Sunnylven

Sunnylven is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 637-square-kilometre (246 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. Since that time, it has made up the southern part of the present-day Stranda Municipality. It encompassed the areas around the Sunnylvsfjorden and Geirangerfjorden. The village of Hellesylt was the administrative centre of the municipality and Geiranger was the other main population centre in Sunnylven. The main church for the municipality was Sunnylven Church in Hellesylt.[2]

Sunnylven herred
Former municipality
View of Hellesylt and Sunnylven Church (1880s)
Møre og Romsdal within
Norway
Sunnylven within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°05′07″N 06°51′57″E
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1 Jan 1838
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
Administrative centreHellesylt
Area
 • Total637 km2 (246 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1965)
 • Total1,221
 • Density1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Sunnylving[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1523
Created asFormannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Succeeded byStranda in 1965
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Sunnylven was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). According to the 1835 census, Sunnylven had a population of 1,476.[3] During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the two neighboring municipalities of Sunnylven (population: 1,221) and Stranda (population: 3,453) were merged into one large Stranda Municipality.[4]

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Sunnylven, 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 (Heradsstyre) of Sunnylven was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Sunnylven Heradsstyre 1964 [6]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)17
Total number of members:17
Sunnylven Heradsstyre 1960–1963 [7]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)17
Total number of members:17
Sunnylven Heradsstyre 1956–1959 [8]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)15
Total number of members:15
Sunnylven Heradsstyre 1952–1955 [9]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)16
Total number of members:16
Sunnylven Heradsstyre 1948–1951 [10]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)16
Total number of members:16
Sunnylven Heradsstyre 1945–1947 [11]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)16
Total number of members:16
Sunnylven Heradsstyre 1938–1941* [12]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)16
Total number of members:16

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2017-02-24). "Sunnylven - tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  3. Registreringssentral for historiske data. "Hjemmehørende folkemengde Møre og Romsdal 1801-1960" (in Norwegian). University of Tromsø. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  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 1963" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1964. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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