Hålandsdal

Hålandsdal is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 131-square-kilometre (51 sq mi) municipality existed from 1903 until 1964. It encompassed the eastern part of what is now Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county. It included the large lakes Skogseidvatnet and Gjønavatnet and all of their surrounding valleys. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Holdhus where the Holdhus Church is located.[1]

Hålandsdal herad
Haalandsdalen herred (historic)
Former municipality
Official logo of Hålandsdal herad
Hordaland within
Norway
Hålandsdal within Hordaland
Hålandsdal within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°14′N 05°49′E
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictMidhordland
Established1 Jan 1903
 • Preceded byFusa Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byFusa Municipality
Administrative centreHoldhus
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total131 km2 (51 sq mi)
Population
 (1963)
 • Total534
 • Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1239
Data from Statistics Norway

History
Holdhus Church in Hålandsdal

On 1 January 1903, the parish of Hålandsdal (historically spelled Haalandsdalen) was separated from the municipality of Fusa to form a separate municipality of its own. Initially, Hålandsdal had a population of 647.[2]

It was a small municipality and so in the early 1960s, the Schei Committee recommended that it be merged with two of its neighbors: Fusa and Strandvik. So, on 1 January 1964, Hålandsdal was merged with Strandvik and most of Fusa, creating a new, larger municipality of Fusa. Prior to the merger, Hålandsdal had a population of 528.[2]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Haaland farm (Old Norse: Hávaland or Háland) since the first Hålandsdal Church was built there. The first element comes from the word hár which means "high" or "tall". The last element is land which means "land". Historically, the name was also spelled Haalandsdalen, adding the suffix -dalen which comes from dalr which means "valley" or "dale". Prior to the 1917 Norwegian language reform law, the name was spelled with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the letter å was used instead.[3]

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.[4]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Hålandsdal was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1960–1963 [5]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1956–1959 [6]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1952–1955 [7]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1948–1951 [8]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1945–1947 [9]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Hålandsdal heradsstyre 1938–1941* [10]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 7
Total number of members:12
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. "Hålandsdal" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1910). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (11 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 74 and 192.
  4. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 16 May 2020.

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