Nedre Stjørdalen Municipality

Nedre Stjørdal or Nedre Stjørdalen is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 1902. The 340-square-kilometre (130 sq mi) municipality covered the western part of what is now the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was located at Værnes where Værnes Church is located.^[3][4]

Nedre Stjørdalen Municipality Nedre Stjørdalen herred
Former municipality
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
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Coordinates: 63°28′16″N 10°55′08″E
Country	Norway
County	Nord-Trøndelag
District	Stjørdalen
Established	1850
• Preceded by	Stjørdalen Municipality
Disestablished	1 Jan 1902
• Succeeded by	Lånke, Skatval, Stjørdal
Administrative centre	Værnes
Area  (upon dissolution)
• Total	340 km2 (130 sq mi)
Population  (1902)
• Total	6,732
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Demonym	Stjørdaling[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-1714[2]
Data from Statistics Norway

History

The municipality was established in 1850 when the old municipality of Stjørdalen was divided into Øvre Stjørdal (population: 5,100) and Nedre Stjørdal (population: 6,543). On 1 January 1902, Nedre Stjørdal was dissolved and it was divided into three new municipalities: Lånke (population: 1,449), Skatval (population: 2,125), and Stjørdal (population: 3,158).^[5]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the Stjørdalen valley (Old Norse: Stjórardalr). The first element is the word Nedre which means "lower", referring to the fact that it is the lower part of the valley. The second element is the genitive case of the local river name Stjór (now called the Stjørdalselva river). The meaning of the river name is unknown. The last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale".^[6]

Government

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 Stjørdalen:^[8]

• 1850–1853: Mathias Lund
• 1854–1857: Johan Ertzgaard
• 1858–1860: J.P. Holan
• 1860–1863: Johan Ertzgaard
• 1864–1867: Lars Soelberg
• 1868–1871: Bortinus Ydsti
• 1872–1875: Lars Soelberg (V)
• 1876–1883: John O. Arnstad (V)
• 1884–1889: Bernhard Øverland (V)
• 1890–1891: John O. Arnstad (V)
• 1892–1901: Bernhard Øverland (V)

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. "Prestegjeld og sogn i Nord-Trøndelag" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
4. Helland, Amund (1909). "Laanke, Stjørdalen, & Skatval herreder". Norges land og folk: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian). Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. pp. 76–117. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
5. Jukvam, Dag (1999). Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. ISBN 9788253746845.
6. Rygh, Oluf (1903). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Trondhjems amt (in Norwegian) (15 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 30.
7. Hansen, Tore; Vabo, Signy Irene, eds. (20 September 2022). "kommunestyre". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
8. Røe, Tormod (1987). Stjørdal kommune 1837–1987. Kommunalt selvstyre 150 år (in Norwegian). Stjørdal kommune. p. 352. ISBN 8299161401.