Stod is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in

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 1964. It originally encompassed the northern part of what is now the municipality of

Steinkjer Steinkjer is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Steinkjer which is located on the inner part of the Trondheimsfjord. The town is also th ...

, stretching from the town of Steinkjer to the northeast, along the lake

Snåsavatnet Snåsavatnet (; en, Lake Snåsa) is Norway's sixth-largest lake. The lake is located in the municipalities of Steinkjer and Snåsa in Trøndelag county, Norway. The villages of Følling and Sunnan lie at the southwestern end of the lake and th ...

, to the municipal border with

Snåsa Snåsa (; sma, Snåase) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Snåsa. Other villages include Agle and Jørstad. Snåsa is one of th ...

. Over time, however, the municipality was reduced in size to just a fraction of its original size, leaving just the area between the Snåsavatnet in the north to the Ogndalen valley in the south. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Binde. The main church for Stod was

For Church For Church ( no, For kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steinkjer municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in Stod, just southwest of the village of Binde. It is the church for the Stod parish which is part of t ...

, located just south of the administrative center. The local sports team is Stod IL. Bøla rock carvings site

Stod is best known for rock carvings in the Bølareinen field that are approximately 6000 years old. The carvings are of animals and humans. There are several other prehistoric sites, including two stone circles, one on the Nordgård farm and one at the rectory, both of which are partially destroyed. Traditionally,

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and

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were the major industries in Stod, but construction of the

Nordlandsbanen The Nordland Line ( no, Nordlandsbanen, ) is a railway line between Trondheim and Bodø, Norway. It is the longest in Norway and lacks electrification. The route runs through the counties of Trøndelag (formerly Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndel ...

railway line brought with it new jobs and a dairy. Today most residents of Stod work in the town of Steinkjer.

History

The parish of Stod was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 23 January 1858, the growing village of

was established as a

kjøpstad A (historically: ''kjøbstad'', ''kjöbstad'', or ''kaupstad'') is an old Scandinavian term for a "market town" that was used in the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway for several hundred years. The name comes from the on, kaupstaðr. Kjøpstads were ...

(town) with a population of 1,150. The new town was separated from the municipality of Stod to constitute its own municipality leaving Stod with 3,471 residents. On 1 January 1869, the western district of Egge (population: 941) was separated from Stod to form its own municipality. This left Stod with 2,530 inhabitants. On 1 January 1909, the northern district of

Kvam Kvam is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger set ...

(population: 1,169) became a separate municipality, leaving Stod with 934 inhabitants. 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, a large merger took place: the neighboring municipalities of

Beitstad Beitstad () is a village in the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Beitstadsundet strait at the end of the Beitstadfjorden at the inner end of the Trondheimsfjord, about southwest of the vi ...

(population: 2,563), Egge (population: 3,476),

(population: 1,245), Ogndal (population: 2,678), Sparbu (population: 4,027), and Stod (population: 1,268) were all merged with the town of Steinkjer (population: 4,325) to form the new municipality of

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Stod, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services,

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services,

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and other social services,

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, and municipal

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s. The municipality is governed by a

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representatives, which in turn elects a

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Municipal council

The

of Stod was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Mayors

There were 28 different men that were elected to the office of

of Stod from 1838 until 1964. * Peder Rasmus Lyng (1838–1843) *Thomas Balchen (1844–1845) *Martin Hannestad (1846–1847) *Jonas Haugum (1848–1851) *Ole O. Rygg (1852–1855) *Peter Taraldsen (1856–1859) *Ole Lægran (1860–1861) *Jakob Haugum (1862–1867) *

Ole Anton Qvam Ole Anton Qvam (5 August 1834 – 8 July 1904) was a Norwegian lawyer and Liberal politician, who was the Norwegian minister of Justice 1891–1893, 1898–1899 and 1900–1902, minister of the Interior 1899–1900, as well as head of the ministr ...

(1868–1869) *Adolf Bødtker (1870–1877) *Chr. Elden (1878–1881) *Henrik Østgård (1882–1883) *P. Følling (1884–1889) *E.A. Næstvold (1890–1891) *O.K. Forfang (1892–1895) *P. Følling (1896–1907) *Arne Vollan (1908–1910) *Andreas Lillevestre (1911–1919) *John Tiltnes (1920–1922) *Albert Eggen (1923–1925) *Sverre Andreassen Lillevestre (1926–1928) *Olaf Hatling (1929–1931) *Sverre Andreassen Lillevestre (1932–1934) *Kaspar Flekstad (1935–1937) *Albert Eggen (1938–1940) *Georg Høin (1941–1942) *Nikolai Valøen (1943–1945) *Sverre Binde (1946–1947) *Olav Molberg (1948–1951) *Einar Ystgård (1952–1955) *Olav Molberg (1956–1959) *Alf Hatling (1960–1963)

References

{{Authority control Steinkjer Former municipalities of Norway 1838 establishments in Norway 1964 disestablishments in Norway