Hjørundfjord

This article is about the former municipality in Sunnmøre, Norway. For the fjord, see Hjørundfjorden.

Hjørundfjord is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The 277-square-kilometre (107 sq mi) municipality is now a part of the municipality of Ørsta. The administrative centre was the village of Sæbø, located on the shores of the Hjørundfjorden. The municipality encircled both sides of the Hjørundfjorden as well as the Bondalen valley. The villages of Bjørke, Leira, and Store Standal were all a part Hjørundfjord Municipality.^[3]

Hjørundfjord Municipality Hjørundfjord herred
Former municipality
View of the Hjørundfjorden from the south (in from the section called Storfjorden by Viddal)
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Hjørundfjord within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°12′33″N 06°28′11″E
Country	Norway
County	Møre og Romsdal
District	Sunnmøre
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Ørsta Municipality
Administrative centre	Sæbø
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	277 km2 (107 sq mi)
Population  (1964)
• Total	1,728
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Demonym	Hjørundfjording[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1522[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). The original municipality was the same as the prestegjeld (parish) of Hjørundfjord. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the three neighboring municipalities of Hjørundfjord (population: 1,728), Vartdal (population: 1,315), and Ørsta (population: 6,209) were merged into one large municipality, under the name Ørsta.^[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the local Hjørundfjorden (Old Norse: Hjǫrundarfjǫrdr). The first element is the old name of the fjord, Old Norse: Hjǫrund. This origin of this name is uncertain, but it may have come from the word hjǫrr which means "sword". The last element is fjǫrdr which means "fjord".^[5]

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.^[6]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Hjørundfjord was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Hjørundfjord heradsstyre 1960–1963 ^[7]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	15
Total number of members:		17

Hjørundfjord heradsstyre 1956–1959 ^[8]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	15
Total number of members:		17

Hjørundfjord heradsstyre 1952–1955 ^[9]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	14
Total number of members:		16

Hjørundfjord heradsstyre 1948–1951 ^[10]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	16
Total number of members:		16

Hjørundfjord heradsstyre 1945–1947 ^[11]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	14
Total number of members:		16

Hjørundfjord heradsstyre 1938–1941* ^[12]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	14
Total number of members:		16
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

Mayors

The mayors of Hjørundfjord:

• 1837–1851: Hans Olsen Stokke
• 1852–1853: Ole Olsen Saure
• 1854–1857: Ole Torstensen Standal
• 1858–1859: Edvard Storm Munch
• 1870–1898: Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad (V)
• 1899–1899: Arne Eliasson Grønningsæter
• 1900–1907: Ole Christian Larsson Tvergrov
• 1908–1916: John Olson Standal
• 1917–1919: Jetmund Jakobson Skjaastad
• 1920–1922: Ole Karlsen Tryggeseth
• 1923–1931: Bernt Ingebriktson Håndlykken
• 1932–1934: Knut Jonson Standal
• 1935–1941: Elias Christian Fanneløb
• 1941–1942: Trygve Nilsen (NS)
• 1942–1945: Ola O. Skylstad (NS)
• 1945–1945: Karl A. Tryggeseth
• 1946–1959: Johannes Bjøringsøy
• 1960–1963: Jakob E. Øye

Notable people

• Knut Skram (born 1937), baritone
• Rasmus Skylstad (1893–1972), diplomat

See also

• List of municipalities of Norway

References

1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
2. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
3. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (13 September 2015). "Hjørundfjord - tidligere kommune i Møre og Romsdal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
4. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
5. Rygh, Oluf (1908). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (in Norwegian) (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 95.
6. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

External links

• The dictionary definition of Hjørundfjord at Wiktionary
• Hjørundfjord travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Official website about Hjørundfjorden (in Norwegian)