Mosvik

This article is about the former municipality in Trøndelag, Norway. For the village in Inderøy, Norway, see Mosvik (village).

Mosvik is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality was part of the Innherred region. The 219.37-square-kilometre (84.70 sq mi) municipality existed from 1901 until its dissolution in 2012. The old municipality encompassed the southern part of what is now the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county. The municipality was located along the western shore of the Trondheimsfjorden and on the southwestern end of the Beitstadfjorden.

Mosvik Municipality Mosvik kommune
Former municipality
Mosviken herred  (historic name)
View of Mosvik village
Flag Coat of arms
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Mosvik within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63.8203°N 11.0066°E / 63.8203; 11.0066
Country	Norway
County	Nord-Trøndelag
District	Innherred
Established	1 Jan 1901
• Preceded by	Mosvik og Verran
Disestablished	1 Jan 2012
• Succeeded by	Inderøy Municipality
Administrative centre	Mosvik
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	219.37 km2 (84.70 sq mi)
• Land	205.57 km2 (79.37 sq mi)
• Water	13.80 km2 (5.33 sq mi)  6.3%
Population  (2012)
• Total	811
• Density	3.7/km2 (9.6/sq mi)
Demonym	Mosbygg[1]
Official language [2]
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1723[3]
Data from Statistics Norway

The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Mosvik where Mosvik Church is located. Other villages located near the village of Mosvik include Trongsundet, Framverran, Venneshamn, and Kjerringvik.^[4]

Until 1991, the connection from Mosvik municipality to the rest of the Innherred region was only available by a car ferry, at first via Ytterøya to Levanger, but later directly to Inderøy on the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry route. In 1991, the Skarnsund Bridge on Norwegian County Road 755 was completed, eliminating the need for a ferry.^[4]

Mosvik features two of Norway's 23 tallest structures: the Skavlen transmitter television and radio transmitter at 165 metres (541 ft) and the Skarnsund Bridge at 152 metres (499 ft).

The Skarnsund bridge was opened by King Harald V on 19 December 1991, after he had taken the last ferry across the fjord. A monument, the King's Stone, bearing the signature of the king, is located at the resting place on the Mosvik side.

History

Map of Mosvik, showing the northern area that used to be part of Verran prior to 1968

View of Venneshamn, seen from Skarnsund

The municipality of Mosvik was established on 1 January 1901 when the old municipality of Mosvik og Verran was divided into two new municipalities: Mosvik (population: 969) in the southeast and Verran (population: 1,456) in the north and west.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal changes across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1968, the Framverran area on the south side of the Verrasundet strait (population: 395) was transferred from Verran municipality to Mosvik municipality.^[5] On 1 January 2012, the municipality of Mosvik ceased to exist when it was merged into the neighboring municipality of Inderøy. Prior to the merger, Mosvik had 811 residents.^[4]

Name

The municipality was named Mosvik (Old Norse: Masarvík) since the first Mosvik Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Mǫs (now called the Mossa river). The meaning of the river name is unknown. The last element is vík which means "inlet" or "cove".^[6] Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Mosviken. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Mosvik, removing the definite form ending -en.^[7]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 13 July 1984 and it was in use until 1 January 2012 when it became part of Inderøy Municipality. The official blazon is "Argent, two piles throughout reversed vert" (Norwegian: I sølv to grønne spisser). This means the arms have a field (background) has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The charge is a two green triangles pointing upwards. The design was chosen to symbolize the forests and trees in the municipality as well as to look like the letter M, the initial of the municipality. The arms were designed by Einar H. Skjervold. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.^[8][9][10]

Churches

The Church of Norway had one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Mosvik. It was part of the Nord-Innherad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

Churches in Mosvik

Parish (sokn)	Church name	Location of the church	Year built
Mosvik	Mosvik Church	Mosvik	1884
	Vestvik Church	Framverran	1905

Geography

The municipality was located south of the Skarnsund strait with the main Trondheimsfjord to the east and the Verrasundet strait to the west. The municipality of Leksvik was located to the south. The lake Meltingvatnet lies along the Leksvik border.

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other 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.^[11]

Municipal council

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

Mosvik kommunestyre 2008–2011 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	4
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
Total number of members:		13

Mosvik kommunestyre 2004–2007 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	5
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
	Joint list for the Conservative Party and Independents Group (Fellesliste for Høyre og Uavhengiges gruppe)	1
Total number of members:		13

Mosvik kommunestyre 2000–2003 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	7
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
	Joint list for the Conservative Party and Independents Group (Fellesliste for Høyre og Uavhengiges gruppe)	2
Total number of members:		19

Mosvik kommunestyre 1996–1999 ^[13]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	5
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	3
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	8
	Conservative Party/Liberal Party and independents group (Høyre/Venstre og uavhengiges gruppe)	3
Total number of members:		19

Mosvik kommunestyre 1992–1995 ^[14]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
	Independents group (Uavhengiges gruppe)	3
Total number of members:		19

Mosvik kommunestyre 1988–1991 ^[15]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	3
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
	Independent group list (Uavhengig gruppes liste)	4
Total number of members:		19

Mosvik kommunestyre 1984–1987 ^[16]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	3
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
	Independents group (Uavhengiges gruppe)	2
Total number of members:		19

Mosvik kommunestyre 1980–1983 ^[17]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	3
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	5
	Independents list (Uavhengiges liste)	4
Total number of members:		19

Mosvik kommunestyre 1976–1979 ^[18]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	4
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	6
	Independents List (Uavhengig Liste)	2
Total number of members:		19

Mosvik kommunestyre 1972–1975 ^[19]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	4
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	7
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	2
Total number of members:		19

Mosvik kommunestyre 1968–1971 ^[20]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	5
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	5
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	2
Total number of members:		19

Mosvik kommunestyre 1964–1967 ^[21]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	5
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	5
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	3
Total number of members:		13

Mosvik herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[22]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	6
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	3
Total number of members:		13

Mosvik herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[23]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	6
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	3
Total number of members:		13

Mosvik herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[24]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	5
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	3
Total number of members:		12

Mosvik herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[25]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	5
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	7
Total number of members:		12

Mosvik herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[26]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	8
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	4
Total number of members:		12

Mosvik herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[27]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	6
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 Mosvik:^[28]

• 1901–1919: Einar Jenssen (H)
• 1920–1934: Ole H. Sæteraas (V)
• 1935–1941: Aksel Saltvik (LL)
• 1942–1945: Ola M. Hestebeit (NS)
• 1945-1945: Aksel Saltvik (Ap)
• 1946–1947: Elias Lorentsen (Ap)
• 1948–1955: Tomas Tangstad (V)
• 1956–1969: Trygve Aaring (LL)
• 1970–1979: Peter Å. Gipling (Sp)
• 1980–1986: Jarle Aune (Sp)
• 1987-1987: Asbjørn Wibe (LL)
• 1988-1993: Arne Aasan (Ap)
• 1994–2003: Per Vennes (Sp)
• 2003–2011: Carl Ivar von Køppen (Sp)

Notable people

• Gunnar Viken (born 1948) former County mayor, raised on a family farm in Mosvik
• Petter Northug (born 1986 in Framverran) a Norwegian former cross-country skier and double Olympic champion
• Tomas Northug (born 1990 in Mosvik) a Norwegian cross-country skier
• Even Northug (born 1995) a Norwegian cross-country skier

Twin towns – sister cities

• Vimpeli, Finland ^[29]

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

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External links

• Media related to Mosvik at Wikimedia Commons
• Trøndelag travel guide from Wikivoyage