Glåmos (municipality)

Glåmos is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The short-lived municipality existed from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the northern part of what is now the municipality of Røros in Trøndelag county. It included all the area around the headwaters of the river Glåma and the areas surrounding the northern and western sides of the lake Aursunden. The administrative centre was the village of Glåmos where Glåmos Church is located.[3]

Glåmos herred
Former municipality
View of Glåmos
Sør-Trøndelag within
Norway
Glåmos within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 62.6714°N 11.4288°E / 62.6714; 11.4288
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictGauldalen
Established1926
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
Administrative centreGlåmos
Population
 (1964)
 • Total700
Demonym(s)glåmosing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1643
Official language formNeutral[2]
Preceded byRøros in 1926
Succeeded byRøros in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

The municipality had some old copper mines located in the mountains near the village that used to supply the Røros Copper Works in the nearby town of Røros.

History
View of Glåmos Church

The parish of Glåmos was established as a municipality in 1926 when the large municipality of Røros was split into four separate municipalities: Glåmos (population: 983), Brekken (population: 1,098), Røros landsogn (population: 701), and the town of Røros (population: 2,284). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the four municipalities of Glåmos (population: 700), Brekken (population: 964), Røros landsogn (population: 482), and the town of Røros (population: 3,063) were all reunited under the name Røros.[4]

Name

The first element of the name is the name of the river Glåma and the last element is os meaning the "starting point of a river". The river Glåma is considered to start near here at the end of the lake Aursunden.[3]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Glåmos, 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.[5]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Glåmos was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Glåmos Herredsstyre 1960–1963 [6]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)11
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)2
Total number of members:13
Glåmos Herredsstyre 1956–1959 [7]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)9
 List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders
(Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)		4
Total number of members:13
Glåmos Herredsstyre 1952–1955 [8]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)10
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)2
Total number of members:12
Glåmos Herredsstyre 1948–1951 [9]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)10
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)2
Total number of members:12
Glåmos Herredsstyre 1945–1947 [10]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)10
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)2
Total number of members:12
Glåmos Herredsstyre 1938–1941* [11]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)9
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)3
Total number of members:12

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2017-12-21). "Glåmos". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  4. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  5. Hansen, Tore, ed. (2016-05-12). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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