Laksevåg (municipality)

Laksevåg is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway. The 32-square-kilometre (12 sq mi) municipality was located on the western part of the Bergen Peninsula. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Loddefjord. The municipality, which existed from 1918 until 1972, was a located a short distance west of the city of Bergen, and today it makes up the borough of Laksevåg which is part of the city of Bergen in Bergen Municipality which is now in Vestland county. The municipality was located along the Byfjorden, north of the Grimstadfjorden, and west of the Fyllingsdalen valley.[1]

Laksevåg kommune
Former municipality
View from Lyderhorn
Hordaland within
Norway
Laksevåg within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°22′07″N 05°13′33″E
CountryNorway
CountyHordaland
DistrictMidhordland
Established1 July 1918
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
Administrative centreLoddefjord
Government
 • Mayor (1964–1971)Ingvald Iversen
Area
 • Total32.72 km2 (12.63 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1971)
 • Total23,350
 • Density710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1248
Preceded byAskøy in 1918
Succeeded byBergen in 1972
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Laksevåg was established on 1 July 1918 when it was separated from the municipality of Askøy. Initially, the municipality had 6,957 residents. On 1 July 1921, the village area of Gyldenpris (population: 1,734) was transferred from Laksevåg to the growing city of Bergen, located to the east. On 1 January 1972, the city of Bergen was expanded and the four surrounding municipalities of Laksevåg (population: 24,672), Arna, Fana, and Åsane, were all merged with Bergen to form one large urban municipality with over 200,000 residents.[2]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Laksevåg was made up of 41 representatives that were elected to four-year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Laksevåg Kommunestyre 1968–1971 [3]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)20
 Conservative Party (Høgre)7
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)1
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)2
 Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)3
 Liberal Party (Venstre)8
Total number of members:41
Laksevåg Kommunestyre 1964–1967 [4]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)22
 Conservative Party (Høgre)8
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)1
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)2
 Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)7
Total number of members:41
Laksevåg Heradsstyre 1960–1963 [5]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)19
 Conservative Party (Høgre)5
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)5
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)4
 Liberal Party (Venstre)8
Total number of members:41
Laksevåg Heradsstyre 1956–1959 [6]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)19
 Conservative Party (Høgre)4
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)6
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)4
 Liberal Party (Venstre)8
Total number of members:41
Laksevåg Heradsstyre 1952–1955 [7]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)15
 Conservative Party (Høgre)2
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)5
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)3
 Liberal Party (Venstre)7
Total number of members:32
Laksevåg Heradsstyre 1948–1951 [8]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)12
 Conservative Party (Høgre)1
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)8
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)2
 Liberal Party (Venstre)5
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)4
Total number of members:32
Laksevåg Heradsstyre 1945–1947 [9]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)13
 Conservative Party (Høgre)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)3
 List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders
(Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste)		4
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)3
Total number of members:24
Laksevåg Heradsstyre 1938–1941* [10]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)8
 Conservative Party (Høgre)2
 Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)5
 Liberal Party (Venstre)4
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgarlege Felleslister)4
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)1
Total number of members:24

See also

References
  1. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (25 September 2019). "Laksevåg - tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. "Kommunevalgene 1967" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1967. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. "Kommunevalgene 1963" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1963. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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