Spind Municipality
Spind herred
Former municipality
View of the municipal church
View of the municipal church
Vest-Agder within Norway
Vest-Agder within Norway
Spind within Vest-Agder
Spind within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°05′35″N 06°54′06″E / 58.09306°N 6.90167°E / 58.09306; 6.90167
CountryNorway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictLister
Established17 Oct 1893
 • Preceded byHerad Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byFarsund Municipality
Administrative centreRødland
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total43 km2 (17 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total606
 • Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
DemonymSpindværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1040[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Spind is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 43-square-kilometre (17 sq mi) municipality existed from 1893 until 1965. It was located on the Spind peninsula in the western part of the present-day municipality of Farsund in Agder county. The peninsula lies between the Lygndalsfjord and the Rosfjord. The administrative centre of Spind was located in the village of Rødland where Spind Church is located.[3]

History

The municipality of Spind was established on 17 October 1893 when it was split from the municipality of Herad. At the time of its establishment, Spind had 1,410 inhabitants. On 1 July 1916, a small part of the neighboring municipality of Austad (population: 4) was transferred to Spind. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, Spind (population: 606) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Herad and Lista and with the town of Farsund to form a new, larger municipality of Farsund.[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Spind farm (Old Norse: Spind) since it was an old name for the area. The name is identical with the Old Norse word spind which means "lump" or "knoll", probably because the land has many rolling hills.[5]

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 directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.[6]

Municipal council

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

Spind herredsstyre 1964 [7]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Spind herredsstyre 1960–1963 [8]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Spind herredsstyre 1956–1959 [9]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 13
Total number of members:13
Spind herredsstyre 1952–1955 [10]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Spind herredsstyre 1948–1951 [11]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Spind herredsstyre 1945–1947 [12]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
Total number of members:12
Spind herredsstyre 1938–1941* [13]  
Party name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 12
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.

Mayors

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Spind:[14]

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. ^ "Spind". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  4. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  5. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 213.
  6. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Ordførere i Farsund, Lista, Herad og Spind gjennom tiden". Farsund kommune (in Norwegian). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

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