Nærbø (municipality)

Nærbø is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Nærbø where the Old Nærbø Church is located. The 65-square-kilometre (25 sq mi) municipality was located in the district of Jæren inside the northern part of the present-day municipality of Hå. The municipality existed from 1894 until its dissolution in 1964.^[3]

Nærbø Municipality Nærbø herred
Former municipality
Panorama of Nærbø
Rogaland within Norway
Nærbø within Rogaland
Coordinates: 58°39′55″N 05°38′16″E
Country	Norway
County	Rogaland
District	Jæren
Established	1 Jan 1894
• Preceded by	Haa Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1964
• Succeeded by	Hå Municipality
Administrative centre	Nærbø
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Population  (1964)
• Total	1,470
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Demonym	Nærbøbu[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1119[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality of Nærbø was established in 1894 when the old municipality of Hå was split in half into Varhaug and Nærbø. Initially, Nærbø had 1,806 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the three neighboring municipalities of Nærbø (population: 3,926), Varhaug (population: 3,454), and Ogna (population: 1,470) were merged to form the new Hå Municipality (resurrecting the name of the old municipality that was dissolved in 1894).^[4]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Nærbø farm (Old Norse: Neðribœr) since the Old Nærbø Church was built there. The first element is neðri which means "lower". The last element is bœr which means "farm" or "farmstead".^[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 directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.^[6]

Municipal council

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

Nærbø herredsstyre 1960–1963 ^[7]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	5
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	1
Total number of members:		17

Nærbø herredsstyre 1956–1959 ^[8]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	15
Total number of members:		17

Nærbø herredsstyre 1952–1955 ^[9]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	3
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	13
Total number of members:		16

Nærbø herredsstyre 1948–1951 ^[10]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	14
Total number of members:		16

Nærbø herredsstyre 1945–1947 ^[11]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	2
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	14
Total number of members:		16

Nærbø herredsstyre 1938–1941* ^[12]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)	9
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	7
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.

See also

• List of former municipalities of Norway

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. "Nærbø – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 June 2016.
4. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
5. Rygh, Oluf (1915). Norske gaardnavne: Stavanger amt (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 108–109.
6. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
7. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1960. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
8. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1957. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
9. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1952. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
10. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1948. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
11. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1947. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
12. "Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Statistisk sentralbyrå. 1938. Retrieved 30 July 2020.