Glåmos Municipality

Glåmos is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The short-lived municipality existed from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the northern part of what is now the municipality of Røros in Trøndelag county.

Glåmos Municipality Glåmos herred
Former municipality
View of Glåmos
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Glåmos within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 62.6714°N 11.4288°E / 62.6714; 11.4288
Country	Norway
County	Sør-Trøndelag
District	Gauldalen
Established	1926
• Preceded by	Røros Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Røros Municipality
Administrative centre	Glåmos
Population  (1964)
• Total	700
Demonym	Glåmosing[1]
Official language [2]
• Norwegian form	Neutral
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1643[3]
Data from Statistics Norway

It included all the area around the headwaters of the river Glåma and the areas surrounding the northern and western sides of the lake Aursunden. The administrative centre was the village of Glåmos where Glåmos Church is located.^[4]

The municipality had some old copper mines located in the mountains near the village that used to supply the Røros Copper Works in the nearby town of Røros.

History

View of Glåmos Church

View of rural Glåmos

The parish of Glåmos was established as a municipality in 1926 when the large municipality of Røros was split into four separate municipalities: Glåmos (population: 983), Brekken (population: 1,098), Røros landsogn (population: 701), and the town of Røros (population: 2,284).^[5]

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the four municipalities of Glåmos (population: 700), Brekken (population: 964), Røros landsogn (population: 482), and the town of Røros (population: 3,063) were all reunited under the name Røros.^[5]

Name

The municipal name is a relatively new construction. It was chosen to represent the area around the river Glåma, near the mouth of the lake Aursunden. The first element is based on the name of the river Glåma (Old Norse: glaumr or raumr) which may mean "loud noise" or "thunder". The last element comes from the Old Norse word óss which means "river mouth".^[4]

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.^[6]

Mayors

The mayors of Glåmos:^[7]

• 1926–1928: Ole A. Ryen (Bp)
• 1929–1931: Lars S. Rugeldal (Ap)
• 1932–1945: Karl O. Erlien (Ap/NS)
• 1945–1963: Ingvar Kr. Harborg (Ap)

Municipal council

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

Glåmos herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[8]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	11
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	2
Total number of members:		13

Glåmos herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[9]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	9
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	4
Total number of members:		13

Glåmos herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[10]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	10
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	2
Total number of members:		12

Glåmos herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	10
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	2
Total number of members:		12

Glåmos herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	10
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	2
Total number of members:		12

Glåmos herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[13]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	9
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	3
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. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
2. "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
3. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
4. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (21 December 2017). "Glåmos". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
5. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
6. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
7. Sundt, Johannes (1992). Røros før – og nå … Utgitt i anledning 150-årsjubileet til RørosBanken (in Norwegian). Røros. p. 169.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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13. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 20 April 2020.