Sør-Vågsøy

Sør-Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1910 until 1964 and it encompassed the southern part of the island of Vågsøy and a small area on the mainland just east of the island. The area is now located in the present-day Kinn Municipality in Vestland county. The administrative centre of the municipality was Måløy, where Sør-Vågsøy Church is located. Other population centres in the municipality are the villages of Holvik, Vågsvåg, Torskangerpoll, Færestrand, and Ytre Oppedal.

Sør-Vågsøy herad
Søndre Vaagsø herred (historic)
Former municipality
View of Måløy
View of Måløy
Official logo of Sør-Vågsøy herad
Sogn og Fjordane within
Norway
Sør-Vågsøy within Sogn og Fjordane
Sør-Vågsøy within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°56′07″N 05°05′49″E
CountryNorway
CountySogn og Fjordane
DistrictNordfjord
Established1 Jan 1910
 • Preceded bySelje Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byVågsøy Municipality
Administrative centreMåløy
Population
 (1964)
 • Total3,926
DemonymVågsøyværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1439
Data from Statistics Norway

History

Sør-Vågsøy was originally a part of the municipality of Selje (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1910, the western part of the municipality of Selje was split off into the two new municipalities of Sør-Vågsøy and Nord-Vågsøy. Sør-Vågsøy had an initial population of 1,517. On 1 July 1921, the Blesrød farm in Nord-Vågsøy (just north of Måløy) was transferred to Sør-Vågsøy. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the new Vågsøy Municipality was created by merging the municipalities of Sør-Vågsøy (population: 3,926) and Nord-Vågsøy (population: 1,476) with parts of the neighboring municipalities of Davik and Selje.[2]

Name

The municipality is named Sør-Vågsøy since it encompasses the southern part of the island of Vågsøy (Old Norse: Vágsey). The prefix is sør which means "southern". The first element of the name is the genitive case of vágr which means "bay" or "inlet". The last element is ey which means "island". Historically, the name was spelled Søndre Vaagsø. 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. Also around that time, the letter y was added to the end of the word to "Norwegianize" the name (ø is the Danish word for "island" and øy is the Norwegian word). The prefix was also modified from Søndre to Sør-, using an alternate way of spelling the same thing.[3][4]

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.[5]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Sør-Vågsøy was made up of 29 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Sør-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1960–1963 [6]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 6
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 8
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 10
Total number of members:29
Sør-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1956–1959 [7]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 7
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 7
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 11
Total number of members:29
Sør-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1952–1955 [8]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 4
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 4
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 8
Total number of members:20
Sør-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1948–1951 [9]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 4
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 11
Total number of members:20
Sør-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1945–1947 [10]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 17
Total number of members:20
Sør-Vågsøy heradsstyre 1938–1941* [11]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 6
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
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 (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Sør-Vågsøy:[12]

  • 1910-1919: Kristen J. Sunde
  • 1920-1922: Hans Søreide
  • 1923-1925: Rasmus Sæternes
  • 1926-1928: Jakob Myrestrand
  • 1926-1940: Gabriel Bruvoll
  • 1940-1941: Johan Gotteberg (NS)
  • 1942-1945: Ingolf Hagevik (NS)
  • 1945-1945: Gabriel Bruvoll
  • 1946-1951: Hans Nystad
  • 1952-1964: Marius Larsen

See also

References
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  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  3. Askheim, Svein, ed. (2017-06-02). "Vågsøy". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  4. Rygh, Oluf (1919). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 399.
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  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
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