Skoger Municipality

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Skoger Municipality
Skoger herred
Drammen Municipality
Administrative centreSkoger
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total114 km2 (44 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total14,672
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
DemonymSkaubøring[1]
Official language
[3]
 • Norwegian formBokmål[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0712[4]
Data from Statistics Norway

Skoger is a

Drammen Municipality in Buskerud county. The administrative centre was the village of Skoger and the other notable village was Konnerud
.

History

The

town of Drammen (and also switching to the neighboring Buskerud county).[6]

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

Drammen Municipality (population: 31,478) to form a new, larger Drammen Municipality. Since Drammen was in the neighboring county of Buskerud, Skoger also had to join Buskerud county.[6]

Name

The municipality (originally the

Old Norse: Skógar) since the Old Skoger Church was built there. The name is derived from the plural form of skógr which means "woodland" or "forest".[7]
Prior to 1889, the name was spelled Skouger.

Churches

The

Nord-Jarlsberg prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg
.

Churches in Skoger
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Konnerud Konnerud Church Konnerud 1996
Old Konnerud Church Konnerud 1858
Skoger Skoger Church Skoger 1886
Old Skoger Church Skoger c. 1200

Government

Skoger Municipality was responsible for

municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[8]

Mayors

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Skoger:[9]

  • 1838-1841: Rasmus Christensen
  • 1842-1843: Nils Nilsen
  • 1844-1853: Gabriel Smith
  • 1854-1861: Knut Schartum
  • 1862-1865: Jacob Gulliksen Styrmoe
  • 1866-1869: Augustinus Olsen Kopperud
  • 1870-1873: Jacob Gulliksen Styrmoe
  • 1874-1875: Nils Peter Wølner Hansen
  • 1876-1904: Lauritz Christiansen Hervig
  • 1905-1910: Fredrik Frodesen Sand
  • 1911-1913: Gustav Martinius Olsen
  • 1914-1916: Fredrik Frodesen Sand
  • 1917-1919: Jørgen Andvik
  • 1920-1925: Arne Nicolai Anchersen (Bp)
  • 1926-1928: Borgar Steinset (Ap)
  • 1929-1931: Arne Nicolai Anchersen (Bp)
  • 1932-1940: Borgar Steinset (Ap)
  • 1941-1942: Einar Hjelmsø (NS)
  • 1943-1945: Karl Hugo Malmkvist (NS)
  • 1946-1957: Einar Aass (Ap)
  • 1958-1961: Finn Grønland
  • 1962-1963: Einar Mortensen

Municipal council

The

municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Skoger was made up of 41 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party
.

Skoger herredsstyre 1959–1963 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 23
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 12
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 4
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
Total number of members:41
Note: On 1 January 1964, Skoger Municipality was merged into
Drammen Municipality
.
Skoger herredsstyre 1955–1959 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 23
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 10
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 4
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 1
Total number of members:41
Skoger herredsstyre 1951–1955 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 22
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 11
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 4
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 1
Total number of members:41
Skoger herredsstyre 1947–1951 [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 21
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 6
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 4
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 4
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 6
Total number of members:41
Skoger herredsstyre 1945–1947 [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 22
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 4
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 5
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 6
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 4
Total number of members:41
Skoger herredsstyre 1937–1941* [15]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 25
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 13
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:41
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: Drammen § Notable_residents

See also

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  5. ^ Helland, Amund (1915). "Skoger herred". VII. Jarlsberg og Larvik Amt. Tredje del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 227. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  6. ^
    ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  7. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1907). Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt (in Norwegian) (6 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 8.
  8. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  9. ISBN 8291649057
    .
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938.

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