Torpa, Norway

Coordinates: 60°59′23″N 10°03′51″E / 60.989761°N 10.064163°E / 60.989761; 10.064163
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Torpa Municipality
Torpa herred
Former municipality
Torpen herred  (historic name)
Åmot Church in northern Torpa
Åmot Church in northern Torpa
Oppland within Norway
Oppland within Norway
Torpa within Oppland
Torpa within Oppland
Coordinates: 60°59′23″N 10°03′51″E / 60.989761°N 10.064163°E / 60.989761; 10.064163
CountryNorway
CountyOppland
DistrictLand
Established1 Jan 1914
 • Preceded byNordre Land
Disestablished1 Jan 1962
 • Succeeded byNordre Land
Administrative centreÅmot
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total561 km2 (217 sq mi)
Population
 (1962)
 • Total2,620
 • Density4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
DemonymTorping[1]
Official language
[3]
 • Norwegian formNeutral[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0539[4]
Data from Statistics Norway

Torpa (or historically Torpen) is a

Nordre Land Municipality. The administrative centre was the village at Åmot where the Åmot Church is located. Torpa currently constitutes the northern part of the Nordre Land, bordering the municipalities of Etnedal and Nord-Aurdal in the west, Gausdal, Lillehammer, and Gjøvik
in the east.

History

The municipality of Torpen was established on 1 January 1914 when the large

Nordre Land Municipality.[5]

Name

Lunde church in west Torpa

The municipality (originally the

definite form ending -en.[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 Torpa was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party
breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Torpa herredsstyre 1960–1961 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 12
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
Total number of members:17
Torpa herredsstyre 1956–1959 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 11
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 1
Total number of members:17
Torpa herredsstyre 1952–1955 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
Total number of members:16
Torpa herredsstyre 1948–1951 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 1
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) 3
Total number of members:16
Torpa herredsstyre 1945–1947 [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 3
  Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) 3
Total number of members:16
Torpa herredsstyre 1938–1941* [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Nasjonal Samling Party (Nasjonal Samling) 2
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 5
  Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet) 2
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 of Torpa:

  • 1914-1922: Nils Eng
  • 1923-1925: Christian C. Jøranli
  • 1926-1928: Amund Stadsvoll
  • 1929-1931: Kristian Stadsvoll
  • 1932-1934: Birger Snilsberg
  • 1935-1937: Arve Frøisland (NS)
  • 1938-1940: Birger Snilsberg
  • 1941-1945: Kristian Erstad (NS)
  • 1945-1946: Birger Snilsberg
  • 1946-1951: Amund Ødegård (Ap)
  • 1952-1959: Arne Sandbakken (Ap)
  • 1960-1961: Nils Herman Sundby (Ap)

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. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  6. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 219.
  7. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1057–1065. 1917.
  8. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938.


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