Ullsfjord is a former municipality in

Troms Troms (; se, Romsa; fkv, Tromssa; fi, Tromssa) is a former county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger is expected to be reversed by t ...

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. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in what is now the eastern part of

Tromsø Municipality Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies ...

and the southwestern part of

Lyngen Municipality Lyngen ( se, Ivggu suohkan; fkv, Yykeän komuuni) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lyngseidet. Other villages include Furuflaten, Lattervika, Nord-Lenangen, ...

. The municipality encompassed the area surrounding the

Ullsfjorden or is a fjord in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The fjord runs through the municipalities of Tromsø, Karlsøy, and Lyngen. The fjord flows from the village of Sjøvassbotn northwards along the west side of the Lyngen Peninsula (where the ...

between

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies ...

and Lyngen. The

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was the village of

Sjursnes Sjursnes is a village in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the Ullsfjorden, about southeast of the city of Tromsø. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Ulls ...

where

Ullsfjord Church Ullsfjord Church ( no, Ullsfjord kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sjursnes on the eastern shore of the Ullsfjorden. It is the main chu ...

is located.

Name

The municipality was originally named ''Sørfjord'' from 1902 until 1938. This literally translates as "the southern fjord" (a branch of the larger

). In 1938, the name of the municipality was changed to ''Ullsfjord'', after the name of the nearby Ullsfjorden. The municipality's new name literally means the fjord of ''

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'', a god from ancient

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History

The municipality of ''Sørfjord'' was established on 1 January 1902 when

was divided in two: the western part (population: 1,139) became the municipality of Ullsfjord and the eastern part (population: 5,102) remained as Lyngen. 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, the municipality ceased to exist and its land was divided as follows: *The Svensby area (population: 171) was merged with the old Lyngen Municipality (population: 2,761) and all of the mainland parts of the old

Karlsøy Municipality Karlsøy ( sme, Gálssa suohkan) is an island municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hansnes. Other villages include Dåfjord, Hessfjord, Karlsøya, Torsvåg, Vannv� ...

(population: 1,001) for form a new, larger

. *The rest of what was Ullsfjord (population: 2,019) was merged with the city of Tromsø (population: 12,602), the municipality of

Tromsøysund Tromsøysund is a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed most of what is now Tromsø Municipality including areas on the island of Kvaløya ...

(population: 16,727), and the parts of

Hillesøy Hillesøy is a former municipality in the old Troms county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1855 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located on both sides of the Malangen fjord in what is now the present-day municipalities of Tromsø ...

municipality on the island of Kvaløya (population: 1,316) to form a new, larger

Government

Municipal council

The

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of Ullsfjord was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

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