Stjørna

Stjørna is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. The 322-square-kilometre (124 sq mi) municipality encompassed the land surrounding the Stjørnfjorden in what is now the municipalities of Ørland and Indre Fosen in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre of Stjørna was the village of Husbysjøen. The municipality of Stjørna also included the villages of Høybakken, Råkvåg, and Fevåg. The main church for the municipality was Stjørna Church which is now called Heggvik Church.[2]

Stjørna herred
Skjørn herred (historic)
Former municipality
Official logo of Stjørna herred
Sør-Trøndelag within
Norway
Stjørna within Sør-Trøndelag
Stjørna within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°44′50″N 10°06′25″E
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictFosen
Established1 Jan 1899
 • Preceded byBjugn Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byBjugn & Rissa
Administrative centreHusbysjøen
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total322 km2 (124 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total2,544
 • Density7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
DemonymStjørnværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1626
Data from Statistics Norway

History
Map of the municipality in 1960

The municipality of Skjørn was established on 1 January 1899 when the old municipality of Bjugn was split into three separate municipalities: Bjugn (population: 1,256), Skjørn (population: 2,166), and Nes (population: 1,285). In 1918, the spelling of the name was changed from Skjørn to Stjørna. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the northern part of the municipality (Nord-Stjørna) (population: 676) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Bjugn (population: 1,240), Nes (population: 1,107), and Jøssund (population: 1,917) to form a new, larger municipality of Bjugn. The southern part of Stjørna municipality (Sør-Stjørna) (population: 1,868) was merged with the neighboring municipality of Rissa (population: 3,264) and most of the municipality of Stadsbygd (population: 1,616) to form a new, larger municipality of Rissa.[3]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the local Stjørnfjorden. The name was once the old name for the river which flows into the fjord. The old river name has an uncertain meaning. It may come from the Old Norse word stjórn which means "governance". In 1918, the spelling of the name was changed from Skjørn to Stjørna.[2][4]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[5]

Mayors

The mayors of Stjørna:[6][7][8]

  • 1899–1904: Johan Arnt Hegvik (V)
  • 1905–1910: Johan Arnt Mollan (V)
  • 1911–1916: Lars Bromstad (V)
  • 1917–1925: Johan Arnt Mollan (V)
  • 1926–1936: Kristian Ramsvik (V)
  • 1938–1940: Hans Bromstad (V)
  • 1941–1944: Christian Brun Jenssen (NS)
  • 1944–1945: Johan Olav Bjørkvik (NS)
  • 1945–1945: Karl Saltnes (Bp)
  • 1945–1955: Hans Bromstad (V)
  • 1956–1963: Georg Breivoll (V)

Municipal council

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

Stjørna herredsstyre 1960–1963 [9]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 1
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 3
Total number of members:17
Stjørna herredsstyre 1956–1959 [10]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:17
Stjørna herredsstyre 1952–1955 [11]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 6
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 4
Total number of members:16
Stjørna herredsstyre 1948–1951 [12]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 4
  Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 4
Total number of members:16
Stjørna herredsstyre 1945–1947 [13]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 4
Total number of members:16
Stjørna herredsstyre 1938–1941* [14]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 7
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 5
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister) 2
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
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. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Haugen, Morten, ed. (15 February 2009). "Stjørna". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  4. Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 37.
  5. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. Sæther, Stein Arne, ed. (1993). Fosen. Natur, kultur og mennesker (in Norwegian). Trondheim: Adresseavisens Forlag. pp. 215–216.
  7. Ramsvik, Kristian (1957). "Stjørna". In Fiskaa, Haakon M; Myckland, Haakon Falck (eds.). Norges bebyggelse. Nordlige seksjon. Herredsbindet for Sør-Trøndelag. Nordre del (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk faglitteratur. pp. 949–953.
  8. "Historisk bildegalleri: Ordførere Stjørna (1899 – 1963)". historierfraindrefosen.no. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  13. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  14. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

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