January 2004.
  10. ^
    ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  11. ^ a b Helland, Amund (1899). "Hillesø herred". Norges land og folk: Tromsø amt (in Norwegian). Vol. XIX. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 165. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  12. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1911). Norske gaardnavne: Troms amt (in Norwegian) (17 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 85.
  13. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1908. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 24. 1908.
  14. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Hillesøy kommune" (in Norwegian). 24 January 2004. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  21. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

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