Børsa (municipality)

Børsa is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 61-square-kilometre (24 sq mi) municipality^[3] existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality originally encompassed the coastal areas along the Orkdalsfjorden and the Gaulosen in what is now Skaun and Orkland municipalities. The administrative centre was the village of Børsa where Børsa Church is located.^[4]

Børsa Municipality Børsa herred
Former municipality
Børsen herred  (historic name)
View of the Børsa area
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Børsa within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63.3267°N 10.0692°E / 63.3267; 10.0692
Country	Norway
County	Sør-Trøndelag
District	Orkdalen
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 1965
• Succeeded by	Skaun Municipality
Administrative centre	Børsa
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	61 km2 (24 sq mi)
Population  (1965)
• Total	1,476
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Demonym	Børsværing[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1658[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The parish of Børsa was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1890, the municipality was divided into two: Børseskognen (population: 1,410) in the south and Børsa (population: 2,300) in the north. On 1 January 1905, the area of northwest of the Orkdalsfjorden (population: 674) was separated to become the new municipality of Geitastrand and the area southeast of the fjord remained as Børsa with a population of 1,420. This shrunk the municipality of Børsa from 180 square kilometres (69 sq mi) to only 61 square kilometres (24 sq mi).^[3][5]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the neighboring municipalities of Børsa (population: 1,476), Skaun (population: 1,251), and Buvik (population: 1,267) were merged to form the new, larger municipality of Skaun.^[5]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after local bay (Old Norse: Birgsi) that lies along the village of Børsa. The first element is a derivative of the word bjarg which means "cliff" or "rock". The last element is the suffix -si which has an uncertain meaning.^[6] Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Børsen. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Børsa.^[7]

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.^[8]

Municipal council

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

Børsa herredsstyre 1964 ^[9]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
Total number of members:		17

Børsa herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[10]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	8
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
Total number of members:		17

Børsa herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
Total number of members:		17

Børsa herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		16

Børsa herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[13]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	5
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		16

Børsa herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[14]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	5
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	1
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	1
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
Total number of members:		16

Børsa herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[15]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	5
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
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.

Mayors

The mayors of Børsa:^[16]

• 1838–1839: Fredrik Christian Mosling
• 1840–1845: Anders Nilsen Liaklev
• 1846–1847: Erik Arntsen Einum
• 1848–1861: Henning Junghaus Kaurin
• 1862–1871: Erik Arntsen Einum
• 1872–1875: Ole Larsen Handberg
• 1876–1879: Erik Arntsen Einum (V)
• 1880–1881: Christian Høy Müller (H)
• 1882–1898: Enoch Wiggen (H)
• 1899–1904: Knud Moe (H)
• 1905–1922: Martin Handberg (H)
• 1923–1925: Peder Viggen (V)
• 1926–1928: Sivert Kufaas (V)
• 1929–1931: John J. Wiggen (Bp)
• 1932–1934: Ingebrigt Wiggen (Bp)
• 1935–1941: Peter Kjærem (Bp)
• 1941–1945: Ole Espås (NS)
• 1945-1945: Peter Kjærem (Bp)
• 1946–1951: Martinus Haugum (Bp)
• 1952–1964: Anders Høiseth (Bp)

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References

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