Polmak Municipality
Polmak Municipality
Polmak herred Buolbmát ( Northern Sami) | |
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Coordinates: 70°04′11″N 28°00′40″E / 70.06972°N 28.01111°E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Finnmark |
District | Øst-Finnmark |
Established | 1 Jan 1903 |
• Preceded by | Nesseby Municipality |
Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
• Succeeded by | Tana Municipality |
Administrative centre | Polmak |
Government | |
• Mayor (1962-1963) | Reidar Dybvik |
Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 2,257.5 km2 (871.6 sq mi) |
• Rank | #16 in Norway |
Highest elevation | 1,067 m (3,501 ft) |
Population (1963) | |
• Total | 1,040 |
• Rank | #605 in Norway |
• Density | 0.5/km2 (1/sq mi) |
Demonym | Polmak-folk[2] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål[3] |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-2026[5] |
Polmak is a
Tana Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Polmak where Polmak Church is located.[6]
Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 2,257.5-square-kilometre (871.6 sq mi) municipality was the 16th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Polmak Municipality was the 605th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,040 (in 1963). The municipality's population density was 0.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.3/sq mi).[7][8]
History
The municipality of Polmak was established on 1 January 1903 when the large
Tana Municipality.[9]
Name
The municipality (originally the
Norwegianization of the Northern Sámi name for the area, Buolbmát. The meaning of the name is uncertain.[10][6]
Churches
The
Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland
.
Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
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Polmak | Polmak Church | Polmak | 1853 |
Geography
The municipality of Polmak stretched along the northern shore of the
Lebesby Municipality.[1]
Government
While it existed, Polmak municipality was responsible for
municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[11] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Hålogaland Court of Appeal
.
Mayors
The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Polmak:[12]
- 1846-1847: Jørris Schielderup Hansen
- 1848-1849: Johan Christien Astrup
- 1851-1855: Søren Christian Sommerfelt
- 1854-1854: Carl Johan Schancke
- 1856-1857: Christian Andreasen
- 1857-1858: Carl Johan Schancke
- 1859-1862: Andreas Georg Nordvi
- 1863-1863: Hieronimus Heyerdahl
- 1865-1876: Otto Andreas Pleym Sr.
- 1877-1879: Olaf Larsen
- 1880-1880: Otto Andreas Pleym Sr.
- 1881-1898: Bjørvik Johan Jacobsen
- 1899-1904: Otto Andreas Pleym Jr.
- 1903-1913: Aamund Nodland
- 1914-1916: Gustav Adolf Lilleng
- 1917-1931: Ole Erik Tapio
- 1923-1934: Jens Eriksen
- 1935-1944: Jacob Tapio
- 1944-1945: Ole Torberg Nodland
- 1945-1945: Jens Eriksen
- 1946-1948: Johannes Ballovara
- 1948-1951: John Solbakk
- 1951-1952: Birger Pedersen
- 1952-1959: Arne Isaksen
- 1959-1959: John Solbakk
- 1960-1961: Jann Olsen
- 1962-1963: Reidar Dybvik
Municipal council
The
municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Polmak 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
.
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 5 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 5 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 15 | |
Note: On 1 January 1964, Polmak Municipality became part of Tana Municipality . |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 4 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 15 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 5 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 4 | |
List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) | 2 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 12 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 3 | |
List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) | 1 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 8 | |
Total number of members: | 12 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 4 | |
List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) | 4 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 12 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 3 | |
Local List(s) (Lokale lister) | 9 | |
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. |
See also
References
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- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1924). Norske gaardnavne: Finmarkens amt (in Norwegian) (18 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 266.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Oversikt over tidligere ordførere". Deanu gielda (in Norwegian). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 16 March 2020.