Herdla

Herdla is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1871 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed a large group of about 2,000 islands and skerries covering about 115-square-kilometre (44 sq mi) of land area, to the northwest of the city of Bergen in what is now parts of Øygarden, Alver, and Askøy municipalities in Vestland county. The administrative centre of the municipality was the small island-village of Herdla. The municipality included the northern third of the island of Holsnøy, the northern third of the island of Askøy, and the islands of Misje, Turøy, Toftøy, Rongøy, Blomøy, Ona, Bognøy, and many smaller surrounding islands.[1]

Aircraft from No. 114 Squadron RAF attacking the German airfield at Herdla in preparation of the Operation Archery landings at Vågsøy.
Herdla Golf Club
This article is about the former municipality in Hordaland, Norway. For the island in Norway, see Herdla (island).
Herdla herad
Former municipality
View of the local Herdla Church
Hordaland within
Norway
Herdla within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°34′24″N 04°56′51″E
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictNordhordland
Established1 Jan 1871
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
Administrative centreHerdla
Area
 • Total115 km2 (44 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1963)
 • Total4,991
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1258
Preceded byManger in 1871
Succeeded byAskøy, Fjell, Meland, Radøy, and Øygarden in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

Herdla Church (Herdla kirke) dates back to 1863. The stone structure has 600 seats. The original church was demolished in the 19th century because it had too little space for the congregation. During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, the tower and the roofs were removed because of the belief that the British Royal Air Force used the church to navigate attacks on the west coast of Norway. The church was restored during 1910, 1935, and 1950.

History

On 1 January 1871, the western island district of the municipality of Manger was separated to form the new municipality of Herlø (an old spelling that was changed to Herdla in 1917). Initially, the municipality had 2,484 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. In January 1964, the municipality of Herdla was dissolved and its land was split up as follows:[2]

Municipal council

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

Herdla Heradsstyre 1960–1963 [3]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)6
 Conservative Party (Høgre)2
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)8
 Liberal Party (Venstre)8
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)1
Total number of members:25
Herdla Heradsstyre 1956–1959 [4]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)6
 Conservative Party (Høgre)2
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)8
 Liberal Party (Venstre)6
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)3
Total number of members:25
Herdla Heradsstyre 1952–1955 [5]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)6
 Conservative Party (Høgre)2
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)7
 Liberal Party (Venstre)7
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)2
Total number of members:24
Herdla Heradsstyre 1948–1951 [6]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)5
 Conservative Party (Høgre)3
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)8
 Liberal Party (Venstre)8
Total number of members:24
Herdla Heradsstyre 1945–1947 [7]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)8
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)5
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)2
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)9
Total number of members:24
Herdla Heradsstyre 1938–1941* [8]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)9
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)8
 Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høgre)
and the Free-minded People's Party (Frisindede Folkeparti)		4
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)3
Total number of members:24

See also

References
  1. Store norske leksikon. "Herdla. – tidl. kommune i Hordaland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2020-02-13. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-02-13. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-02-13. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-02-13. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2020-02-13. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
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