Søndre Land
Søndre Land Municipality
Søndre Land kommune | |
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Land Municipality | |
Administrative centre | Hov |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Anne Hagenborg (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 728.35 km2 (281.22 sq mi) |
• Land | 659.15 km2 (254.50 sq mi) |
• Water | 69.20 km2 (26.72 sq mi) 9.5% |
• Rank | #156 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 5,564 |
• Rank | #171 in Norway |
• Density | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −2.4% |
Demonym | Søndrelending[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Bokmål |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-3447[3] |
Website | Official website |
Søndre Land is a
The 728-square-kilometre (281 sq mi) municipality is the 156th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Søndre Land is the 171st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,564. The municipality's population density is 8.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (22/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.4% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
General information
The old Land Municipality was established on 1 January 1838 after the formannskapsdistrikt law went into effect. This municipality was quite large and in less than a decade, the municipality was divided. In 1847, the old Land Municipality was divided into Nordre Land (population: 4,595) in the north and Søndre Land (population: 4,604) in the south. On 1 January 1868, a part of Søndre Land (population: 340) was transferred to Nordre Land. On 1 January 1900, an unpopulated area of Søndre Land was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Vardal.[6]
On 1 January 1914, Søndre Land municipality was divided into two municipalities: Fluberg (population: 2,027) in the north and Søndre Land (population: 3,374) in the south. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipality of Søndre Land (population: 4,339) was merged with most of the neighboring municipality of Fluberg (population: 2,110).[6]
Name
The municipality (originally the
Coat of arms
The
Churches
The
Parish (sokn) | Church name | Location of the church | Year built |
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Fluberg | Fluberg Church | Fluberg | 1703 |
Landåsbygda Church | Landåsbygda | 1965 | |
Skute | Skute Church | Ringelia | 1915 |
Søndre Land | Enger Church | Enger | 1875 |
Hov Church | Hov | 1781 |
Geography
Ancestry | Number |
---|---|
Poland | 77 |
Somalia | 57 |
Netherlands | 36 |
Eritrea | 32 |
Denmark | 24 |
Germany | 22 |
Afghanistan | 18 |
Søndre Land is bordered on the north by
Søndre Land is 39.2 kilometres (24.4 mi) on a north–south axis and 31.3 kilometres (19.4 mi) east-west. It lies in the south of Innlandet and on the northern end of the 4th largest lake in Norway, Randsfjorden. The highest elevation in the municipality is Skjellinghovde with a height of 856 metres (2,808 ft). The lake Vestre Bjonevatnet lies in the southwestern corner of the municipality.
Government
Søndre Land Municipality is responsible for
Municipal council
The
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 11 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
Red Party (Rødt) |
1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Søndre Land local list (Søndre Land Bygdeliste) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 17 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 4 | |
Red Party (Rødt) |
1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Søndre Land local list (Søndre Land Bygdeliste) | 5 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 10 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 3 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 1 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 2 | |
Søndre Land local list (Søndre Land Bygdeliste) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 12 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Joint list of the Centre Party (Senterpartiet), Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti), and Liberal Party (Venstre) | 5 | |
Søndre Land local list (Søndre Land Bygdeliste) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 3 | |
Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Søndre Land local list (Søndre Land bygdeliste) | 9 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 3 | |
Søndre Land local list (Søndre Land Bygdeliste) | 10 | |
Total number of members: | 25 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 12 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Søndre Land local list (Søndre Land Bygdeliste) | 10 | |
Total number of members: | 29 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 14 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Søndre Land local list (Søndre Land Bygdeliste) | 9 | |
Total number of members: | 29 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 17 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 1 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 4 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 29 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 20 | |
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 2 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 29 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 21 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 29 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 20 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 3 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 2 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 29 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 20 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 2 | |
Joint list of the Centre Party (Senterpartiet) and the Liberal Party (Venstre) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 29 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 19 | |
Conservative Party (Høyre) | 1 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 1 | |
Socialist common list (Venstresosialistiske felleslister) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 29 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 19 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 2 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 29 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 19 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 | |
Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 1 | |
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 4 | |
Liberal Party (Venstre) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 29 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 13 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 19 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 12 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 3 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 4 | |
Total number of members: | 19 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 11 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 2 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 3 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 9 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 4 | |
Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) | 1 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 2 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 10 | |
Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) | 4 | |
Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) | 1 | |
Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) | 1 | |
Total number of members: | 16 |
Party name (in Norwegian) | Number of representatives | |
---|---|---|
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 13 | |
Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) | 3 | |
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. |
Mayors
The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Søndre Land:[33]
- 1847–1851 Peder Pavels Aabel
- 1852–1858 Ole Hannibal Lie
- 1859–1861 Edvard Vilberg
- 1862–1865 Ole Hannibal Lie
- 1866–1883 Otto Emanuel Lie
- 1884–1887 Ole H. Lien
- 1887–1907 Ola Hofslien
- 1908–1914 Ole Martin Lappen (AD)
- 1914–1919 Wilhelm Eid
- 1920–1922 Johannes Hofslien (RF)
- 1923–1928 Jakob Nordli (NKP)
- 1929-1933 Martin Smeby (Ap)
- 1934-1934 Magnus Svendsen (Ap)
- 1935-1935 Bjarne Borgan (Ap)
- 1935–1937 Magnus Svendsen (Ap)
- 1938–1940 Marthinius Smerud (Ap)
- 1946–1975: Bernt Skjølaas (Ap)
- 1976–1982: Kåre Inngjerdingen (Ap)
- 1982–1994: Bjørn Hansen (Ap)
- 1994–1999: Ellen H. Magnussen (Ap)
- 1999–2011: Reidar Eriksen (LL)
- 2011–2019: Terje Odden (Ap)
- 2019–present: Anne Hagenborg (Ap)
Media gallery
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Hov Kirke Church (1781), Søndre Land Municipality
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Fluberg bru
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Landåsbygda og Landåsvannet en høstdag
Notable people
- Christian Ancher (1711-1765), a Norwegian merchant, timber trader, and ship owner
- Peder Aadnes (1739–1792), a Norwegian rural painter
- Jørgen Meinich (1820-1911), a Norwegian jurist and wood processor
- Martin Smeby (1891-1975), a politician and mayor of Søndre Land in the 1930s
- Ola Viker (1897-1942), a Norwegian novelist and lawyer
- Håvard Narum (born 1944), a Norwegian journalist and author
- Ola Skjølaas (1941-2006), a Norwegian veterinarian, civil servant, and politician
- Per Blom (1946-2013), a Norwegian film director[34]
- Finn Thrana (1958–2006), a Norwegian barrister and civil servant for Nasjonal Samling
- Ellen Andrea Wang (born 1986), a Norwegian jazz double bass player, singer, and composer
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External links
- Media related to Søndre Land at Wikimedia Commons
- The dictionary definition of Søndre Land at Wiktionary
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)
- Innlandet travel guide from Wikivoyage