Flå, Sør-Trøndelag

Flå is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The approximately 110-square-kilometre (42 sq mi) municipality existed from 1880 until its dissolution in 1964. Flå was located in the eastern part of what is now the municipality of Melhus in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Ler. The main church for the area is Flå Church.[2]

View of Ler in 1906
Flå herred

Flaa
Former municipality
Sør-Trøndelag within
Norway
Flå within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°11′51″N 10°18′11″E
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictGauldalen
Established1 Jan 1880
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
Administrative centreLer
Population
 (1964)
 • Total843
Demonym(s)flåbygg[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1652
Preceded byMelhus in 1880
Succeeded byMelhus in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Flaa was established in 1880 when the municipality of Melhus was divided into two. The new municipality of Flaa had an initial population of 614. The spelling was later changed to Flå. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Hølonda (population: 1,428), Horg (population: 2,560), Flå (population: 843), Melhus (population: 3,978), and the Langørgen farm (population: 11) in Buvik were all merged to form a new, larger municipality of Melhus.[3]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Flå, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elects a mayor.[4]

Municipal council

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

Flå Herredsstyre 1960–1963 [5]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)5
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)6
 Liberal Party (Venstre)1
Total number of members:13
Flå Herredsstyre 1956–1959 [6]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)5
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)1
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)6
 Liberal Party (Venstre)1
Total number of members:13
Flå Herredsstyre 1952–1955 [7]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)4
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)1
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)6
 Liberal Party (Venstre)1
Total number of members:12
Flå Herredsstyre 1948–1951 [8]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)4
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)1
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)1
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)5
 Liberal Party (Venstre)1
Total number of members:12
Flå Herredsstyre 1945–1947 [9]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)4
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)1
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)4
Total number of members:12
Flå Herredsstyre 1938–1941* [10]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)3
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)1
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)5
 Liberal Party (Venstre)3
Total number of members:12

Notable residents

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Flå – sogn og tidl. kommune i Sør-Trøndelag" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. Hansen, Tore, ed. (2016-05-12). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  5. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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