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Vartdal Municipality

Coordinates: 62°18′01″N 06°04′59″E / 62.30028°N 6.08306°E / 62.30028; 6.08306
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Vartdal Municipality
Vartdal herred
Former municipality
Vartdalsstranden herred  (historic name)
View of Sætre in Vartdal
View of Sætre in Vartdal
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Vartdal within Møre og Romsdal
Vartdal within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°18′01″N 06°04′59″E / 62.30028°N 6.08306°E / 62.30028; 6.08306
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1 Jan 1895
 • Preceded byUlstein Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byØrsta Municipality
Administrative centreSætre
Government
 • Mayor (1961–1963)Olav Myklebust
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
123.5 km2 (47.7 sq mi)
 • Rank#473 in Norway
Highest elevation
[1]
1,419 m (4,656 ft)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total
1,315
 • Rank#563 in Norway
 • Density10.6/km2 (27/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +14%
DemonymVartdaling[2]
Official language
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 • Norwegian formNynorsk[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1521[5]
Data from Statistics Norway

Vartdal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 123.5-square-kilometre (47.7 sq mi) municipality existed from 1895 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Ørsta Municipality in the traditional district of Sunnmøre. The administrative centre was the village of Sætre (which is also known as Vartdal). Other villages in the municipality included Flåskjer and Nordre Vartdal. The main church for Vartdal was Vartdal Church, located in the village of Nordre Vartdal.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the 123.5-square-kilometre (47.7 sq mi) municipality was the 473rd largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Vartdal Municipality was the 563rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,315. The municipality's population density was 10.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (27/sq mi) and its population had increased by 14% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

General information

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View of the Romedalen valley in Vartdal
View of Vartdal Church

The municipality was established on 1 January 1895 when Ulstein Municipality was divided into two municipalities. The part of Ulstein Municipality located north of the Vartdalsfjorden (population: 2,996) remained as a smaller Ulstein Municipality and the part of the old Ulstein Municipality located south of the Vartdalsfjorden (population: 736) became the new Vartdalsstrand Municipality. The name was officially shortened to Vartdal Municipality in 1918.[9]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Vartdal Municipality (population: 1,315) was merged with Hjørundfjord Municipality (population: 1,728) and Ørsta Municipality (population: 6,209) to form a new, larger Ørsta Municipality.[9]

Name

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The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Vartdal farm (Old Norse: Varpdalr or Verpdalr) since the first Vartdal Church was built there. The first element comes from the old name for a local river. The name of the river comes from the word verpa, or its past tense form varp, which means "to cast" or "to throw" a fishing net. The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Historically, the municipal name was Vartdalsstranden. The suffix -stranden is the definite singular form of the Old Norse word strǫnd which means "beach" or "shore".[10] Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Vartdalsstranden. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Vartdal.[11]

Churches

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The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within Vartdal Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Ørsta prestegjeld and the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[8]

Churches in Vartdal
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Vartdal Vartdal Church Nordre Vartdal 1876

Geography

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Vartdal Municipality was located on the southern shore of the Vartdalsfjorden, in the Sunnmørsalpane mountains. The highest point in the municipality was the 1,419-metre (4,656 ft) tall mountain Jønshornet, located on the border with Hjørundfjord Municipality.[1] Ørsta Municipality was located to the south, Hjørundfjord Municipality was located to the east, Hareid Municipality was located to the northwest (across the Vartdalsfjorden), and Ålesund Municipality was located to the north (also across the fjord).

Government

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While it existed, Vartdal Municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[12] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

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The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Vartdal was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Vartdal heradsstyre 1959–1963 [13]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 17
Total number of members:17
Note: On 1 January 1964, Vartdal Municipality became part of Ørsta Municipality.
Vartdal heradsstyre 1955–1959 [14]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 17
Total number of members:17
Vartdal heradsstyre 1951–1955 [15]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 14
Total number of members:16
Vartdal heradsstyre 1947–1951 [16]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 14
Total number of members:16
Vartdal heradsstyre 1945–1947 [17]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:16
Vartdal heradsstyre 1937–1941* [18]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
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

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The mayor (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Vartdal Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position:

  • 1895–1911: Hans O. Vartdal[19]
  • 1911–1912: Olav O. Myklebust[20]
  • 1912–1922: Laurits K. Grønnevet[21]
  • 1923–1925: Ola Erdal[22]
  • 1926–1928: Laurits K. Grønnevet[23]
  • 1929–1937: Steinar Buset[24]
  • 1937–1942: Knut Vartdal[25]
  • 1942–1945: Bernt R. Festøy (NS)[26]
  • 1945–1947: Knut Vartdal[27]
  • 1947–1951: Bergsvein Aarset[28]
  • 1951–1955: Olav Myklebust[29]
  • 1955–1957: Bergsvein Aarset[30]
  • 1957–1961: Pål Myklebust[31]
  • 1961–1963: Olav Myklebust[32]

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Kart over Noreg" (in Norwegian). Kartverket.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  4. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
  6. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (26 November 2024). "Vartdal (tidligere kommune)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  7. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  8. ^ a b Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 1951). Norges Sivile, Geistlige, Rettslige og Militære Inndeling 1. Januar 1951 (PDF). Norges Offisielle Statistikk (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co.
  9. ^ a b Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  10. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1908). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (in Norwegian) (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 64.
  11. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1057–1065. 1917.
  12. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (25 November 2024). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  17. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  19. ^ "Romsdals Amtsthing". Romsdals Tidende (in Norwegian). 18 May 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  20. ^ "Romsdals Amtsting". Romsdals Tidende (in Norwegian). 7 June 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  21. ^ "Ordførervalg i Møre fylke". Romsdals Budstikke (in Norwegian). 18 December 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  22. ^ "Stoda i Vartdal". Søndmørsposten (in Norwegian). 23 July 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  23. ^ "Møre Fylkesting". Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian). 1 June 1926. p. 5. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  24. ^ "Til ordfører i Vartdal". Møre (in Norwegian). 29 December 1928. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  25. ^ "Vartdal nye heradstyre". Sunnmøre Arbeideravis (in Norwegian). 14 December 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  26. ^ "Ordførere". Romsdals Budstikke (in Norwegian). 29 December 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  27. ^ "Vartdal nye herredsstyre". Sunnmøre Arbeideravis (in Norwegian). 2 January 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  28. ^ "Bergsvein Aarset attvald til ordførar i Vardal". Møre (in Norwegian). 10 January 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  29. ^ "Olav Myklebust ny ordførar i Vartdal". Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian). 22 December 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  30. ^ "Bergsvein Aarset ny ordførar i Vartdal". Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian). 24 December 1955. p. 4. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  31. ^ "Pål Myklebust". Tidens Krav (in Norwegian). 21 December 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  32. ^ "Olav Myklebust ny ordførar i Vartdal". Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian). 9 December 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 2 May 2025.

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