Fjelberg is a
former municipality in the old
Hordaland
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county,
Norway
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. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1965 when it was dissolved. In 1965, the municipality covered , mostly islands and a small area on the mainland. It encompassed part of what is now
Kvinnherad Municipality (in
Vestland
Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...
county) and
Vindafjord Municipality
Vindafjord is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Rogaland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Haugaland. Since 2005, the administrative centre of the municipality has ...
(in
Rogaland county), primarily the islands of
Fjelbergøya,
Borgundøya, and
Halsnøy
Halsnøya or Halsnøy is an island in Kvinnherad municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies between the Hardangerfjorden and Skånevikfjorden. The island has about 2,300 inhabitants (2008) and it is the most populated island in Kv ...
a, as well as some surrounding areas on the mainland. The
administrative centre of the municipality was the small village located on the island of
Fjelbergøya where
Fjelberg Church is located.
History
The parish of ''Fjældberg'' was established as a ''
formannskapsdistrikt'' on 1 January 1838. According to the 1835 census the parish had a population of 2,986 at the time. In 1855, the neighboring municipality of
Eid was incorporated into Fjelberg, increasing its population to 4,794.
In 1865, the parish of
Vikebygd
Vikebygd is a village in Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost port ...
(population: 1,062) in the southwestern part of the municipality was separated from Fjelberg and merged with a part of neighboring
Finnaas Municipality to create the new
Sveen Municipality. On 1 January 1898, the southern part of the island of
Huglo
Huglo is an island in Stord municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies in the Hardangerfjorden, just east of the large island of Stord and just south of Tysnesøy. The small island of Skorpo lies immediately northeast of this i ...
(population: 117) was transferred from Fjelberg to the neighboring
Stord Municipality. On 1 July 1916, the southern (mainland) part of Fjelberg (population: 1,715) was split off to form the new
Ølen Municipality, leaving Fjelberg with 1,926 inhabitants.
On 1 January 1965, as part of the nationwide merging of municipalities as suggested by the
Schei Committee The Schei Committee ( no, Schei-komitéen) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II.
It convened in 1946, and its formal name was (The 1946 Committee on Municip ...
, Fjelberg municipality was dissolved. Fjelberg municipality was merged with neighboring
Kvinnherad Municipality, part of
Skånevik Municipality, and most of
Varaldsøy Municipality to form the new (much larger)
Kvinnherad Municipality. Prior to the merger, Fjelberg had a population of 2,308, and after the merger, the new municipality had nearly 10,000 residents.
Government
Municipal council
The
municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...
of Fjelberg was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The
party
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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:
See also
*
List of former municipalities of Norway
References
{{Authority control
Kvinnherad
Vindafjord
Former municipalities of Norway
1838 establishments in Norway
1965 disestablishments in Norway