Oddernes (municipality)

Coordinates: 58°09′35″N 8°00′48″E / 58.1597°N 08.0134°E / 58.1597; 08.0134
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Oddernes Municipality
Oddernes herred
Kristiansand Municipality
Administrative centreLund
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total103 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total18,668
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formNeutral[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1012[3]
Data from Statistics Norway

Oddernes is a

Lund Church is located. The former area of the municipality makes up the area just west of the urban town of Kristiansand within the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county. The old municipality encircled the town of Kristiansand, and it included the villages such as Flekkerøy, Vågsbygd, Slettheia, Lund, Strai, Mosby, and Justvik. Today, the town of Kristiansand has a borough named Oddernes, but it has very different boundaries than the old municipality had.[4]

History

The

Kristiansand, constituting a new borough in the town.[6]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

Kristiansand (population: 27,100) was greatly expanded by merging with the neighboring municipalities of Oddernes (population: 18,668), Randesund (population: 1,672), and Tveit (population: 2,802).[6]

Today, the name lives on in the borough of Oddernes in Kristiansand, but it hardly corresponds to the area of the old municipality. In fact, the

Vågsbygd Centrum, but it changed the name to Vågsbygd High School
since it is no longer in Oddernes.

Name

The municipality (originally the

Old Norse: Otrunes) since the first Oddernes Church was built there. The first element is derived from the name of the local river Otra. The meaning of the river name may come from the plural genitive case of the word otr which means "otter". The last element of the name is nes which means "headland" or "peninsula". Thus the name means "otter river peninsula".[4][7]

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.[8]

Municipal council

The

municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Oddernes was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party
.

Oddernes herredsstyre 1964 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 19
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 11
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 7
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 13
Total number of members:51
Oddernes herredsstyre 1960–1963 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 12
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 6
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 4
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 12
Total number of members:35
Oddernes herredsstyre 1956–1959 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 13
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 5
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 4
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 11
Total number of members:35
Oddernes herredsstyre 1952–1955 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 3
Total number of members:20
Oddernes herredsstyre 1948–1951 [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 3
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 8
Total number of members:20
Oddernes herredsstyre 1945–1947 [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 1
  Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) 11
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:20
Oddernes herredsstyre 1938–1941* [15]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 5
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 11
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 3
Total number of members:20
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. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  4. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  5. ^ Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Vest-Agder 1801-1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  6. ^
    ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  7. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 9.
  8. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 22 November 2020.


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