Konsmo (municipality)

Konsmo is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 107-square-kilometre (41 sq mi) municipality existed from 1911 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Konsmo where Konsmo Church is located. The municipality was located in what is now the municipality of Lyngdal in Agder county.^[3]

Konsmo Municipality Konsmo herred
Former municipality
Vest-Agder within Norway
Konsmo within Vest-Agder
Coordinates: 58°17′07″N 07°21′21″E
Country	Norway
County	Vest-Agder
District	Sørlandet
Established	1 Jan 1911
• Preceded by	Nord-Audnedal Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Audnedal Municipality
Administrative centre	Konsmo
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	107 km2 (41 sq mi)
Population  (1964)
• Total	712
• Density	6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
Demonym	Konsmosokning[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1027[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Konsmo was established on 1 January 1911 when the old municipality of Nord-Audnedal was divided into Konsmo (population: 782) and Vigmostad (population: 923). There were many municipal mergers across Norway during the 1960s due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Konsmo municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality of Grindheim and the Ågedal and Midtbø areas from Bjelland municipality to create the new municipality of Audnedal. Before the merger Konsmo had a population of 712.^[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Konsmo farm (Old Norse: Konungsmór) since the first Konsmo Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of konungr which means "king". The last element is mór which means "moorland" or "heath". This name in modern Norwegian would be Kongsmoen, meaning "King's moor". Over time, the name was corrupted to Konsmo.^[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 (Herredsstyre) of Konsmo was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Konsmo herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[7]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		13

Konsmo herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[8]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	7
Total number of members:		13

Konsmo herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[9]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	5
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	7
Total number of members:		12

Konsmo herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[10]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	6
Total number of members:		12

Konsmo herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	5
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	5
	Joint list of the Liberal Party (Venstre) and the Radical People's Party (Radikale Folkepartiet)	1
Total number of members:		12

Konsmo herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	1
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	7
Total number of members:		12
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.

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References

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2. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
3. Store norske leksikon. "Konsmo – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 November 2016.
4. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
5. Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 142.
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