Lurøy

Lurøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lurøy, located on the island of Lurøya. Other villages in Lurøy include Aldra, Haugland, Konsvikosen, Lovund, Sleneset / Solværøyene, Stokkvågen, and Tonnes.

Lurøy kommune
Municipality
View of Tonnes in northern Lurøy
View of Tonnes in northern Lurøy
Flag of Lurøy kommune
Flag
Coat of arms of Lurøy kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Lurøy kommune
Nordland within
Norway
Lurøy within Nordland
Lurøy within Nordland
Coordinates: 66°25′55″N 12°51′18″E
CountryNorway
CountyNordland
DistrictHelgeland
Established1 Jan 1838
Administrative centreLurøy
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Carl Einar Isachsen, Jr. (Sp)
Area
 • Total265.19 km2 (102.39 sq mi)
 • Land258.12 km2 (99.66 sq mi)
 • Water7.07 km2 (2.73 sq mi)  2.7%
 • Rank#275 in Norway
Population
 (2022)
 • Total1,869
 • Rank#286 in Norway
 • Density7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −3.5%
Demonymlurøyværing[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1834
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

The municipality is located on the coast just south of the Arctic circle, on the western edge of the Saltfjellet mountain range. The Lurøygården (Lurøy Farm) on the island of Lurøya is a more-than-200-year-old renaissance garden with old plants, a pool, and a nearly 20-metre (66 ft) high Copper Beech.

The 265-square-kilometre (102 sq mi) municipality is the 275th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lurøy is the 286th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,869. The municipality's population density is 7.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 3.5% over the previous 10-year period.[3][4]

General information
View of the island Lovund

Lurøy was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1872, the far western island district (population: 289) was separated from Lurøy to become the new municipality of Træna. This left Lurøy with 1,554 residents. The borders of Lurøy have not changed since that time.[5]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the island of Lurøya (Old Norse: Lúðrøy) since the first Lurøy Church was built there. The first element is lúðr which means "hollowed log" (here probably referring to the form of the mountain of the island). The last element is øy which means "island". Historically, the name was spelled Lurø.[6]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 22 August 1986. The official blazon is "Or, a navigation cairn sable" (Norwegian: I gull en svart sjøvarde). This means the arms have a field (background) that has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The charge is black navigational cairn. This was chosen to symbolize the local dependence on fishing and sailing in this island municipality. The arms were designed by Olga Nilsen after a proposal by Dagmar Vilfridadottir Olaisen.[7][8][9]

Churches

The Church of Norway has two parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Lurøy. It is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

Churches in Lurøy
Parish (sokn)Church nameLocation of the churchYear built
AldersundAldersund ChurchHaugland1971
LurøyLovund ChurchLovund1960
Lurøy ChurchLurøya1812
Moflag ChurchMoflaget1921

Geography and climate

Lurøy is located on the western coast of Helgeland. The small strip of mainland Lurøy runs from Tonnes in the north along Norwegian County Road 17 to Stokkvågen along the Sjona fjord in the south. The rest of the municipality is located on 1,375 islands located to the west of the mainland. The major islands include Aldra, Lurøya, Onøya, Stigen, Solvær, and Lovund. There are also two islands in the northern part of Lurøya that are divided between Lurøy and neighboring Rødøy Municipality: Nesøya and Hestmona.[10]

The populated islands are reached by car ferry from Stokkvågen on the mainland. The ferry reaches Onøy (which has a bridge to Lurøya), Solvær and Lovund 5 times per day.

Climate

Norwegian Meteorological Institute has operated weather stations on Solvær islands since 1939. Data shows a marine west coast climate (oceanic climate) with very mild winters for the high latitude. Spring and summer are the driest seasons, while December is the wettest month. The all-time high was recorded in July 2018, and the all-time low is from February 1966. The average date for the last overnight freeze (low below 0 °C (32.0 °F)) in spring is 20 April[11] and average date for first freeze in autumn is 5 November[12] giving a frost-free season of 198 days (1981-2010 average for Solvær).

