Buvik

Buvik is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. Buvik existed from 1855 until 1965. The municipality encompassed the extreme northeastern part of what is now the municipality of Skaun in Trøndelag county. It encompassed the roughly 25-square-kilometre (9.7 sq mi) area surrounding the Vigda river south of the Gaulosen fjord. The administrative centre was located in the village of Buvika.^[3]

Buvik Municipality Buvik herred
Former municipality
Buviken herred  (historic name)
View of Buvika
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Buvik within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°18′42″N 10°11′10″E
Country	Norway
County	Sør-Trøndelag
District	Gauldalen
Established	1855
• Preceded by	Byneset Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1965
• Succeeded by	Skaun Municipality
Administrative centre	Buvika
Population  (1965)
• Total	1,267
Demonym	Buvikværing[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1656[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

View of Buvika

The municipality was established in 1855 when it split off from the larger municipality of Byneset. Initially, Buvik had a population of 841. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the Langørgen farm area (population: 11) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Melhus. Then, on 1 January 1965, the rest of Buvik (population: 1,267) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Børsa and Skaun to form a new, larger municipality of Skaun.^[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Buvik inlet (Old Norse: Boðvík), a small bay located on a southern branch of the main Trondheimsfjorden. The first element is boði which is a word that describes "waves breaking over hidden rocks". The last element is vík which means "inlet" or "cove".^[5] Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled Buviken. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Buvik, removing the definite form ending -en.^[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]

Mayors

The mayors of Buvik:^[8]

• 1848–1856: Erik Walseth
• 1857-1857: Claus J. Huusby
• 1858–1861: Jens Christian Walseth
• 1862–1863: John T. Saltnes
• 1864–1871: Ole Larsen Huseby
• 1872–1875: Jens Christian Walseth
• 1876–1883: Ole Larsen Huseby
• 1884–1901: Arnt Einum (V)
• 1902–1904: Alt Evensen Onsøien (V)
• 1905–1916: John Saltnessand (V)
• 1917–1922: Erik Huseby (V)
• 1923–1925: Ole O. Krogstad (V)
• 1926–1932: John Lereggen (Bp)
• 1932–1934: Ola Olstad (Bp)
• 1935–1941: Elling Svange (Bp)
• 1942–1945: Anders Presthus (NS)
• 1945-1945: Elling Svange (Bp)
• 1946–1947: Fredrik Hammer (Ap)
• 1948–1950: Johan Snøfugl (Bp)
• 1950–1951: Anders Grøthe (V)
• 1951-1951: Gisle Overskott (Bp)
• 1952–1964: Fredrik Hammer (Ap)

Municipal council

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

Buvik kommunestyre 1964 ^[9]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	9
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	5
Total number of members:		15

Buvik herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[10]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	9
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
Total number of members:		15

Buvik herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	7
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	4
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	2
Total number of members:		15

Buvik herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	6
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	1
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	4
Total number of members:		12

Buvik herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[13]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	2
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	6
Total number of members:		12

Buvik herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[14]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	5
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	2
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	5
Total number of members:		12

Buvik herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[15]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	8
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.

References

1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
2. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
3. Store norske leksikon. "Buvik – tidl. kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 March 2011.
4. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
5. Rygh, Oluf (1901). Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (14 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 313.
6. "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 1057–1065. 1917.
7. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
8. "Buvik eget herred i 70 år". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). 11 September 1928. p. 2.
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10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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13. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
14. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
15. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 20 April 2020.