Sunnylven Municipality
Sunnylven herred
Former municipality
Sunnelven herred  (historic name)
View of Hellesylt and Sunnylven Church (1880s)
View of Hellesylt and Sunnylven Church (1880s)
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Sunnylven within Møre og Romsdal
Sunnylven within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°05′07″N 06°51′57″E / 62.08528°N 6.86583°E / 62.08528; 6.86583
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byStranda Municipality
Administrative centreHellesylt
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total637 km2 (246 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total1,221
 • Density1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi)
DemonymSunnylving[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1523[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

Sunnylven is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 637-square-kilometre (246 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. Since that time, it has made up the southern part of the present-day Stranda Municipality. It encompassed the areas around the Sunnylvsfjorden and Geirangerfjorden. The village of Hellesylt was the administrative centre of the municipality and Geiranger was the other main population centre in Sunnylven. The main church for the municipality was Sunnylven Church in Hellesylt.[3]

History

The municipality of Sunnylven was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). According to the 1835 census, Sunnylven had a population of 1,476.[4] During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the two neighboring municipalities of Sunnylven (population: 1,221) and Stranda (population: 3,453) were merged into one large Stranda Municipality.[5]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Sunnylvsfjorden (Old Norse: Sunniflir). The first element is suðr which means "southern". This is likely referring to the fact that the main Storfjorden splits into two branches: Norddalsfjorden (in the north) and Sunnylvsfjorden (in the south). The last element is iflir which is frequently used in the Sunnmøre area in the names of fjords. It possibly comes from the word viflir which means "low, wet terrain".[6] Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Sunnelven. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Sunnylven.[7]

See also: Vanylven § Name, and Sykkylven § Name

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.[8]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Sunnylven was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Sunnylven heradsstyre 1964 [9]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 17
Total number of members:17
Sunnylven heradsstyre 1960–1963 [10]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 17
Total number of members:17
Sunnylven heradsstyre 1956–1959 [11]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 15
Total number of members:15
Sunnylven heradsstyre 1952–1955 [12]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 16
Total number of members:16
Sunnylven heradsstyre 1948–1951 [13]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 16
Total number of members:16
Sunnylven heradsstyre 1945–1947 [14]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 16
Total number of members:16
Sunnylven heradsstyre 1938–1941* [15]  
Party name (in Nynorsk) Number of
representatives
  Local List(s) (Lokale lister) 16
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. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (24 February 2017). "Sunnylven - tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  4. ^ Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Møre og Romsdal 1801-1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  5. ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
  6. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1908). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (in Norwegian) (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 1 and 105.
  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. ^ Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 20 April 2020.


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