Manger (municipality)

Manger is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in what is now Alver Municipality in Vestland county. Upon its dissolution in 1964, Manger encompassed 34 square kilometres (13 sq mi). The municipality originally included almost all of the island of Radøy, the northern part of the island of Holsnøy, and all the islands of northern Øygarden. Over time, the municipality was reduced in size several times, so that by 1964, it was just the central part of Radøy island. The administrative centre was the village of Manger where Manger Church is located.^[2]

Manger Municipality Manger herad
Former municipality
View of the village of Manger
Hordaland within Norway
Manger within Hordaland
Coordinates: 60°38′29″N 05°02′29″E
Country	Norway
County	Hordaland
District	Nordhordland
Established	1 January 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 January 1964
• Succeeded by	Radøy Municipality
Administrative centre	Manger
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Population  (1963)
• Total	1,328
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1261[1]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

View of the Manger area surrounding the church

The parish of Manger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1871, the northwestern island district (population: 2,484) was separated to form the new municipality of Herdla. Then on 1 January 1910, the rest of the islands in the west of Manger (population: 986) was separated to form the new municipality of Hjelme. This left Manger with a population of 4,453.^[3]

On 1 July 1924, all that was left of Manger was divided into three separate municipalities: the northern part became the new municipality of Bø, the southern part became the new municipality of Sæbø, and the remainder in the center was a much smaller Manger municipality. After this, Manger had a population of 1,426.^[3]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipality was dissolved and a merged with the following places to form the new Radøy Municipality.^[3]

• all Manger Municipality (population: 1,344)
• all Hordabø Municipality (population: 1,679)
• the island of Bognøy from Herdla Municipality (population: 29)
• most of Sæbø Municipality, except the Titland area on the Lindås peninsula (population: 916)
• the Sletta area on the island of Radøy from Lindås Municipality (population: 305)
• the Straume area on the island of Radøy and the small island of Fesøy from Austrheim Municipality (population: 56)

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Manger farm (Old Norse: Mángr) since the first Manger Church was built there. The first element comes from the word már which means "seagull". The last element is angr which means "bay" or "inlet". Thus the name means "seagull bay".^[4]

Government

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.^[5]

Municipal council

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

Manger heradsstyre 1960–1963 ^[6]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)	3
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	1
Total number of members:		13

Manger heradsstyre 1956–1959 ^[7]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)	3
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	5
Total number of members:		13

Manger heradsstyre 1952–1955 ^[8]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	3
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	5
Total number of members:		12

Manger heradsstyre 1948–1951 ^[9]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	6
Total number of members:		12

Manger heradsstyre 1945–1947 ^[10]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	3
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristeleg Folkeparti)	3
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	3
Total number of members:		12

Manger heradsstyre 1938–1941* ^[11]  

Party name (in Nynorsk)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeidarpartiet)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidarar, fiskarar, småbrukarar liste)	4
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	2
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

1. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
2. Store norske leksikon. "Manger – kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 April 2014.
3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
4. Rygh, Oluf (1910). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (11 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 394.
5. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
6. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 16 May 2020.