Nord-Frøya is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county,

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. The municipality existed from 1906 until its dissolution in 1964. Nord-Frøya included the northern part of the island of Frøya and all of the small islands to the north and northeast such as Sula, Mausund, Froan, and

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in what is now the municipality of Frøya in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...

county. The main church for the municipality was Sletta Church (or ''Nord-Frøya Church'') which is located at Svellingen (the administrative centre of the municipality) on the northern coast of the island.

History

The municipality was established on 1 January 1906 when the old municipality of Frøien was divided into two new municipalities: Sør-Frøya in the south (population: 2,091) and Nord-Frøya in the north (population: 3,972). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Sør-Frøya (population: 2,208) and Nord-Frøya (population: 4,348) were merged to form the municipality of Frøya.

Name

The municipality is named after the island of Frøya. The prefix means "northern", literally meaning the northern part of Frøya. The second part of the name comes from Norse mythology. Although ''Frøya'' is a variant of the name of the Norse goddess

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, the

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form of the name of the island was ''Frøy'' or ''Frey'' (the ending ''-a'' in the modern form is actually the definite article - so the meaning of ''Frøya'' is 'the Frøy'). Therefore, the name of the island probably has the same root as the name of the

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, brother to Freyja. The names originally were titles: "

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" or " lady". The oldest meaning of the common word was "(the one) in front; the foremost, the leading" and here in the sense "the island in front of

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". Until 1906, the name of the island and predecessor municipality was spelled ''Frøien'' (''-en'' is the definite article in Danish-Norwegian). When this new municipality was established in 1906, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Nordfrøya''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Nord-Frøya''.

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services,

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services,

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, social services,

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, and municipal

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s. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a

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representatives, which in turn elected a

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Municipal council

The

of Nord-Frøya was made up of 29 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Mayors

The mayors of Nord-Frøya: * 1906–1907: Martin Sivertsen ( V) * 1908–1910: Berntinus Dragsnæss ( H) * 1911–1911: John Lorntsen Uttian ( V) * 1912–1913: Jacob Meland * 1914–1916: Lorentz Fredagsvik ( V) * 1917–1922: Andreas O. Eidsvaag ( V) * 1923–1925: Ole Aukan ( H) * 1926–1928: Andreas O. Eidsvaag ( V) * 1929–1934: John Lorntsen Uttian ( V) * 1935–1937: Ole Aukan ( H) * 1938–1940: Andreas O. Eidsvaag ( V) * 1940–1944: Bengt J. Tørum ( NS) * 1944–1945: Einar Meland ( NS) * 1945–1945: Andreas O. Eidsvaag ( V) * 1946–1951: Kristian Hammer ( V) * 1952–1955:

Oskar Steinvik Oskar Steinvik (10 April 1908 – 24 August 1975) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as a deputy representative in the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern p ...

( Ap) * 1956–1959: Gunnar Halset ( V) * 1960–1963:

( Ap)

References

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