Vossestrand

Coordinates: 60°48′N 06°36′E / 60.800°N 6.600°E / 60.800; 6.600
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Vossestrand Municipality
Vossestrand herad
Voss Municipality
Administrative centreVasstrondi
Government
 • Mayor (1960-1963)Per Årmot (Sp)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total527 km2 (203 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total1,576
 • Density3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1236[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

Vossestrand is a

Vinje Church and Oppheim Church. The large lake Oppheimsvatnet sat in the central part of the municipality. The administrative centre was at Vasstrondi, on the south side of the lake Oppheimsvatnet.[2]

History

Hotel Stalheim in Vossestrand

The municipality of Vossestrand was created on 1 January 1868 when the old (large) municipality of

Voss Municipality. There were 1,573 residents at the time of the merger.[3]

Name

The municipality is named after an old name for the area, Strand (

definite form ending -en.[5]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a

municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[6]

Mayors

The

Nynorsk: ordførar) of Vossestrand:[7][8][9]

Municipal council

The

municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Vossestrand was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party
breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Vossestrand heradsstyre 1960–1963 [10]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 3
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 11
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
Total number of members:17
Vossestrand heradsstyre 1956–1959 [11]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 4
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 1
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 12
Total number of members:17
Vossestrand heradsstyre 1952–1955 [12]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 2
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 1
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 11
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
Total number of members:16
Vossestrand heradsstyre 1948–1951 [13]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 3
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 9
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste) 1
Total number of members:16
Vossestrand heradsstyre 1945–1947 [14]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 3
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 9
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:16
Vossestrand heradsstyre 1938–1941* [15]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 4
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 9
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
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.

See also

References

  1. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    .
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Vossestrand. – kommune"
    (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  3. ISBN 9788253746845
    .
  4. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1910). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (11 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 561.
  5. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1057–1065. 1917.
  6. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. ISBN 8290622112.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  8. ISBN 8290451369.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  9. ^ "Arkivkatalog for Vossestrand kommune 1868–1963 (1853–1974)" (PDF). Interkommunalt arkiv i Hordaland (in Norwegian). 2005. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 16 May 2020.


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