Kjerringøy (municipality)

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Coordinates: 67°31′10″N 14°45′51″E / 67.5195°N 14.7643°E / 67.5195; 14.7643
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Kjerringøy Municipality
Kjerringøy herred
Kjerringø herred (historic)
Former municipality
View of the village of Kjerringøy
View of the village of Kjerringøy
Nordland within Norway
Nordland within Norway
Kjerringøy within Nordland
Kjerringøy within Nordland
Coordinates: 67°31′10″N 14°45′51″E / 67.5195°N 14.7643°E / 67.5195; 14.7643
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictSalten
Established1 Jan 1906
 • Preceded byNordfold-Kjerringøy
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byBodin and Steigen
Administrative centreKjerringøy
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total176 km2 (68 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total574
 • Density3.3/km2 (8.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1844[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Kjerringøy is a

Steigen Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kjerringøy where Kjerringøy Church is located.[2][3]

History

The municipality of Kjerringøy was established on 1 January 1906 when the old municipality of

Bodø Municipality.[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the

royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Kjerringøy.[6]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for

municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[7]

Municipal council

The

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

Kjerringøy herredsstyre 1960–1963 [8]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 5
Total number of members:13
Kjerringøy herredsstyre 1956–1959 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 3
Total number of members:13
Kjerringøy herredsstyre 1952–1955 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 3
Total number of members:12
Kjerringøy herredsstyre 1948–1951 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 4
Total number of members:12
Kjerringøy herredsstyre 1945–1947 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 2
Total number of members:12
Kjerringøy herredsstyre 1938–1941* [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 6
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 Kjerringøy:[14]

  • 1906–1907: Peder Nilssen-Fjære
  • 1908–1934: Gerhard Kristiansen
  • 1935–1937: Elling Tidemann
  • 1938–1940: Otto Fredriksen
  • 1940–1945: Rolf Johnsen
  • 1945–1947: Otto Fredriksen
  • 1948–1959: Henry Skålsvik
  • 1960–1963: Berby Johansen

See also

References

  1. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  2. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ Helland, Amund (1908). "Kjerringø herred". Norges land og folk: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian). Vol. XVIII. Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 298. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  5. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 247.
  6. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1908. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 24. 1908.
  7. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  14. ^ Veiåker, Tove (18 December 2006). "Ordførere i Kjerringøy". Bodøhistorie.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2023.


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