Frol Municipality
Frol herred
Former municipality
Levanger herred  (historic name)
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Frol within Nord-Trøndelag
Frol within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°41′08″N 11°29′15″E / 63.68556°N 11.48750°E / 63.68556; 11.48750
CountryNorway
CountyNord-Trøndelag
DistrictInnherred
Established1856
 • Preceded byLevanger Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1962
 • Succeeded byLevanger Municipality
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total140 km2 (50 sq mi)
Population
 (1962)
 • Total3,774
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
DemonymFroling[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1720[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Frol is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 140-square-kilometre (54 sq mi) municipality existed from 1856 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was first known as Levanger landsogn and then in 1911 the name was changed to Frol. The municipality included all the area surrounding the town of Levanger in what is now the municipality of Levanger in Trøndelag county.[3][4]

History

Okkenhaug Church in Frol

The municipality was established as Levanger landsogn in 1856 when the old Levanger formannskapsdistrikt was divided into two municipalities the "town" (kjøpstad) and the "rural district" (landsogn or herred). The two municipalities were named Levanger kjøpstad (population: 1,017) and Levanger landsogn (population: 2,290). On 28 November 1874, two uninhabited parts of the neighboring municipality of Skogn were transferred to Levanger landsogn by a royal resolution. On 13 November 1951, the Lillemarksbakkene area in Frol (population: 51) was transferred to the town of Levanger.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the town of Levanger (population: 1,669) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Frol (population: 3,774), Åsen (population: 1,939), and Skogn (population: 4,756) to form a new, larger municipality called Levanger.[5]

Name

The original name of the municipality was Levanger, after the old Levanger farm (Old Norse: Lifangr) since the first Levanger Church was built there. The first element is Lif which means "sheltered". The last element is angr which means "fjord".[6]

On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the name of the municipality to Frol.[7] This was done to distinguish it from the neighboring town of Levanger. The new name came from the old Frol skipreide (Old Norse: Fról) which was a medieval administrative division of Norway. The meaning of the old name is uncertain.[8]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.[9]

Municipal council

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

Frol herredsstyre 1960–1963 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 11
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 5
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
Total number of members:21
Frol herredsstyre 1956–1959 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 11
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 1
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 5
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 2
Total number of members:21
Frol herredsstyre 1952–1955 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 2
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 5
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
Total number of members:20
Frol herredsstyre 1948–1951 [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 10
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 5
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 3
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 2
Total number of members:20
Frol herredsstyre 1945–1947 [14]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 5
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 6
Total number of members:20
Frol herredsstyre 1938–1941* [15]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 9
  Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet) 6
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 5
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 Frol:[16][17]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (28 March 2018). "Levanger landdistrikt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (18 March 2018). "Frol". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  5. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  6. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 107.
  7. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1057–1065. 1917.
  8. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 116.
  9. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Ordførere Frol kommune 1856-1961" (in Norwegian). Levanger kommune. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  17. ^ Thurn-Paulsen, B., ed. (1973). Skogn historie (Frol : folk og heimar 1801-1950). Vol. 6–1. Verdal: Verdal boktyrkkeri. pp. 50, 99, 126, 183, and 336.


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