Climate data for Solvær 1991-2020 (10 m, precipitation days 1961-90, extremes 1954-2022)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 10.6
(51.1)		 9.4
(48.9)		 10.5
(50.9)		 17.5
(63.5)		 25.5
(77.9)		 29.1
(84.4)		 30.7
(87.3)		 28
(82)		 23.2
(73.8)		 19.1
(66.4)		 15.1
(59.2)		 10.1
(50.2)		 30.7
(87.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.2
(34.2)		 0.6
(33.1)		 1.5
(34.7)		 4.3
(39.7)		 7.5
(45.5)		 10.7
(51.3)		 13.2
(55.8)		 13.4
(56.1)		 11
(52)		 7.1
(44.8)		 4.2
(39.6)		 2.4
(36.3)		 6.4
(43.6)
Record low °C (°F) −14.5
(5.9)		 −16
(3)		 −10.2
(13.6)		 −6.4
(20.5)		 −2.5
(27.5)		 0.3
(32.5)		 4.4
(39.9)		 3.9
(39.0)		 0.5
(32.9)		 −5.2
(22.6)		 −8
(18)		 −13.5
(7.7)		 −16
(3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 119
(4.7)		 107
(4.2)		 94
(3.7)		 71
(2.8)		 78
(3.1)		 69
(2.7)		 86
(3.4)		 101
(4.0)		 132
(5.2)		 115
(4.5)		 117
(4.6)		 142
(5.6)		 1,231
(48.5)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 16 14 14 13 11 11 14 14 18 20 17 18 180
Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute[13]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Lurøy, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.[14] The municipality falls under the Rana District Court and the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Lurøy is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Lurøy kommunestyre 2020–2023 [15]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 2
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 4
  Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 6
Total number of members:19
Lurøy kommunestyre 2016–2019 [16]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 1
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) 2
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 6
 Lovund Cross-Party List (Lovund Tverrpolitiske Liste)1
Total number of members:19
Lurøy kommunestyre 2012–2015 [17]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 1
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) 2
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 2
 Lovund Cross-Party List (Lovund Tverrpolitiske Liste)2
Total number of members:19
Lurøy kommunestyre 2008–2011 [16]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) 4
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 4
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
 Lovund cross-party list (Lovund tverrpolitiske liste)1
Total number of members:19
Lurøy kommunestyre 2004–2007 [16]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) 3
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 3
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
 Lovund cross-party list (Lovund Tverrpolitiske Liste)2
Total number of members:19
Lurøy kommunestyre 2000–2003 [16]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) 3
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 5
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
  Joint list of the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) and the Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 8
Total number of members:19
Lurøy kommunestyre 1996–1999 [18]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 8
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
  Joint list of the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) and the Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 10
Total number of members:23
Lurøy kommunestyre 1992–1995 [19]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 7
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
Total number of members:21
Lurøy kommunestyre 1988–1991 [20]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 1
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 4
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 1
 Cross-party election list for Aas school area
 (Tverrpolitisk valgliste for Aas skolekrets)		1
Total number of members:21
Lurøy kommunestyre 1984–1987 [21]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 4
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Joint list of the Centre Party (Senterpartiet) and the Liberal Party (Venstre) 5
Total number of members:21
Lurøy kommunestyre 1980–1983 [22]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 4
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 3
 Election list for the Lurøy interior and Aldra
 (Valgliste for Lurøy innland og Aldra)		6
 Election list for the Gnog, Lurøy, Kvarøy and Sornesøy areas
 (Valgliste for Gnog, Lurøy, Kvarøy og Sornesøy kretser)		5
 Election list for the Moflag area
 (Valgliste for Moflag krets)		2
 Lovund local list (Lovund kretsliste)1
Total number of members:21
Lurøy kommunestyre 1976–1979 [23]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Election list for the Lurøy interior, Aldra, and Kvarøy
 (Valgliste for Lurøy innland, Aldra, og Kvarøy)		9
 Election list for the Onøy, Lurøy, Kvarøy and Sornesøy areas
 (Valgliste for Onøy, Lurøy, Kvarøy og Sornesøy kretser)		6
 Election list for the Moflag and North Solvær areas
 (Valgliste for Moflag og Nord-Solvær krets)		4
 Lovund local list (Lovund kretsliste)2
Total number of members:21
Lurøy kommunestyre 1972–1975 [24]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 21
Total number of members:21
Lurøy kommunestyre 1968–1971 [25]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 2
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 17
Total number of members:21
Lurøy kommunestyre 1964–1967 [26]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:21
Lurøy herredsstyre 1960–1963 [27]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 14
Total number of members:21
Lurøy herredsstyre 1956–1959 [28]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 7
Total number of members:21
Lurøy herredsstyre 1952–1955 [29]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 8
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 10
Total number of members:20
Lurøy herredsstyre 1948–1951 [30]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 7
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 4
Total number of members:20
Lurøy herredsstyre 1945–1947 [31]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 11
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 1
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 7
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:20
Lurøy herredsstyre 1938–1941* [32]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste) 2
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 8
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.

