Hafslo Municipality

Hafslo Municipality
Hafslo herad
Former municipality
View of Hafslo
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway
Hafslo within Sogn og Fjordane
Coordinates: 61°18′39″N 07°11′08″E / 61.31083°N 7.18556°E / 61.31083; 7.18556
CountryNorway
CountySogn og Fjordane
DistrictSogn
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1963
 • Succeeded byLuster Municipality
Administrative centreHafslo
Government
 • Mayor (1961–1963)Hans H. Sjøtun
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
604.99 km2 (233.59 sq mi)
 • Rank#164 in Norway
Highest elevation
[1]
1,957 m (6,421 ft)
Population
 (1962)
 • Total
2,417
 • Rank#383 in Norway
 • Density4/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
 −10.7%
DemonymHafslobygding[2]
Official language
[4]
 • Norwegian formNynorsk[3]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1425[5]
Data from Statistics Norway

Hafslo is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 605-square-kilometre (234 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. The area is now part of Luster Municipality in the traditional district of Sogn in Vestland county. The administrative centre was the village of Hafslo. Other villages in the municipality included Kinsedalen, Ornes, and Kroken (on the south side of the fjord and the villages of Solvorn, Joranger, and Veitastrond on the north side of the Lustrafjorden.[6]

Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the 604.99-square-kilometre (233.59 sq mi) municipality was the 164th largest by area out of the 705 municipalities in Norway. Hafslo Municipality was the 383rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 2,417. The municipality's population density was 4 inhabitants per square kilometre (10/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 10.7% over the previous 10-year period.[7][8]

General information

The parish of Hafslo was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, Hafslo Municipality (population: 2,384) was merged with the neighboring Luster Municipality (population: 2,674) and Jostedal Municipality (population: 796) to form a new, larger Luster Municipality.[9]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Hafslo farm (Old Norse: Hafrsló) since the first Hafslo Church was built there. The first element is the old male name Hafr, the name is identical with the word hafr which means "male goat". The last element is ló which means "clearing" or "meadow", probably due to the excellent farming areas nearby.[10]

Churches

The Church of Norway had four parishes (sokn) within Hafslo Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Hafslo prestegjeld and the Indre Sogn prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[8]

Churches in Hafslo Municipality
Parish (sokn) Church name Location of the church Year built
Fet Fet Church Fet 1894
Hafslo Hafslo Church Hafslo 1878
Veitastrond Chapel Veitastrond 1928
Joranger Joranger Church Joranger 1660
Solvorn Solvorn Church Solvorn 1883
Urnes Stave Church Ornes 1130

Geography

The municipality surrounded the lakes Hafslovatnet and Veitastrondvatnet. The highest point in the municipality was the 1,957-metre (6,421 ft) tall mountain Høgste Breakulen on the Jostedalsbreen glacier and on the border with Stryn Municipality.[1]

Innvik Municipality and Stryn Municipality were located to the north, Luster Municipality was to the east, Årdal Municipality was to the southeast, Sogndal Municipality was to the south, Balestrand Municipality was to the west, and Jølster Municipality was to the northwest.

Government

While it existed, Hafslo 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.[11] The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the Gulating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Hafslo Municipality was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Hafslo heradsstyre 1959–1963 [12]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 7
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 2
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 3
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 5
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 1
Total number of members:21
Note: On 1 January 1963, Hafslo Municipality became part of Luster Municipality.
Hafslo heradsstyre 1955–1959 [13]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 7
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 3
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 3
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 5
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
Total number of members:21
Hafslo heradsstyre 1951–1955 [14]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 9
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 5
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 8
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 6
Total number of members:28
Hafslo heradsstyre 1947–1951 [15]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 4
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti) 1
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 2
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste) 5
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 6
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 10
Total number of members:28
Hafslo heradsstyre 1945–1947 [16]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 4
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste) 9
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:28
Hafslo heradsstyre 1937–1941* [17]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet) 6
  Conservative Party (Høgre) 1
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 7
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 4
  List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste) 1
  Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister) 4
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 5
Total number of members:28
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 mayor (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Hafslo Municipality was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people held this position:[18]

  • 1838–1839: Ola Trondsen Lid
  • 1840–1859: Einar Joranger
  • 1860–1860: Samuel M. Bugge
  • 1861–1861: C. Aars
  • 1862–1862: Ola I. Fet
  • 1863–1877: Samuel M. Bugge
  • 1878–1881: Einar Joranger
  • 1882–1885: Samuel M. Bugge
  • 1886–1895: Ola I. Hillestad
  • 1896–1898: Anders J. Tørvi
  • 1899–1904: Erik Nitter Walaker
  • 1905–1907: Samuel O. Moe
  • 1908–1910: Erik Nitter Walaker
  • 1911–1919: Ola I. Joranger
  • 1920–1922: Wilken Nitter Walaker
  • 1923–1928: Ivar O. Hillestad
  • 1929–1931: Torstein Molland
  • 1932–1937: J.W. Fraas
  • 1938–1942: Torstein Molland
  • 1942–1944: Amund Bremer
  • 1945–1945: Torstein Molland
  • 1946–1947: Ola Sjøtun
  • 1948–1961: Einar Kjos
  • 1961–1963: Hans H. Sjøtun
  • The Hafslo village area in the central part of the municipality
  • The Ornes area in eastern Hafslo municipality
  • The Veitastrondsvatnet lake and the Jostedalsbreen glacier (northern end of the municipality
  • Hafslo Church

Notable people

See also

References

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