Bremnes

Bremnes is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1916 until 1963 when it was merged into the new municipality of Bømlo which is now part of Vestland county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Svortland, where Bremnes Church is located. The 125-square-kilometre (48 sq mi) municipality covered the northern and western half of the island of Bømlo as well as the many small, surrounding islets.[2]

This article is about the former municipality in Hordaland, Norway. For other uses, see Bremnes (disambiguation).
Bremnes herad
Former municipality
Hordaland within
Norway
Bremnes within Hordaland
Coordinates: 59°47′34″N 05°10′20″E
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictSunnhordland
Established1 July 1916
Disestablished1 Jan 1963
Administrative centreSvortland
Area
 • Total125 km2 (48 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1963)
 • Total4,829
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Bremnesing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1220
Preceded byFinnås in 1916
Succeeded byBømlo in 1963
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Bremnes was established on 1 July 1916 when the old municipality of Finnås was split into the three new municipalities: Moster (population: 1,316), Bømlo (population: 1,217), and Bremnes (population: 3,411). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, the three municipalities of Moster (population: 1,834), Bømlo (population: 1,463), and Bremnes (population: 4,829) were merged into a new, larger Bømlo Municipality.[3]

Government

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Bremnes was made up of 23 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Bremnes Heradsstyre 1960–1963 [4]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)2
 Conservative Party (Høgre)2
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)8
 Liberal Party (Venstre)5
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)6
Total number of members:23
Bremnes Heradsstyre 1956–1959 [5]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)1
 Conservative Party (Høgre)3
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)7
 Liberal Party (Venstre)5
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)7
Total number of members:23
Bremnes Heradsstyre 1952–1955 [6]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)1
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)3
 Liberal Party (Venstre)6
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)3
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)7
Total number of members:20
Bremnes Heradsstyre 1948–1951 [7]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)1
 Conservative Party (Høgre)2
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)5
 Liberal Party (Venstre)5
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)7
Total number of members:20
Bremnes Heradsstyre 1945–1947 [8]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Liberal Party (Venstre)8
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
Total number of members:20
Bremnes Heradsstyre 1938–1941* [9]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)5
 Liberal Party (Venstre)7
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)2
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)6
Total number of members:20

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Bremnes – Hordaland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  5. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
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