Syvde

Syvde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1918 until its dissolution in 1964. The 125-square-kilometre (48 sq mi) municipality included the areas surrounding the Syvdsfjorden in the eastern part of the present-day Vanylven Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Myklebost, at the end of the fjord. Syvde Church was the municipal church.[2]

This article is about the former municipality in Sunnmøre, Norway. For the village in Vanylven, Norway, see Myklebost, Vanylven.
Syvde herred
Former municipality
View from Eidså across the Syvdsfjorden in the area of the old Syvde municipality
Møre og Romsdal within
Norway
Syvde within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°05′16″N 05°44′15″E
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1 Feb 1918
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
Administrative centreMyklebost
Area
 • Total125 km2 (48 sq mi)
 *Area at municipal dissolution.
Population
 (1964)
 • Total1,458
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Syvding[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1512
Preceded byVanylven in 1918
Succeeded byVanylven in 1964
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Syvde was established on 1 February 1918 when the old Vanylven Municipality was split into two municipalities: Vanyvlen and Syvde. Initially, Syvde had a population of 1,260. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, all of Syvde Municipality (population: 1,458), all of Rovde Municipality located south of the Rovdefjorden (population: 436), and all of Vanylven Municipality (population: 2,003) where merged into a new, larger Vanylven Municipality.[3]

Name

The name Syvde comes from the local fjord, Syvdsfjorden. The Old Norse form is Sybðir which means "crooked" or "bent", referring to the shape of the fjord. The name was historically spelled "Søvde".[2][4]

Government

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

Syvde Heradsstyre 1960–1963 [6]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)17
Total number of members:17
Syvde Heradsstyre 1956–1959 [7]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)17
Total number of members:17
Syvde Heradsstyre 1952–1955 [8]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)16
Total number of members:16
Syvde Herredsstyre 1948–1951 [9]  
Party Name (in Norwegian)Number of
representatives
 Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)6
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)10
Total number of members:16
Syvde Heradsstyre 1945–1947 [10]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)16
Total number of members:16
Syvde Heradsstyre 1938–1941* [11]  
Party Name (in Nynorsk)Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)3
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:16

See also

References
  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2017-06-17). "Syvde - tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. Rygh, Oluf (1908). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (in Norwegian) (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 11.
  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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