Jostedal

Coordinates: 61°35′14″N 07°16′59″E / 61.58722°N 7.28306°E / 61.58722; 7.28306
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This article is about the former municipality in Norway. For other uses, see Jostedal (disambiguation).
Jostedal Municipality
Jostedal herad
Former municipality
Jostedalen herred  (historic name)
Short canyon near Jostedalsbreen glacier
Short canyon near Jostedalsbreen glacier
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Jostedal within Sogn og Fjordane
Jostedal within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°35′14″N 07°16′59″E / 61.58722°N 7.28306°E / 61.58722; 7.28306
CountryNorway
CountySogn og Fjordane
DistrictSunnfjord
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1963
 • Succeeded byLuster Municipality
Administrative centreJostedal
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total533 km2 (206 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total796
 • Density1.5/km2 (3.9/sq mi)
DemonymJostedøl[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1427[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Jostedal is a

former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. The 533-square-kilometre (206 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. It was located in the Jostedalen valley in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Luster, in Vestland county, north of the village of Gaupne. The administrative centre was also located near the Jostedal Church in the central part of the valley.[3]

History

Jostedal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

Luster Municipality.[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the

definite form ending -en.[6]

Geography

The former municipality consisted of

Lustrafjorden, which is an arm of the famous Sognefjord, the second largest fjord in the world. There are three major glacial lakes in the area: Tunsbergdalsvatn, Nigardsbrevatn, and Styggevatn (vatn is Norwegian for lake). Other lakes in Jostdedal include Austdalsvatnet and Styggevatnet
.

The river

plateau glacier which is the European mainland's largest with an area of 480 square kilometres (190 sq mi). Jostedalsbreen National Park and Breheimen National Park are located on either side of the Jostedalen valley
.

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a

municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[7]

Mayors

The mayors of Jostedal:[8]

  • 1838-1839: K.A. Bugge
  • 1840-1841: Lars R. Faaberg
  • 1842-1845: M.S. Fasting
  • 1846-1846: Lars T. Kronen
  • 1847-1849: Christian B. Heltberg
  • 1850-1850: Anders A. Haugen
  • 1851-1852: Christian B. Heltberg
  • 1853-1855: I.H. Vamberg
  • 1856-1856: O. Christian Rasch
  • 1857-1858: Lars T. Kronen
  • 1859-1861: O. Christian Rasch
  • 1862-1862: Jon A. Haugen
  • 1868-1869: Lars T. Kronen
  • 1870-1874: Rasmus L. Faaberg
  • 1875-1875: Andreas E. Hansen
  • 1876-1876: Anders Christensen Ormbergstøl
  • 1877-1878: Tøger Kronen
  • 1879-1880: Anders Christensen Ormbergstøl
  • 1881-1882: Anton Hansen
  • 1883-1896: Anders Christensen Ormbergstøl
  • 1897-1904: Kristen Andersen Ormbergstøl
  • 1905-1907: Lars Rasmussen Faaberg
  • 1908-1910: Ole E. Myklemyr
  • 1911-1922: Lars Rasmussen Faaberg
  • 1923-1935: H.N. Bruheim
  • 1836-1836: Hans Moen
  • 1936-1937: H.N. Bruheim
  • 1938-1939: Ove W. Haug
  • 1940-1941: Hans Moen
  • 1941-1945: K.R. Vigdal
  • 1946-1947: Kristen Bakken
  • 1948-1951: Johannes Grov
  • 1952-1955: Hallvard Hesjevoll
  • 1956-1963: Johannes Grov

Municipal council

The

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

Jostedal heradsstyre 1960–1963 [9]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 9
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 4
Total number of members:13
Jostedal heradsstyre 1956–1959 [10]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 6
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 7
Total number of members:13
Jostedal heradsstyre 1952–1955 [11]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 5
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 7
Total number of members:12
Jostedal heradsstyre 1948–1951 [12]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 6
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 6
Total number of members:12
Jostedal heradsstyre 1945–1947 [13]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 6
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 6
Total number of members:12
Jostedal heradsstyre 1938–1941* [14]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
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.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  3. ^
    Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  4. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  5. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1919). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1057–1065. 1917.
  7. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Ordførarar i Luster". NRK Fylkesliksikon (in Norwegian). 7 January 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

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