Lånke Municipality

This article is about the village. For the politician, see Ola T. Lånke.

Lånke was a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 185-square-kilometre (71 sq mi) municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was located south of the Stjørdalselva river in what is now the south-central part of Stjørdal municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was located in the village of Hell. The famous Hell Station in the village of Hell is situated in the westernmost part of Lånke. There are two churches in Lånke: Lånke Church and Elvran Chapel. Historically, this parish was also known as Leksdal. Lånke is an area dominated by agriculture and forests.^[3]

Lånke Municipality Lånke herred
Former municipality
Laanke herred  (historic name)
View of the Stjørdal area with Lånke on the left of the photo
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Lånke within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°26′41″N 10°56′03″E
Country	Norway
County	Nord-Trøndelag
District	Stjørdalen
Established	1 Jan 1902
• Preceded by	Nedre Stjørdal Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1962
• Succeeded by	Stjørdal Municipality
Administrative centre	Hell
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	185 km2 (71 sq mi)
Population  (1962)
• Total	1,967
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Demonym	Lånkbygg[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1713[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

View of the village of Hell in Lånke

The municipality of Laanke was created on 1 January 1902 when the old municipality of Nedre Stjørdal was split into three new municipalities: Laanke (population: 1,449), Stjørdal (population: 3,158), and Skatval (population: 2,125). On 1 January 1914 the small Jøssås area of southwestern Laanke (population: 38) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Malvik which at that time was in the neighboring county of Sør-Trøndelag.^[4] The spelling of the municipality was later changed to Lånke. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the neighboring municipalities of Lånke (population: 1,967), Stjørdal (population: 6,204), Hegra (population: 2,704), and Skatval (population: 1,944) merged to form a new, larger municipality of Stjørdal.^[5]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Laanke farm (Old Norse: Lǫnku) since the first Lånke Church was built there. The name comes from the genitive case of the Old Norse word langr which means "long", perhaps referring to the long flat area along the river Stjørdalselva.^[6] On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Laanke with the digraph "aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Lånke, using the letter å was instead.^[7][8]

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.^[9]

Mayors

The mayors of Lånke:^[10]

• 1902–1913: Andreas Thyholt (H)
• 1914–1922: Torstein Sætnan (H/Bp)
• 1923–1928: Olaf Jullum (Bp)
• 1929–1937: Lorents Stenvig (Bp)
• 1938–1941: Halvard Havdal (Bp)
• 1941–1944: Tøllef Elverum (NS)
• 1944–1945: Ole O. Elverum (NS)
• 1945-1945: Osvald Nordback (NS)
• 1945-1945: Halvard Havdal (Bp)
• 1946–1951: Johan Hoås (V)
• 1952–1955: Oskar Sletne (Ap)
• 1956–1957: Iver O. Jullum (Bp)
• 1957–1959: Gustav Stuberg (Bp)
• 1960–1961: Johan Hoås (V)

Municipal council

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

Lånke herredsstyre 1960–1961 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
Total number of members:		17

Lånke herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	8
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		17

Lånke herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[13]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
Total number of members:		16

Lånke herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[14]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	4
Total number of members:		16

Lånke herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[15]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	5
Total number of members:		16

Lånke herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[16]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	4
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.

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References

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