Byneset

Byneset is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 78.5-square-kilometre (30.3 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality of Byneset encompassed the western part of what is now Trondheim municipality in Trøndelag county. Byneset was located along an arm of the Trondheimsfjord and it was separated from the city of Trondheim by the Bymarka recreation area. The local Byneset Church is one of the oldest stone churches in Norway. The largest village in Byneset was Spongdal which was the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages included Byneset and Langørjan.^[3]

Byneset Municipality Byneset herred
Former municipality
View of southern Byneset, looking south
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Byneset within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°22′34″N 10°08′10″E
Country	Norway
County	Sør-Trøndelag
District	Trondheim Region
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Trondheim Municipality
Administrative centre	Spongdal
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	78.5 km2 (30.3 sq mi)
Population  (1964)
• Total	2,049
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Demonym	Bynesing[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1655[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

Byneset Church

The municipality of Byneset was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, there were 2,143 people living in Byneset.^[4] In 1855, the southern parish of Buvik (population: 841) was separated from Byneset to form its own municipality. This left Byneset with a population of 2,109.^[5]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the neighboring municipalities of Byneset (population: 2,049), Leinstrand (population: 4,193), Strinda (population: 44,600), Tiller (population: 3,595), and the city of Trondheim (population: 56,982) were merged to form the new urban municipality of Trondheim which would have a total population of 111,419.^[5]

Name

The municipality is named Bynes or Byneset since this has been the name for the area since the mid-1400s. The first element is the name of the old By farm (Old Norse: býr) which means "farm". The last element is the old name (1400s and earlier) for the medieval parish for this area, Nes, which is the word for "headland" (because this area is located on a headland between the Trondheimsfjorden and Gaulosen fjord.^[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 Byneset:^[8][9][10]

• 1838–1841: Christian Petersen
• 1842–1845: Christen Larsen Rye
• 1846–1849: Johan Lausen Koren Dahl
• 1850–1851: Christen Monsen Hangeraas
• 1852–1852: Lars Ingebretsen Skjøstad
• 1852–1859: Christen Larsen Rye
• 1860–1863: Lars Christensen Gaustad
• 1864–1871: Anders Olsen Vorset
• 1872–1873: Ingebrigt Andersen Brendsel
• 1874–1877: Ole Knutsen Haugan
• 1878–1887: Lars Christensen Gaustad (V)
• 1888–1893: Anders Larsen Bodsberg
• 1894–1897: Ole Larsen Risstad (H)
• 1898–1898: Ole Larsen Engen (V)
• 1899–1901: Ole Larsen Risstad (H)
• 1902–1907: Ole Gudmundsen Frøseth (V)
• 1908–1919: Ole Larsen Engen (V)
• 1920–1925: Ole Knutsen Rye (LL)
• 1926–1934: Axel Høyem (Bp)
• 1935–1940: Elling Larsen Opland (Bp)
• 1941–1945: Anders Skogstad (NS)
• 1945–1947: Elling Larsen Opland (Bp)
• 1948–1953: Lars Olsen Gaustad (Bp)
• 1954–1959: Kristoffer Rye (Bp)
• 1960–1963: Kristen Løvseth (Bp)

Municipal council

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

Byneset herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	9
Total number of members:		17

Byneset herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	3
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	9
Total number of members:		17

Byneset herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[13]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	3
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	7
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	2
Total number of members:		16

Byneset herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[14]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	2
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	11
Total number of members:		16

Byneset herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[15]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	4
	Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)	9
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	3
Total number of members:		16

Byneset herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[16]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	13
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.

References

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