Strømm

Coordinates: 59°36′06″N 10°23′54″E / 59.601616°N 10.398216°E / 59.601616; 10.398216
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Strømm Municipality
Strømm herred
Former municipality
Strømmen herred  (historic name)
Vestfold within Norway
Vestfold within Norway
Strømm within Vestfold
Strømm within Vestfold
Coordinates: 59°36′06″N 10°23′54″E / 59.601616°N 10.398216°E / 59.601616; 10.398216
CountryNorway
CountyVestfold
DistrictJarlsberg
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded bySvelvik Municipality
Administrative centreSvelvik
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total57 km2 (22 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total2,618
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
DemonymStrømm-folk[1]
Official language
[3]
 • Norwegian formNeutral[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0711[4]
Data from Statistics Norway

Strømm is a

Drammen Municipality in Buskerud county. The administrative centre was the town of Svelvik (which was not actually part of the municipality). The village of Nesbygda was also located in the municipality.[5]

History

Nesbygda Church in Strømm

The

Drammensfjorden which was the dividing boundary between the two counties. The western side was called Strømmen (later changed to Strømm) and it was in Jarlsberg og Laurvig, which the eastern side of Hurum was in Buskerud. On 1 January 1838, the formannskapsdistrikt law went into effect and it made each parish into a civil municipality, but the new municipalities had to be in one county only. Because of this, Strømmen was established as its own municipality located wholly within Jarlsberg og Laurvig county. The town of Svelvik (population: 1,201) was established as a separate municipality on 1 January 1845 when it was separated from Strømm Municipality. This left Strømmen with 794 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the town of Svelvik (population: 1,188) was merged with Strømm Municipality (population: 2,618) to form the new Svelvik Municipality.[6]

Name

The municipality (originally the

definite form ending -en.[8]

Government

Strømm Municipality was responsible for

municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[9]

Municipal council

The

municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Strømm was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party
.

Strømm herredsstyre 1959–1963 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 13
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 5
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 3
Total number of members:21
Note: On 1 January 1964, Strømm Municipality was merged into Svelvik Municipality.
Strømm herredsstyre 1955–1959 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 13
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 5
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
Total number of members:21
Strømm herredsstyre 1951–1955 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 11
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 6
Total number of members:20
Strømm herredsstyre 1947–1951 [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 12
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 8
Total number of members:20
Strømm herredsstyre 1945–1947 [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 13
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
Total number of members:20
Strømm herredsstyre 1937–1941* [15]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 7
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
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. ^ "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. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . 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. 1.
  8. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1057–1065. 1917.
  9. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  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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