Kvenvær Municipality

Kvenvær is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 216-square-kilometre (83 sq mi) municipality existed from 1913 until 1964. It is located in what is now the municipality of Hitra in Trøndelag county. The municipality included the western part of the island of Hitra plus many surrounding islands including Bispøyan. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kvenvær where Kvenvær Church is located. Other villages in Kvenvær municipality included Forsnes and Andersskogan.^[3]

Kvenvær Municipality Kvenvær herred
Former municipality
Map of the old municipalities on the island of Hitra
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Kvenvær within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63.5325°N 08.3912°E / 63.5325; 08.3912
Country	Norway
County	Sør-Trøndelag
District	Fosen
Established	1 Jan 1913
• Preceded by	Hitra Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Hitra Municipality
Administrative centre	Kvenvær
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	216 km2 (83 sq mi)
Population
• Total	840
• Density	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
Demonym	Kvenværing[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1618[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

View of Kvenvær Church

The municipality of Kvenvær was established on 1 January 1913 when the municipality of Hitra was divided with the western part of the municipality (population: 1,157) becoming the new municipality of Kvenvær. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Kvenvær (population: 840), Hitra (population: 1,344), Sandstad (population: 1,028), and Fillan (population: 1,759) were merged to form a new, larger municipality of Hitra.^[4]

Name

The municipality is named Kvenvær (Old Norse: Kvennaver) since the first Kvenvær Church was built there. The first element is kvenna which is the plural genitive case of kona which means "wife" or "woman". The last element is ver which means "fishing village".^[5]

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]

Municipal council

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

Kvenvær herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[7]  

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

Kvenvær herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[8]  

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

Kvenvær herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[9]  

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

Kvenvær herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[10]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	3
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	9
Total number of members:		12

Kvenvær herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[11]  

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

Kvenvær herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	1
	List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders (Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	9
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 Kvenvær:^[13][14]

• 1913–1913: Kristian Skarsvåg
• 1914–1916: Anders Presthus
• 1917–1922: Johannes Forsnes (H)
• 1923–1925: John I. Ottervik
• 1926–1928: Johannes Forsnes (H)
• 1929–1931: Jens Grimstad (V)
• 1932–1937: Johannes Forsnes (H)
• 1938–1945: Jens Grimstad (V)
• 1946–1961: Martin Skaaren (H)
• 1962–1963: Bjarne Faxvaag (H)

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

References

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2. Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (9 January 2024). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
3. Haugen, Morten, ed. (28 November 2014). "Kvenvær – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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. 69.
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8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
13. Skaaren, Martin (1957). "Kvenvær". In Fiskaa, Haakon M.; Myckland, Haakon Falck (eds.). Norges bebyggelse: Nordlige seksjon: Herredsbindet for Sør-Trøndelag: Nordre del (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk faglitteratur. p. 232.
14. "Kvenvær". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). 18 April 1952. p. 2.