Mayors

The mayors of Lurøy:[33]

  • 1837-1840: Christian Eilert Rasch
  • 1840-1845: Daniel Strøm Dundas
  • 1846-1850: Carl Nicolai Bugge
  • 1850-1854: Benjamin Olsen
  • 1854-1860: Jeremias Willichsen
  • 1860-1864: John Erik Steffensen
  • 1865-1865: Paul Christian Føyn
  • 1865-1866: Jens Christian Pettersen Tønder
  • 1867-1869: John Erik Steffensen
  • 1869-1870: Cornelius Eitran
  • 1871-1875: Iver Olsen Riise
  • 1875-1881: Knut Hansen
  • 1881-1884: Anders Knutsen
  • 1885-1886: Laurits Torgersen
  • 1886-1886: Martin Israelsen
  • 1887-1896: Mathias Knutsen
  • 1896-1922: Isak Dundas
  • 1922-1941: Jakob Victor Hansen
  • 1941-1943: Fredrik Thorstein Krüger
  • 1943-1945: Peder Larsen
  • 1945-1947: Aubert Jentoft
  • 1947-1961: Torvald Brandser
  • 1961-1963: Ivar Riise
  • 1963-1971: Torleif Hansen
  • 1971-1973: Per Rise
  • 1973-1975: Egil Fjellgård
  • 1975-1978: Nils Nermark
  • 1979-1988: Johannes Bentzen (Sp)
  • 1988-2007: Steinar A. Joakimsen (Ap)
  • 2007-2011: Carl Einar Isachsen, Jr. (Sp)
  • 2011-2015: Bjørnar Skjæran (Ap)
  • 2015-2019: Carl Einar Isachsen, Jr. (Sp)
  • 2019-present: Håkon Lund (H)
  • Aldersundet strait and Aldra island; October 8, 2005
    Aldersundet strait and Aldra island; October 8, 2005
  • The island Lovund with its puffin colony is located in Lurøy
    The island Lovund with its puffin colony is located in Lurøy
  • Aldersundet, October 2005
    Aldersundet, October 2005

Notable people
  • Harry Johan Olai Klippenvåg (1913 in Lurøy – 1994) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Sør-Varanger in 1940's & 50's
  • Herluf Nygaard (1916 in Lurøy – 2001) a Norwegian military officer, active resistance fighter during WWII

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  4. Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  6. Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nordlands amt (in Norwegian) (16 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 154, 156.
  7. "Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  8. "Lurøy, Nordland (Norway)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  9. "Godkjenning av våpen og flagg". Lovdata.no (in Norwegian). Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet. 22 August 1986. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  10. Store norske leksikon. "Lurøy" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  11. "Siste frostnatt om våren". 4 May 2012.
  12. "Første frostnatt". 25 September 2013.
  13. "Norwegian Meteorological Institute".
  14. Hansen, Tore, ed. (12 May 2016). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  15. "Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 - Nordland". Valg Direktoratet. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  16. "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  17. "Tall for Norge: Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Nordland". Valg Direktoratet. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  18. "Kommunestyrevalget 1995" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo-Kongsvinger: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1996. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  19. "Kommunestyrevalget 1991" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo-Kongsvinger: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1993. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  20. "Kommunestyrevalget 1987" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo-Kongsvinger: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1988. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  21. "Kommunestyrevalget 1983" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo-Kongsvinger: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1984. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  22. "Kommunestyrevalget 1979" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1979. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  23. "Kommunevalgene 1975" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1977. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  24. "Kommunevalgene 1972" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1973. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  25. "Kommunevalgene 1967" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1967. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  26. "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  27. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  28. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  29. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  30. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  31. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  32. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  33. Roland, Kåre. "Ordførere i Lurøy" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lurøy.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.