Mo is a
former municipality in
Telemark
Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...
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 portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. The municipality
existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of
Tokke Municipality. The
administrative centre was the village of Vistad which is located just west of the present village of
Dalen
Dalen (Dutch Low Saxon: ''Daoln'') is a village and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands, in the province of Drenthe. Since 1998, Dalen has been part of the municipality of Coevorden.
The village was first mentioned in the 12t ...
.
History
The
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
of Mo was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1879, there was a small border adjustment where a part of
Laardal Municipality (population: 6) was transferred to Mo Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of 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 ...
. On 1 January 1964, Mo Municipality (population: 1,658) and
Lårdal Municipality (population: 1,929) were merged to form a new municipality called
Tokke
Tokke is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dalen. The municipality of Tokke was c ...
.
Name
The municipality (originally the
parish
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) was named after the old ''Mo'' farm ( non, Mór) since the first
Mo Church was built there. The name is identical with the word which means "
heath
A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler a ...
" or "
moorland".
Government
While it existed, this municipality was responsible for
primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient
health services,
senior citizen
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services,
unemployment
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and other
social services,
zoning
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,
economic development
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, and municipal
road
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There are many types of ...
s. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a
municipal council
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of
elected Elected may refer to:
* "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973
* ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008
*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
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representatives, which
in turn elected a
mayor
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.
Municipal council
The
municipal council
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of Mo 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
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Tokke
Former municipalities of Norway
XXXX establishments in Norway
1964 disestablishments in Norway