Eikefjord is a former municipality in the

Sunnfjord Sunnfjord ( en, the southern fjord - in contrast to Nordfjord) is a traditional district in Western Norway located in Vestland county. It includes the municipalities of Askvoll, Fjaler, the southernmost parts of Kinn, Sunnfjord, and the souther ...

district in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1923 until 1964 when it joined Flora Municipality (now part of

Kinn Municipality Kinn is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020. It is in the traditional districts of Nordfjord and Sunnfjord. The municipality is the only non-contiguous municipality in Norway since the municipality of ...

in Vestland county). The administrative center of the former municipality was the village of Eikefjord, where Eikefjord Church is located. The municipality of Eikefjord was located at the end of the Eikefjorden, about east of the town of

Florø is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Kinn, Vestland, Norway. The town was founded by royal decree in 1860 as a ladested on the island of Florelandet, located between the Botnafjorden and Solheimsfjorden. Florø is No ...

. The lake Endestadvatnet was part of the municipality. The municipality encompassed the immediate area around the village of Eikefjord and to the east and south of the village.

History

The parish of Eikefjord was established as a municipality on 1 January 1923 when the large municipality of Kinn was divided into three: Kinn (population: 2,508) in the west, Bru (population: 1,560) in the centre, and Eikefjord (population: 929) in the east. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Eikefjord Municipality (population: 919) was merged with the town of

(population: 2,040),

(population: 3,567), the parts of Bru Municipality located north of the Førdefjorden (population: 1,155), the Husefest and Breivik areas of

Bremanger Municipality Bremanger is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village of Svelgen is the administrative centre of the municipality. Other villages include Bremanger, Berle, Davik, Isane, Kalvåg, Svelgen, Rugsund, and Ålfoten. Bremanger is the ...

(population: 9), and the Steindal area of Vevring Municipality (population: 25) were combined to form the newly created Flora Municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''

Eikefjord Eikefjord is a former municipality in the Sunnfjord district in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1923 until 1964 when it joined Flora Municipality (now part of Kinn Municipality in Vestland county). The ...

'' farm ( non, Eikifjǫrðr) since the first Eikefjord Church was built there. The farm was named after the local fjord. The first element comes form the word which means " oak". The last element is which means " fjord" or " firth".

Government

During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of

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representatives. The mayor was

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by a vote of the municipal council.

Mayors

The

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of Eikefjord: * 1923-1925: Henrik Svarthumle * 1926-1928: Kristoffer Langedal * 1929-1934: Abraham Storøy * 1935-1940: Ludvig Langedal * 1941-1945: Leiv Vasset * 1945-1945: Ludvig Langedal * 1946-1959: Alf Svarthumle * 1960-1961: Erik Dreyer Hovland * 1962-1963: Alf Svarthumle

Municipal council

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

References

External links

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Weather information in Eikefjord
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