Kvam, Nord-Trøndelag

For other uses, see Kvam (disambiguation).

Kvam is a former municipality in what was Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 377-square-kilometre (146 sq mi) municipality existed from 1909 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the areas north and west of the lake Snåsavatnet in what is now the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Kvam on the shore of the lake. Most of the population of Kvam municipality lived along the lake shore. Farther north from the lake includes a wilderness area including the large lakes Gilten and Bangsjøene. The main church for the municipality was Kvam Church, located in the village of Kvam.^[3][4]

Kvam Municipality Kvam herad
Former municipality
View of the municipal church
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Kvam within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64.1401°N 11.7394°E / 64.1401; 11.7394
Country	Norway
County	Nord-Trøndelag
District	Innherred
Established	1 Jan 1909
• Preceded by	Stod Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Steinkjer Municipality
Administrative centre	Kvam
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	377 km2 (146 sq mi)
Population  (1964)
• Total	1,245
• Density	3.3/km2 (8.6/sq mi)
Demonym	Kvamssokning[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1735[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Kvam was established on 1 January 1909 when the large municipality of Stod was split into two: Kvam (population: 934) in the north and Stod (population: 1,169) in the south. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, a large merger took place: the neighboring municipalities of Beitstad (population: 2,563), Egge (population: 3,476), Kvam (population: 1,245), Ogndal (population: 2,678), Sparbu (population: 4,027), and Stod (population: 1,268) were all merged with the town of Steinkjer (population: 4,325) to form the new municipality of Steinkjer.^[5]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Kvam farm (Old Norse: Hvammr) since the first Kvam Church was built there. The name comes from the word hvammr which means "grassy hollow" or "little vale".^[6]

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 elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.^[7]

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Kvam was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Kvam herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[8]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	9
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
Total number of members:		13

Kvam herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[9]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	8
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		13

Kvam herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[10]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	7
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		12

Kvam herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	3
Total number of members:		12

Kvam herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	3
Total number of members:		12

Kvam herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[13]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	2
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	6
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	4
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.

Mayors

The mayors of Kvam:^[14]

• 1909–1910: Ole H. Langhammer (V)
• 1911–1913: Nils Flekstad
• 1914–1925: Ole H. Langhammer (V/Bp)
• 1925–1941: Peter H. Wanderaas (Bp)
• 1942–1943: Birger Øksnes
• 1944–1945: Aksel Aassve
• 1945–1945: Sverre M. Sem (Bp)
• 1946–1947: Arne Grøtan (Bp)
• 1948–1959: Sverre M. Sem (Bp)
• 1959–1959: Oleiv Flekstad (Sp)
• 1960–1963: Olav Hus (Sp)

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References

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3. Steinkjerleksikonet. "Kvam kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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