Dypvåg is a former municipality in the old

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county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Tvedestrand which is in Agder county. The small municipality included the coastal area about east of the town of Tvedestrand and several islands located just offshore. The

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was the village of Dypvåg where the Dypvåg Church is located.

History

The parish of ''Dybvaag'' (later spelled "Dypvåg") was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

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law). On 1 January 1881, a part of the municipality of

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(population: 52) was transferred to Dypvåg. Then later, on 1 January 1887, an uninhabited part of neighboring Søndeled municipality was transferred to Dypvåg. On 1 January 1902, the western half of Dypvåg (population: 1,892) was separated from the rest of Dypvåg (population: 3,235) to form the new municipality of Flosta. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1960, the municipality of Dypvåg (population: 1,805) was merged with the neighboring municipality of

and the town of Tvedestrand to form a new, enlarged municipality of Tvedestrand which had a population of 6,432.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Dybvaag'' farm ( non, Djúpvágr or ) in what is now the village of Dypvåg, since the first Dypvåg Church was built there. The first element comes from ''dype'' which means "deep" and the last element is ''våg'' which means "water" or "harbor". The spelling of the name was changed from ''Dybvaag'' to ''Dypvåg'' around the beginning of the 20th century.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Dypvåg, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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, senior citizen services, unemployment and other

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, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council of Dypvåg was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Notable residents

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(1926-2007), a politician *

Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr. Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup (18 January 1894 – 28 March 1980) was a Norwegian Lutheran theologian, author, and bishop of the Diocese of Hamar in the Church of Norway from 1947 to 1964. He was noted as a warm-hearted and intellectual, ...

(1894-1980), a theologian * Peter Olrog Schjøtt (1833-1926), a philologist

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dypvaag Tvedestrand Former municipalities of Norway 1838 establishments in Norway 1960 disestablishments in Norway